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Title: I have just bought
Post by: Elite Pete on 05 January 2007, 14:01:59
a new wall mounted flat screen TV, what do you think........................

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Title: Re: I have just bought
Post by: Allenm on 05 January 2007, 14:03:44
Just seen the second picture ! Quality  8-)
Title: Re: I have just bought
Post by: tunnie on 05 January 2007, 14:03:53
classy!! makes getting to the scart connections easier!  :y
Title: Re: I have just bought
Post by: Elite Pete on 05 January 2007, 14:06:18
If you think thats good you want to see my built in oven ;D
Title: Re: I have just bought
Post by: Jimbob on 05 January 2007, 14:17:39
Soon as I saw the 1st, was expecting the 2nd!
good work though
Title: Re: I have just bought
Post by: bob.dent on 05 January 2007, 14:32:34
.......and there was me thinking you'd just had a touch on the lottery!! ::) ;D ;D
Title: Re: I have just bought
Post by: TheBoy on 05 January 2007, 14:43:27
seem a few times, but still classic...
Title: Re: I have just bought
Post by: nixoro on 05 January 2007, 14:46:57
looks good :y

Title: Re: I have just bought
Post by: Martin_1962 on 05 January 2007, 15:08:54
THought it was that one!
Title: Re: I have just bought
Post by: Auto Addict on 05 January 2007, 16:55:40
Classic ;D
Title: Re: I have just bought
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 05 January 2007, 19:37:26
Thats a good idea......i'll soon get my 32" CRT weighs a ton Sony wall mounted.....wheres the hammer and baulster  ;D
Title: Re: I have just bought
Post by: TheBoy on 05 January 2007, 19:39:11
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Thats a good idea......i'll soon get my 32" CRT weighs a ton Sony wall mounted.....wheres the hammer and baulster  ;D
I'll happily come down and smash your Sony with a hammer....
Title: Re: I have just bought
Post by: Martin_1962 on 05 January 2007, 21:26:21
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Thats a good idea......i'll soon get my 32" CRT weighs a ton Sony wall mounted.....wheres the hammer and baulster  ;D

They way a ton - it'll pull your wall down ::)
Title: Re: I have just bought
Post by: Martin_1962 on 05 January 2007, 21:27:18
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Thats a good idea......i'll soon get my 32" CRT weighs a ton Sony wall mounted.....wheres the hammer and baulster  ;D
I'll happily come down and smash your Sony with a hammer....

You are jealous because both mine and Daves Sonys work perfectly (and mine has the best SDTV picture I have seen!) ;D
Title: Re: I have just bought
Post by: Chopsdad on 05 January 2007, 21:50:41
Fabulous  ;D
Title: Re: I have just bought
Post by: TheBoy on 05 January 2007, 22:04:37
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You are jealous because both mine and Daves Sonys work perfectly (and mine has the best SDTV picture I have seen!) ;D
Me? Jealous? Of Sony junk? Never.  And I know you're lying, as the last Sony CRT with a decent picture would now be so old the tube would be way past it.... ;)
Title: Re: I have just bought
Post by: Martin_1962 on 05 January 2007, 23:03:31
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You are jealous because both mine and Daves Sonys work perfectly (and mine has the best SDTV picture I have seen!) ;D
Me? Jealous? Of Sony junk? Never.  And I know you're lying, as the last Sony CRT with a decent picture would now be so old the tube would be way past it.... ;)

It's only 7 years old so has a few years yet
Title: Re: I have just bought
Post by: TheBoy on 06 January 2007, 14:30:55
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You are jealous because both mine and Daves Sonys work perfectly (and mine has the best SDTV picture I have seen!) ;D
Me? Jealous? Of Sony junk? Never.  And I know you're lying, as the last Sony CRT with a decent picture would now be so old the tube would be way past it.... ;)

It's only 7 years old so has a few years yet
Under general use (1.5hrs per day, 6 days per week average), a CRT is said to be at end of life at 5yrs.  Due to the default settings Sony use on Wega sets (Brightness set to 100% - this and high contrast make it look good in showrooms), this is significantly reduced.  I would have to say, its probably way past its best. Not worth changing until you can find a flat screen you like though.
Title: Re: I have just bought
Post by: Martin_1962 on 06 January 2007, 17:56:34
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You are jealous because both mine and Daves Sonys work perfectly (and mine has the best SDTV picture I have seen!) ;D
Me? Jealous? Of Sony junk? Never.  And I know you're lying, as the last Sony CRT with a decent picture would now be so old the tube would be way past it.... ;)

It's only 7 years old so has a few years yet
Under general use (1.5hrs per day, 6 days per week average), a CRT is said to be at end of life at 5yrs.  Due to the default settings Sony use on Wega sets (Brightness set to 100% - this and high contrast make it look good in showrooms), this is significantly reduced.  I would have to say, its probably way past its best. Not worth changing until you can find a flat screen you like though.

Firstly it is not on LIVE sear eyeball settings but with brightness reduced - I found LIVE unacceptable for use

It is also used quite a large bit of the day - either childrens TV/PS2 16:00 through to 22:00 to 00:00. I have seen worn CRTs and mine is not worn - no screen burn either. THat said it still looks better than most Plasmas and LCDs.

I have run a setup DVD on it and one of my favourite parts was the sharpness chapter.

No matter where it was set you could see all detail with no ringing - isn't RGB wonderfull

Video Essentials I think
Title: Re: I have just bought
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 06 January 2007, 18:04:49
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Thats a good idea......i'll soon get my 32" CRT weighs a ton Sony wall mounted.....wheres the hammer and baulster  ;D
I'll happily come down and smash your Sony with a hammer....
Only if you bring a nice new 'huge' lcd to replace it with  ;D
Title: Re: I have just bought
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 06 January 2007, 18:09:22
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Thats a good idea......i'll soon get my 32" CRT weighs a ton Sony wall mounted.....wheres the hammer and baulster  ;D
I'll happily come down and smash your Sony with a hammer....

You are jealous because both mine and Daves Sonys work perfectly (and mine has the best SDTV picture I have seen!) ;D

Not quite true.....mine is outa focus a tad when viewing TT or text from freeview box.....ie channel listings.....but ok on program/dvd watching (dont notice)
Title: Re: I have just bought
Post by: Martin_1962 on 06 January 2007, 18:13:02
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Thats a good idea......i'll soon get my 32" CRT weighs a ton Sony wall mounted.....wheres the hammer and baulster  ;D
I'll happily come down and smash your Sony with a hammer....
Only if you bring a nice new 'huge' lcd to replace it with  ;D


I like the KDL46W2000

Title: Re: I have just bought
Post by: Martin_1962 on 06 January 2007, 18:14:29
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Thats a good idea......i'll soon get my 32" CRT weighs a ton Sony wall mounted.....wheres the hammer and baulster  ;D
I'll happily come down and smash your Sony with a hammer....

You are jealous because both mine and Daves Sonys work perfectly (and mine has the best SDTV picture I have seen!) ;D

Not quite true.....mine is outa focus a tad when viewing TT or text from freeview box.....ie channel listings.....but ok on program/dvd watching (dont notice)

How is it connected?
Title: Re: I have just bought
Post by: TheBoy on 06 January 2007, 18:18:46
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Firstly it is not on LIVE sear eyeball settings but with brightness reduced - I found LIVE unacceptable for use

It is also used quite a large bit of the day - either childrens TV/PS2 16:00 through to 22:00 to 00:00. I have seen worn CRTs and mine is not worn - no screen burn either. THat said it still looks better than most Plasmas and LCDs.

I have run a setup DVD on it and one of my favourite parts was the sharpness chapter.

No matter where it was set you could see all detail with no ringing - isn't RGB wonderfull

Video Essentials I think
Trust me Martin, that tube is long past its best - if you put it up against a new Wega you would see it (assuming you could see through focus/convergence/geometry probs of new Wega!).  Due to slow deterioration of yours, you just dont notice it.  If that tube ain't started going soft, I'll eat my hat.
Title: Re: I have just bought
Post by: Martin_1962 on 06 January 2007, 18:25:45
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Firstly it is not on LIVE sear eyeball settings but with brightness reduced - I found LIVE unacceptable for use

It is also used quite a large bit of the day - either childrens TV/PS2 16:00 through to 22:00 to 00:00. I have seen worn CRTs and mine is not worn - no screen burn either. THat said it still looks better than most Plasmas and LCDs.

I have run a setup DVD on it and one of my favourite parts was the sharpness chapter.

No matter where it was set you could see all detail with no ringing - isn't RGB wonderfull

Video Essentials I think
Trust me Martin, that tube is long past its best - if you put it up against a new Wega you would see it (assuming you could see through focus/convergence/geometry probs of new Wega!).  Due to slow deterioration of yours, you just dont notice it.  If that tube ain't started going soft, I'll eat my hat.

New Wega - no such thing unfortunately

I'll check on sharpness later when I find VE.

Do you want tomato sauce or garlic sauce on your hat?
Title: Re: I have just bought
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 06 January 2007, 18:56:35
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Thats a good idea......i'll soon get my 32" CRT weighs a ton Sony wall mounted.....wheres the hammer and baulster  ;D
I'll happily come down and smash your Sony with a hammer....

You are jealous because both mine and Daves Sonys work perfectly (and mine has the best SDTV picture I have seen!) ;D

Not quite true.....mine is outa focus a tad when viewing TT or text from freeview box.....ie channel listings.....but ok on program/dvd watching (dont notice)

How is it connected?

Scart cables everywhere....scart from freeview box....scart from/to dvd/HD recorder
Title: Re: I have just bought
Post by: Martin_1962 on 06 January 2007, 19:58:29
Dave - RGB or SVideo or even Composite!

Jaime - well my hearing goes at 17KHz - but my speakers go down to 30s

Anyway it all looks OK no sharpness issues or bleeding - a little unsure between magenta and green but thats the only possible problem I could find.

Basic 50Hz TV no rubbish processing.
Title: Re: I have just bought
Post by: Martin_1962 on 06 January 2007, 20:15:28
ANyway Jaime I have tested the upstairs LCD and it has the same green to magenta problem as the 7 Y/O CRT - so I can safely say it is the test pattern.

So which hat do you want to eat Jaime?
Title: Re: I have just bought
Post by: Martin_1962 on 07 January 2007, 14:11:23
Jaime - which hat are you eating? ;D
Title: Re: I have just bought
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 07 January 2007, 14:37:13
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Dave - RGB or SVideo or even Composite!



I pretty sure everything is set for RGB
Title: Re: I have just bought
Post by: Martin_1962 on 07 January 2007, 15:16:51
You need to find the engineering settings for the TV - want to borrow DVE?
Title: Re: I have just bought
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 07 January 2007, 16:14:05
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You need to find the engineering settings for the TV - want to borrow DVE?

I did find them once.....sure i can again....whats DVE? and whats it do?
Title: Re: I have just bought
Post by: TheBoy on 07 January 2007, 16:35:40
Martin, that tube is going soft, hence my hat survivies another day. No way will any tube not start to go soft after 7 yrs of heavy use.  As I said, you would see this if you put it up against a new Wega (if such a thing still existed).
Title: Re: I have just bought
Post by: Martin_1962 on 07 January 2007, 18:22:00
DVE is Digital Video Essentials

It is used for calibrating TVs and projectors

Test cards,  frequency sweeps, lots of test patterns
Title: Re: I have just bought
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 08 January 2007, 06:31:09
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DVE is Digital Video Essentials

It is used for calibrating TVs and projectors

Test cards,  frequency sweeps, lots of test patterns

I'll probably mess it up  :-/