[ubuntu-uk] Help buying a LCD TV

[STONE COLD]

im going and probably ordering one this weekend ! apparently you can pick and choose what you want ..and they build it in 7-10 days! 

> Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:21:35 +0100> From: Mark at yourpropertyexpert.com> To: ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help buying a LCD TV> > They're German.> > The concept of "high end TVs" has been common in parts of the continent > for many years. While the UK and Italy had domestic "hi-fi" > manufacturers, Germany had domestic "hi-telly" manufacturers.> > They really came into the UK in the 1990s, in partnership with Linn (the > Glasgow hi-fi manufacturer). Indeed, Linn produced a Loewe-badged > version of the Kielidh loudspeaker for the German market, as well as > acting as their master distributor in the UK.> > They're the kind of telly you really need to go and look at, rather than > buying off a website...> > The CRTs, which are the generation I know well, were (to my eyes) > absolutely superb picture-wise. 100hz processing years before the > mainstream brands did so. I don't know much about their LCDs at all - > other than that I saw them at the CEDIA show last year, and they looked > good (but in a show environment, on a single-brand stand, it's hard to > tell.)> > One thing you may find, if the CRTs are anything to go by, is that the > picture looks slightly "dim" by comparison. This is in part, because the > Japanese TV manufacturers, Sony in particular, set the defaults to "high > brightness, high colour saturation" so that their pictures stand out on > a shelf at Comet... The Loewe defaults are set to reproduce skin tone > accurately :-)> > Oh, and one final thing - it's pronouced "Lur - Vur", assonant with > "Per-vert" (sorry, couldn't think of a better word to show the vowel > sounds) and NOT "Loo - Vay", despite what the salesdroid in John Lewis > in High Wycombe may try to tell you :-)> > In case you're wondering how I know all this, I'm old enough and "public > school enough" to have been an old-fashioned hi-fi enthusiast, but young > enough and open-minded enough to have jumped to the multi-channel audio > world in the mid-90s :-) Hell, I even had a laserdisk player for a few > years, before DVDs came out :-)> > Mark> > > > STONE COLD wrote:> > Id not even heard of this brand until you mentioned it. just been on > > their website and their tv's look really nice..im seriously > > contemplating buying it now!!!> >> >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------> > > From: daniel.lamb at dlcomputing.co.uk> > > To: ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com> > > Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:12:23 +0100> > > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help buying a LCD TV> > >> > > If you can find a dealer they might have ld stock round about £500 > > as I know> > > they were selling them off.> > > Regards,> > > Daniel> > >> > > -----Original Message-----> > > From: ubuntu-uk-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com> > > [mailto:ubuntu-uk-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Mark Harrison> > > Sent: 26 September 2007 10:52> > > To: British Ubuntu Talk> > > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help buying a LCD TV> > >> > > Daniel,> > >> > > I have a 32" Loewe CRT TV... and the picture quality is likewise > > amazing.> > >> > > What are prices on the LCDs? If they're anything like the £300> > > specified, then I'd be very tempted... but I fear not :-(> > >> > > M.> > >> > >> > > Daniel Lamb wrote:> > > > I'm using a 32" Loewe LCD TV, just using the vga input from my > > kubuntu pc,> > > > the picture quality is amazing, and that’s juts running a 32mb > > graphics> > > > card, usually im getting a better picture on the tv than on my laptop!> > > >> > > > Regards,> > > > Daniel> > > >> > > > -----Original Message-----> > > > From: ubuntu-uk-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com> > > > [mailto:ubuntu-uk-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Adam Bagnall> > > > Sent: 26 September 2007 09:00> > > > To: British Ubuntu Talk> > > > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help buying a LCD TV> > > >> > > > STONE COLD wrote:> > > >> > > >> I want to buy a 32" LCD TV .> > > >> my budget is £300. ive got my eye on this> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >> > > > > http://www.misco.co.uk/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=26610> > > > 0&CatId=958> > > >> > > >> > > > > <http://www.misco.co.uk/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2661> > > > 00&CatId=958>> > > >> > > >>> > > >> Is this any good? any alternatives?> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > > That all looks ok, another one with similar specs is> > > >> > > > > http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Displays/Televisions/32%22/32%22+Hannspree+HD> > > > +Xv32+TFT-TV+?productId=27095> > > >> > > > I'm using a Digimate LTV-3210h 32" hdtv as my monitor and it works> > > > great. Just be warned you'll need a vga cable or HDMI -> DVI > > cable. If> > > > going for the latter cable option be aware that I couldnt get it > > to work> > > > correctly under Ubuntu using an NVidia graphics card. VGA cable works> > > > fine though.> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > > --> > > ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com> > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk> > > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/> > >> > >> > >> > > --> > > ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com> > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk> > > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/> > > -- > ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
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