[ubuntu-uk] Help buying a LCD TV

Wed Sep 26 13:54:07 BST 2007

What is the chassis number?

That is a very good price.

Regards,

Daniel

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From: ubuntu-uk-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
[mailto:ubuntu-uk-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of STONE COLD
Sent: 26 September 2007 13:40
To: British Ubuntu Talk
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help buying a LCD TV

i think i might go and look at one in person over the weekend! 
£279 for the flagship model. ex display! 

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From: daniel.lamb at dlcomputing.co.uk
To: ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:09:35 +0100
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help buying a LCD TV

I would look through, http://www.loewe-uk.com/ they are not cheap please
remember that find one you like and google if for a priceish, but in my
opinion well worth using.

Regards,

Daniel

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From: ubuntu-uk-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
[mailto:ubuntu-uk-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of STONE COLD
Sent: 26 September 2007 12:41
To: British Ubuntu Talk
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help buying a LCD TV

i want a 32" one! which one should i go for.
A guy i spoke to said Sephoros is their flagship model!

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> From: daniel.lamb at dlcomputing.co.uk
> To: ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com
> Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:36:23 +0100
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help buying a LCD TV
> 
> I have one and done a lot with them, they also have an easy control system
> for changing picture brightness etc, personally I have it on the dimmest
> possible, I have friends who work in av etc and whenever we watch a film
> with my loewe(means lion by the way) and feisty box they love it,
especially
> my tux background(sniggers). In my opinion loewe is worth the extra.
> 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 12:22
> To: British Ubuntu Talk
> 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.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
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> > >
> > >
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