<html> <head> <style> .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } </style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'>i think i might go and look at one in person over the weekend! Ł279 for the flagship model. ex display! <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR id=EC_stopSpelling> From: daniel.lamb@dlcomputing.co.uk To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:09:35 +0100 Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help buying a LCD TV <META content="Microsoft SafeHTML" name=Generator> <STYLE> .ExternalClass .EC_shape {;} </STYLE> <STYLE> </STYLE> <STYLE> .ExternalClass EC_p.MsoNormal, .ExternalClass EC_li.MsoNormal, .ExternalClass EC_div.MsoNormal {margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';} .ExternalClass a:link, .ExternalClass EC_span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue;text-decoration:underline;} .ExternalClass a:visited, .ExternalClass EC_span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple;text-decoration:underline;} .ExternalClass p {margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';} .ExternalClass EC_span.EmailStyle18 {font-family:Arial;color:navy;} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt;} .ExternalClass EC_div.Section1 {page:Section1;} </STYLE> <DIV class=EC_Section1> I would look through, <A href="http://www.loewe-uk.com/" target=_blank>http://www.loewe-uk.com/</A> 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   <DIV> <DIV class=EC_MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center> <HR align=center width="100%" SIZE=2> </DIV> From: ubuntu-uk-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-uk-bounces@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</DIV>   i want a 32" one! which one should i go for. A guy i spoke to said Sephoros is their flagship model! <DIV class=EC_MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center> <HR id=EC_stopSpelling align=center width="100%" SIZE=2> </DIV> > From: daniel.lamb@dlcomputing.co.uk > To: ubuntu-uk@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@lists.ubuntu.com > [mailto:ubuntu-uk-bounces@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@dlcomputing.co.uk > > > To: ubuntu-uk@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 Ł500 > > as I know > > > they were selling them off. > > > Regards, > > > Daniel > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: ubuntu-uk-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com > > > [mailto:ubuntu-uk-bounces@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 Ł300 > > > 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@lists.ubuntu.com > > > > [mailto:ubuntu-uk-bounces@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 Ł300. 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@lists.ubuntu.com > > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > > > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > > > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></body> </html>