Best 28" CRT?

Hi Liam, before I bought my Pioneer Plasma I had a Loewe Vitros 28". It blew everything else away. Regards

I had a Loewe (a 28" widescreen Cantus I think) a few years back and if I were buying another tv would definitely go back to one. It had a better pic quality IMO than a Sony Wega of similar size and price. I bought it about 5 years ago and the only reason I don't have it anymore is because I left the continent. I left it at my parents who thought it was too big for the living room, when I went back to the living room was surprised to see it in the living room. When I asked them about it they said they watched it a bit and noticed the pic quality was way better then the other tv and so put it in the living room where it is still going strong.

The Loewe Xelos was excellent. If you can find one!

Hi Liam;

I'd say Sony then Panasonic. I've had a 32" CRT Panasonic for a couple of years and am still very pleased with it.

I was surprised when watching 'The Gadget Show' recently, to learn that the presenters of that show were of the opinion that a CRT television STILL gives the best picture quality.

Plasma and LCD sets are allegedly purchased for their large screen size, domestic suitability, and appearance.

They seemed to prefer LCD screens to Plasma, and emphasised the necessity to ensure that a new set is 'High Definition' ready - some are not.

John.

I am still watching the market with a view to obtaining a larger screen for weekend film watching. But I'm still runnning a 28" Philips CRT with the usual square (4:3) screen. The widescreen 28" (16:9) seems just too small at any reasonable viewing distance and even worse in letterbox! The diagonal measurement of the 28" 16:9 puts the widescreen somewhere down around a normal 24" 4:3 screen. Even the 32" widescreen has a smaller diagonal than a 29" 4:3 I believe. From my usual 8-9ft viewing distance I should really have a 37" screen it seems.

A £10k 55" plasma on an HDTV diet was simply incredible at the recent AV show. A huge moving photograph no less. It withstands very close inspection too! Unlike conventional plasma which is truly awful from less than about 8 feet viewing distance IMO. Plasma reminds me of the old (oversized and truly hideous) colour TVs of the 60s and 70s! It is very obvious to me which are normal plasma and I really wouldn't choose one without HDTV and some affordable means of obtaining HDTV continuously.

I can't really comment on the Loewe as I've seen very few in action. But my regular visits to several superstores in the city (always with new TV money burning a hole in my pocket) offers huge numbers of screens all running on the same programme material. But I'm going to continue to wait before buying a new and larger TV. Promised new technologies and ever-falling prices (probably thanks to Chinese manufacturing) makes it a very difficult choice at the moment. If I was forced to at gunpoint I'd probably buy a "big name" 37" LCD in black. The cheaper LCD makes got a rather scathing consumer report recently, so I hear. Though I haven'r read the report.

My ramble is not much help at all in choosing a 28" CRT but perhaps offers some food for thought before purchase.

thanks for replys so far.
i've been looking at loewe tvs online and see that the aventos is £440 inc postage, the nemos is about £670.
my dealer reakons for picture the aventos is excellent.
but only two scarts and the nemos has a component input. hmmmmmm

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ve been looking at loewe tvs online and see that the aventos is £440 inc postage, the nemos is about £670.
my dealer reakons for picture the aventos is excellent.
but only two scarts and the nemos has a component input. hmmmmmm

Hi Liam

I had the choice of Aventos or Xelos when I purchased mine. I went for the Xelos, as you know, because the picture was just that bit sharper and the colour were better.

If you can I'd look at the two you mention side by side. It "might" be worth paying the extra.

Jay

hi liam,
in my experience for the money the best crt tv is panasonic, easy to use, reliable, cheap to repair if it goes wrong, exellent after sales service, something i cannot say about the others!, their vcr's were the same.

regards,

they dont do the xelos anymore.
and the nemos hasnt got component on the 28".

hi liam,

IMO the loewe tv's are like bmw cars, over rated, over priced, over engineered, expensive to repair, and sparse on features. also i would like to say the crt tv still offers best value for money, most plasma or lcd i've seen (cheap ones)are just to blurry with sub standard blacks and contrast IMHO.
Most housing where i live have bay windows which makes a plasma look stupid and impractical, unless you hang it aboth a fire place which will only promote neck ache.

regards,

...I would suspect then you've never driven a BMW and probably own a vauxhall nova

Honda s2000 more like

If you can live with a 25" tele then a BeoVision 1 is the only choice.

I have had mine for 4 years and would not have anything else in the house. Superb picture and very good sound make it beat any other set.

With a motorised stand a built-in set top box controller it will out live any other tele you can buy.

Jono

I am very happy with my Loewe mimo, though it's a 32". One of my neighbours has a 28". It has a great stand that you can stuff all the boxes in, brilliant picture quality, and when it turns off it's like someone drawing curtains across the screen. I sold a 28" panasonic TV and replaced it with a Panasonic LCD, but the picture was rubbish, so that went in favour of the Loewe.

Nigel

I agree with Jono 13

B&O make the best Tvs in terms of picture performance and audio.

Having onwned one for 5 years, I'd not consider any other make. I will retain mine despite puchasing a projector (Sim2)

regards P

I have one of the Austrian made Grundig 76cm 16:9 CRT's with a digital tuner and it's superb.

I bought a 28" Panasonic from John Lewis for £400 about 5 months ago. Included a 5 year guarantee as well.

Very pleased with it - excellent picture quality, sound ok for me (but I'm not an AV fanatic). They do two similar models, mine being the one with an integrated freeview tuner and 100Hz picture (the cheaper model having 50Hz picture scanning).

I'd recommend it.

just brought a loewe aventos 28".
so far so good, seems like loads of settings to play with.
anyone familiar with this set are there any settings i should change for best picture?.

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Originally posted by liam:
just brought a loewe aventos 28".
so far so good, seems like loads of settings to play with.
anyone familiar with this set are there any settings i should change for best picture?.

I just purchased an Aventos 32" widescreen. Great picture, Good value ($NZ1800 so only NZ$100 more than a Sony/Panasonic).
As far a a TV goes is all I will ever want. For a larger picture will get a projecter...

Good to see you went for the Loewe. If you have the opportunity, get it ISF calibrated and be sure to never touch any setting ever again. Will blow anything else away.

Cheers,

Edo (Loewe and BMW owner)

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get it ISF calibrated

Edo

Can you please explain what that means.

Nigel (Loewe and VW owner)

Hi,
I've had a succession of CRT Panasonics and my brother in law always had CRT Sonys until I persuaded him to go for a Panasonic. He is now a Panasonic man. Neither of us have ever had problems with them despite the fact that I got a free extended guarantee from House of Fraser & he had a free warraty from John Lewis.

If I were going for another CRT, it would be another Panasonic.

By choice, the next might be Pioneer HDTV rather than CRT.

Interestingly enough, if I recall correctly, Loewe didn't get good reviews for reliability in the last Which survey. Sorry to upset Linn fans.

Bob

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Originally posted by BobPaterso:
Hi,
Interestingly enough, if I recall correctly, Loewe didn't get good reviews for reliability in the last Which survey. Sorry to upset Linn fans.

Bob

Hi Bob - any more detail, Mrs Rotf wanted a new TV for Xmas and I was going to get her a Loewe LCD model,

Thanks, Rotf

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I was going to get her a Loewe LCD model

Rotf

I had a Panasonic LCD and the picture was crap - poor contrast, overbright colours, problems with fast moving images. CRTs are so much better, though not as dinky of course. But with a Loewe Mimo 32" CRT in the corner, you only see the front anyway.

Nigel

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get it ISF calibrated - Can you please explain what that means.

Try here. There are several places out there that go through calibration techniques, but it seems tricky to get to a page that doesn't involve flashing colours, or attempts to get you to buy something.