Hi,

congrats with the MX3000 ! 

I know several people that do not regard the MX3000 as a real B&O tv; 

"no real B&O chassis"(Thomson), etc, 

but personally, i love it, mainly because it was my first B&O tv 

and despite its age, it still works (and has worked for more than 10 years since i own it),

and i use it daily (bedroom). 

I think it is a real B&O tv, it is Beolink compatible (in my setup, it is connected to the main-room system,

so it can play all audio sources from the main-room), it has sockets for external speakers 

(you can choose: - only internal speakers, - internal + external speakers, - external speakers) 

Congratulations

My 30 euro MX2000 was a similar good surprise regarding the picture quality. It's a bit dim (but hey, most 20 year old CRTs are) but the colour tones are so good I never get tired watching it. B&O or not!

lausvi:

I am still not sure if this is dim or not. It's not like most newer tv's that run so brightly that it hurts when watching in darkness.

Since the contrast screen is tinted glass, the MX's will always look dimmer than similar tubes would without a contrast screen. In addition, I'm sure any MX3000 has seen enough use that the tube has lost some of its original brightness.

As to the caps, I wouldn't do anything as long as the tv works fine. There's always the possibility that something goes wrong, and it will in any case cost a lot of money compared to your original purchase price

tournedos:

Since the contrast screen is tinted glass, the MX's will always look dimmer than similar tubes would without a contrast screen. In addition, I'm sure any MX3000 has seen enough use that the tube has lost some of its original brightness.

As to the caps, I wouldn't do anything as long as the tv works fine. There's always the possibility that something goes wrong, and it will in any case cost a lot of money compared to your original purchase price

 The contrast screen is actually plastic as it is curved and even the manual says to bent it slightly when (dis)mounting it. The later (bigger) Beovisions indeed have glass-panels.

I have no idea if this has been used a lot or not - by the way; does this set have some remote-combination that shows the hours the set has been on? Or the software version?

I have replaced that many of those ROEs on other sets that I can hardly avoid thinking to replace them!    Perhaps I will just replace the battery and clean the dust out....