burantek:

bandoboy:

Ok, this is my first reply on BeoWorld, so forgive me if I make a particular "faux pas".

I currently have a 32" Avant with a standard Sky box fitted at the back, and I think the picture I get from it is nothing short of superb! Ok, if I want to play on the x-box the picture suffers a little but overall I think the picture I get from my tv beats many new LCD's hands down. Couple that with the sound that comes out of it and i'd like to see and hear a "mass produced" LCD do that!

A friend of mine recently bought an LG  42" LCD TV, he read all the relevant reviews for it and made sure he got the latest model and paid a very tidy sum for it, but the picture and sound from it are awful! Ok, plug in an x-box/ps3 and the HD cables make a difference with picture, but again a standard def picture isn;t anything close to my 9 year old Avant.

Cranking the sound up on "Guitar Hero" the other evening, ( I know, i'm old enough to know better!) and friends were just amazed. (Though doubt the neighbours were!).

I love my Avant and HD television content is not high on my agenda, and it's only available in a limited way here in the UK, so why would i want to change?

Plus I can;t find my wife's credit card to go and buy a new BV7-40. Damn, where has she hidden it!!??

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Apparantly Burantek is speachless...

j0hnbarker:

moxxey:

I don't see the 'point' you are trying to make? Almost as if you're convincing yourself you don't more than a 32", HD, Blu-ray and so on.

My old BV7-32 is tiny compared to the 40". I prefer the 40". I'm not saying I want anything larger than that, but I definitely don't want to go back. Also, what happens if you have a large room? It's often better to have the larger screen.

Most movies are available in HD, most sport and so on. Fair enough most of it is SD, but I ain't going back to an old CRT on the basis of 'just because'. Move on John :)

You're already moving on before the majority of transmissions have caught up with you - that's part of the point I was making. I just don't get it. You're so far ahead of the curve that you're actually thinking about replacing a HD set that won't work in HD for the majority of transmissions here in the UK. Surely that's a bit questionable?

How big is your living room BTW? Mine is 25' long and my 28" Avant is more than enough. I do have good eyesight and good central heating though. Perhaps this is why I don't hanker after a huge screen hung on my wall??

John,

This must be a regional thing. Here in the US, most areas have HD versions of just about every channel available and nearly every program on those channels is native HD. A few years ago that point made a lot of sense, but today I can probably swear off SD and never miss a single program. 

apart from every tv show made between say 1936 and 2005 ( filmed and produced in sd )

but what's 70 years of culture between friends ?

TripEnglish:

j0hnbarker:

moxxey:

I don't see the 'point' you are trying to make? Almost as if you're convincing yourself you don't more than a 32", HD, Blu-ray and so on.

My old BV7-32 is tiny compared to the 40". I prefer the 40". I'm not saying I want anything larger than that, but I definitely don't want to go back. Also, what happens if you have a large room? It's often better to have the larger screen.

Most movies are available in HD, most sport and so on. Fair enough most of it is SD, but I ain't going back to an old CRT on the basis of 'just because'. Move on John :)

You're already moving on before the majority of transmissions have caught up with you - that's part of the point I was making. I just don't get it. You're so far ahead of the curve that you're actually thinking about replacing a HD set that won't work in HD for the majority of transmissions here in the UK. Surely that's a bit questionable?

How big is your living room BTW? Mine is 25' long and my 28" Avant is more than enough. I do have good eyesight and good central heating though. Perhaps this is why I don't hanker after a huge screen hung on my wall??

John,

This must be a regional thing. Here in the US, most areas have HD versions of just about every channel available and nearly every program on those channels is native HD. A few years ago that point made a lot of sense, but today I can probably swear off SD and never miss a single program. 

Not the case here in the UK Trip. Most content on Sky is SD, and most people I know have Sky as opposed to cable etc., so at the moment I think the point is valid. Clearly things will move on, but as to how far and how fast this process will take place, I'm not clear. When I wake up 1/3 of the Sky content is HD without requiring an additional subscription, then maybe I'll reconsider...

John, I figured that had to be the issue. In that case your point really does stand that the Avant & a few other well forged CRT sets still blow away the flat panels. Size is not really a viable factor in the debate I suppose, but I'm still pleased as punch with my Avant and actually glad that I still have SD options in many cases as well. 

As for Flappo, much of the content you described was shot in such a way that it can be remastered to suit HD transmission quite nicely. Check out Criterion's Blu-Ray offerings to see just how true this can be.