Hello Chaps/Chapettes,

I'm thinking about getting me a (pre-owned) bedroom telly.

Not large - upto a max of 28" i'd say. I also want it to be a table top set - not a floor-standing or pole mounted.

I'm torn between various models. These include :

          * A 4000/4002 MX (21")

          * A Beovision/Beocenter 1 (25")

   or a * A Beovision 3 (28")  -- (not 32" as this would be too big...)

I'm not looking to spend enough for a flat panel - so i dont wanna know about Beovision 6's or 7's or 8's etc..

- so these 3 CRT's above I am trying to choose between..

Any advice/recommendations on this...?

Thanks....Michael

All of the others will have a lot of bulk compared to a MX400x. A BV1 will require the table stand which adds height.

However, if most of what you watch is already in 16:9 format, the useful image size on a smaller MX will not be very big. It might be unpractical if you have a big bedroom - in my experience, a 21" MX is good for something like 2-3 meters viewing distance, not really more than that. BV3 with its 16:9 screen would have a lot of advantage here.

The MX will obviously be quite a bit cheaper and more easily available than the others. Perhaps you could just get one and see how you get along with it.

Hi Michael,

I use a Beocentre 1 as a bedroom TV and find it excellent, the styling is fantastic, built in DVD and the motorised turning just in case i use the other side of the bed! plus it sounds great too highly recommended!

Regards

Ray

RayTheWash:

Hi Michael,

I use a Beocentre 1 as a bedroom TV and find it excellent, the styling is fantastic, built in DVD and the motorised turning just in case i use the other side of the bed! plus it sounds great too highly recommended!

Regards

Ray

Ditto. BC1 is really great as bedroom tv i love mine and hope it lasts decades to come

I use an LX6000 - the sound is excellent and one can control the extra sources such as Sky+ on the main room set. Not as tall as the MX, it offers a 28" screen and the ability to fit both active and passive speakers.

I to have beocentre 1 and love it! At first It took a while to get used to the height but now no probs

Evening guys, thanks for the replies so far fellas...

All interesting points made..

Peter, would you really consider an LX6000 over a BV3 28"?...considering the 'age difference' issue..?

I actually already have a tiny MX1500 in the room - but I think my eyes are going!! i cant see the bloomin txt anymore! Hence I need to move up in screen size a notch or two - but not beyond 28" as the room is really quite small.

I have also had (and given away to family!) MX6000's before and tbh thats a bit large for the room actually - hence the MX4000 option...

I take the point guys about the good performance of the Beocenter 1's - tempting....- but then again what about a BV3 (28)  which may only be 5 or 6 yrs old??? hmmm choices, choices

regards

I think the back of the BV3 puts me off! It is a big set, even in 28" form. It is widescreen though. Of course the LX has a taller screen - in fact it is taller than the BV3 32" model. The last ones have good tubes and are easy to get serviced.

If the MX6000 was too big, then the BV3 will certainly be worse. I would go for the BV/C1 with a table stand.

There is a beocenter 1 on ebay now for a but it now £249 I messaged the guy its not a masterlink version but not bad value!  I have the serial number if you want it

Cheers Nick 

Nickyg63:

There is a beocenter 1 on ebay now for a but it now £249 I messaged the guy its not a masterlink version but not bad value!  I have the serial number if you want it

 

Cheers Nick 

Hi Nick,

Are you talking about the green colour one in Norfolk (on ebay)?

If so, I have spotted it - but the base looks quite badly scratched (particularly at the front) and he is in Norfolk which is a bit far to travel (from Manchester) for something of this value. this one has been listed before - i think with more pictures than it has now & I wasnt too impressed with the look of it (close ups of the base). It's also an early model I think as it comes with the Beo1 remote - dont particularly want that.

If it's not this one - please let me have the item number.

Thanks, Michael

Yeah thats the one. He seems like a nice chap I was tempted to buy it and swap my beovision 1 in case i ever change the avant dvd, but without masterlink its not much use to me. They are great sounding tv's. Cheers Nick

I have Avant 32 in bedroom

If I where you I go for BV3-28.

Hi all

Have a 4002 in the bedroom on a motor wall bracket - (held up by rawlplugs on a french terracotte block wall not the best for supporting weighty stuff0) - viewing distance about 4 metres text readable as are subtitles

See another thread later today re an adaptation / mod to the wall mount to carry a shelf under it on which i have a sky box for english language progs - as may be apparent above, the installation is in france!

cheers

Tony

I have a BC1 with a wall bracket. The cables have been concealed behind a plasterboard panel standing just proud of the wall. You will be surprised at how much space all the cabling takes up (in my case with STB and Freeview scarts its a bit of a squeeze within the bracket.)

The great advantage of the wall bracket is that you have no stand from which the TV can easily be knocked if you have limited bedroom space with the usual narrow strip to walk between the bed walls and units. In a larger room a table top stand on a unit would be OK. One minor disadvantage of the wall bracket is that the motorised TV can only move to a fixed set angle each side of the wall parallel position, whereas a free standing table stand might be better suited to a TV near a room corner i.e. you have more freedom to set the TV range of movement with the base than with the wall bracket.

At up to 3m viewing distance the 25" screen is fine, even with a letterbox format film.

Graham