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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry View Post
    Not as old as mine: an 18" CRT Mitsubishi, bought in 1982 and still going strong. It's so old it only has a 75Ohm aerial input - no SCART, no HDMI, no remote.
    Lol - you *really* don't know what you're missing out on, especially if you enjoy movies! Next time you visit me, you'll find out...

    Also, so I presume you can't even connect a Freeview box to it, and therefore can only receive the basic five TV channels?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    Lol - you *really* don't know what you're missing out on, especially if you enjoy movies! Next time you visit me, you'll find out...

    Also, so I presume you can't even connect a Freeview box to it, and therefore can only receive the basic five TV channels?

    Marco.
    I can use a Freeview box (I have to, since they switched off analogue broadcasts), as I can a DVD player.

    But you're right - I have seen natural history programmes on an HD television: the detail was breath taking, you felt you could walk into the picture and touch things. I still have problems with the out of focus motion blur, but I believe thing are getting better in that department.

    Happy has 32"(?) flat screen telly (no idea what technology it uses) and the picture is much sharper than with mine. When we decant her belongings into my place we may use it, or we may put it in our house in Cameroon.

    The truth of the matter is a new telly is not a high priority for me at the moment. Will probably do something about it next year (after I have viewed yours, and your BluRay player ).
    Barry

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    Sure, I'll give you a few good reccos 32" is tiny, though. You really need a 45" screen minimum, preferably 55", and wall-mount it, to get the proper effect.

    If HD impressed you, wait until you see 4K HDR in action!!

    Marco.
    Main System

    Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.

    Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.

    Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.

    CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.

    Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.

    Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.

    Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.

    Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.

    Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.


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    I'm not attracted to very large TVs, especially wall-mounted ones - I think they look ugly when not in use.
    Barry

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    I completely agree, but for me, they look equally as ugly table-mounted, often more so if they're positioned in such a way that you can see their backs or sides, as then they really stick out and draw attention to themselves...

    The key to mimimising the ugly effect, as far as possible, for me is to mount the TV on the far wall of your room (ours is in a dark corner too, which helps), so you only have to look at it face on, and when not in use, have it pressed flush against the wall. That way, with the ultra-slim nature of flat-screen TVs, it just looks like a black frame

    Other advantages of wall-mounting are in terms of space saving and, crucially, if you're not putting the sound through the main speakers in your system, table-mounting the TV will sound horribly tinny (due to the TV's lack of cabinet), and so wall-mounting helps reinforce the bass and gives the sound more substance.

    I know where you're coming from, as I used to think the same way, but then realised that to create a convincing 'immersive effect', with movies, the screen has to be a certain size, in proportion to the room. If you're not bothered about that, however, and simply want to watch TV, then cool

    Marco.
    Main System

    Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.

    Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.

    Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.

    CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.

    Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.

    Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.

    Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.

    Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.

    Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.


    Protect your HUMAN RIGHTS and REFUSE ANY *MANDATORY* VACCINE FOR COVID-19!

    Also **SAY NO** to unjust 'vaccine passports' or certificates, which are totally incompatible with a FREE society!!!


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