Me telly's on it's arse.

  • Nemesis 14 Feb 2005 20:39:44 20,312 posts
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    I think it's dying, which is a shame. Tosh 28" Picture Frame and it'll cut out after 2 mins....which I think is a system feature should something fail. One time out of 20 you'll get a picture pop up and it'll run for 5 mins then cut itself out again.

    Tried isolating the power and unplugged everything else. I think she's about 4 years old now....so need to check the warranty. Which'll be out.

    So....recommendations? I don't think the budget will stretch into K's which rules out the plasma telly I always wanted. Only requires a single SCART RGB and component input for the DVD. Sound isn't an issue as it'll be fed to a seperate amp; just needs red/white audio out from the set to route to the amp.

    I dunno. 28" or below. Nothing that's got an arse like J-Lo.

    Any thoughts, recommendations for a standard CRT telly....


    /has to rush back to V-Day commitments.
  • mal 14 Feb 2005 20:49:00 29,326 posts
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    Widescreen, I take it? I would've recommended a tosh as they seem quite cheap and pretty well put together, but not I see why they're cheap. Four years? Eeep!

    Got a JVC myself. Quite happy with it except for the fact I saw it for sale everywhere for about 200 quid cheaper the week after I bought it. Eeep!

    It's got surround sound built in which turned out to be completely pointless as it's only Prologic I, but I guess you'll know about all that stuff before you buy. I didn't. Eeep!
  • MikeD 14 Feb 2005 20:52:56 10,063 posts
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    jvc HV-28P37S

    It has progressive scan and everything. Just do a mod/soft-mod on your xbox and you're set!

    edit: oh and hdtv 1080i if I can believe the website. You'd eb set for the xbox 2 as well!

    Edited by MikeD at 20:55:48 14-02-2005
  • Nemesis 14 Feb 2005 21:48:32 20,312 posts
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    Keep 'em coming!

    Oh it's bloody working again. Fucking thing.

    Edited by Nemesis at 22:02:59 14-02-2005
  • Deleted user 14 February 2005 22:10:31
    Nemesis wrote:
    I dunno. 28" or below. Nothing that's got an arse like J-Lo.

    Well, there goes my telly then.
  • Nemesis 14 Feb 2005 22:22:57 20,312 posts
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    Oh SHITARSE it's stopped again.

    Bloody bastard bloody bastard thing.
  • MikeD 14 Feb 2005 22:46:50 10,063 posts
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    rhythm wrote:
    Edit: that JVC looks OK but although it accepts HDTV in, it doesn't seem to output in anything approaching an HDTV signal.

    What do you mean? I haven't actually seen the tv in action, so I don't know how it works.

    (not that I have money at the moment anyway. But I was hoping to buy it myself to use with my modded xbox. Should I wait for the european hdtv's mentioned in the other thread?)
  • deem 15 Feb 2005 01:17:45 31,667 posts
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  • Frankypanky 15 Feb 2005 01:54:20 932 posts
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    rhythm wrote:
    Edit: that JVC looks OK but although it accepts HDTV in, it doesn't seem to output in anything approaching an HDTV signal.


    Well, that's quite a big but. And Nemesis specifically said...

    (o/
  • Machiavel 15 Feb 2005 07:31:48 5,964 posts
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    I'd vote with the 'get it fixed' camp. Had a Sony telly doing the same thing a few years back - it's just a capacitor or something that's gone dodgy, easily fixed (by an expert). It's worth keeping if you're happy with it otherwise.
  • Nemesis 15 Feb 2005 09:42:23 20,312 posts
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    Well, she's got the day off on Friday so .... I think I'll see who's local and recommended.
  • MikeD 15 Feb 2005 12:13:54 10,063 posts
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    rhythm wrote:
    I'm seeing this more and more. Just because Something can accept a signal or type of cable, doesn't mean it can output in that same signal (plasma is a good example here - a lot have component/HDTV inputs but don't output at HDTV resolutions). I'd say wait on before deciding.

    I was almost duped by clever marketing. Thanks!
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