Darrel McBane
Second Unit
- Joined
- Oct 8, 1999
- Messages
- 363
Make/Model: Loewe Aconda
Size/Type: 30" 16x9 HD tube
Price you paid for it: Sold my Mit. 46" for $1500. Bought a Loewe Calida 32" store demo for $1569. with extended warranty $1800. After 5 month the set died. GoodGuys upgraded the set to a new $2900 Aconda set due not carrying the Calida any longer.
Good things: One of the best tube TVs I've ever seen. Very tweakable. It up-converts any signal to 480p internally. DVDs look fabulous. Better than my Sony 9000ES DVD player. HD looks incredible. Regular cable TV look very very good. The remote is very simple. But very user friendly with a minimum of buttons. Accessing the sub menu and tweaking it can do at lot of good things if one is very careful. And keeps a written record of the original settings. It's easy to get carried away the adjustment's.
Bad things: Bypassing the internal doubler takes some effort. One needs to use the VGA connection on the set.
Overall: Are you happy with it? (yes/no) Yes, very happy!
Size/Type: 30" 16x9 HD tube
Price you paid for it: Sold my Mit. 46" for $1500. Bought a Loewe Calida 32" store demo for $1569. with extended warranty $1800. After 5 month the set died. GoodGuys upgraded the set to a new $2900 Aconda set due not carrying the Calida any longer.
Good things: One of the best tube TVs I've ever seen. Very tweakable. It up-converts any signal to 480p internally. DVDs look fabulous. Better than my Sony 9000ES DVD player. HD looks incredible. Regular cable TV look very very good. The remote is very simple. But very user friendly with a minimum of buttons. Accessing the sub menu and tweaking it can do at lot of good things if one is very careful. And keeps a written record of the original settings. It's easy to get carried away the adjustment's.
Bad things: Bypassing the internal doubler takes some effort. One needs to use the VGA connection on the set.
Overall: Are you happy with it? (yes/no) Yes, very happy!