flat screens, was Re: 76cm WS + STB under $1000

[Mike]

Hugh Jorgan wrote:

> Ok, does it have a *nearly* flat screen. Some of the cheapies on the market
> at the moment you may as well get a projector and use a baloon as the
> screen.

OK, I guess I just don't get the fuss over flat screens. They are nice,
but not a priority on a cheap system to me.
Years ago, all TVs were quite convex compared to the cheapest now. It
didnt really matter much, except you got reflections from a large angle.
Better to remove those reflecting light sources altogether.

[tony_h]

Mike wrote:
> Hugh Jorgan wrote:
>
>> Ok, does it have a *nearly* flat screen. Some of the cheapies on the
>> market at the moment you may as well get a projector and use a
>> baloon as the screen.
>
> OK, I guess I just don't get the fuss over flat screens. They are
> nice, but not a priority on a cheap system to me.
> Years ago, all TVs were quite convex compared to the cheapest now.
> It didnt really matter much, except you got reflections from a large
> angle. Better to remove those reflecting light sources altogether.

Agree! The flatter the screen, the dodgier the picture looks around the
edges due to all the bodgy electronics required to achieve casting on a flat
screen (also the glass is a lot thicker on the edges, making the image look
a little convex). These electronics, if not done properly, cause non-linear
edges and a real pain to get adjusted correctly. Of course, plasma, LCD,
rear projection (and front projection) can ignore this!
My 5yr old 68cm Loewe Profil has been described in here as a fish bowl
screen, I can guarantee that it doesn't look this way as an owner, only
people looking specifically at the curvature of the glass would spot any
different (watching from front on really doesn't show any curvature).
Cheers
Tony

[DAVO]

> Agree! The flatter the screen, the dodgier the picture looks around
the
> edges due to all the bodgy electronics required to achieve casting on
a flat
> screen (also the glass is a lot thicker on the edges, making the image
look
> a little convex). These electronics, if not done properly, cause
non-linear
> edges and a real pain to get adjusted correctly. Of course, plasma,
LCD,
> rear projection (and front projection) can ignore this!
> My 5yr old 68cm Loewe Profil has been described in here as a fish bowl
> screen, I can guarantee that it doesn't look this way as an owner,
only
> people looking specifically at the curvature of the glass would spot
any
> different (watching from front on really doesn't show any curvature).
> Cheers
> Tony

Some of you young-uns may be interested to know that when television
first started in OZ in the 50's the screens were almost circular.

DAVO

[tony_h]

DAVO wrote:
snip
>> My 5yr old 68cm Loewe Profil has been described in here as a fish
>> bowl screen, I can guarantee that it doesn't look this way as an
>> owner, only people looking specifically at the curvature of the
>> glass would spot any different (watching from front on really
>> doesn't show any curvature). Cheers
>> Tony
>
> Some of you young-uns may be interested to know that when television
> first started in OZ in the 50's the screens were almost circular.
>
> DAVO

I have seen those old movies where they show people crowded around very
small screens with very rounded edges. I had an old 60s valve B&W TV (RCA
if I remember correctly) that looked a lot better than that!

Was the glass itself of similar curvature to normal sets? Or was it very
round in that plane too?
Cheers
Tony