Video Asylum

Posted by Harmonia (A) on February 05, 2006 at 21:08:15

In Reply to: I own an RCA 38" TV that reportedly... posted by C.B. on February 3, 2006 at 04:50:37:

...because at close-out the RCA had such great pricing for such a large set. Very tempting. But the issues with this set put me off it. Lotta people had repair issues with it, and RCA was not known for its quality control.

I can tell you that the tubes were the only thing these two models had in common. (Thompson is headquartered in my hometown.) The electronics and feature sets are different. The Loewe is a SOTA CRT. The RCA, while terrific bang for the buck, ain't in that league.

BTW, have you ever tried a scaling DVD player to defeat the auto widescreen lock with progressive signals? This annoying feature of locking on widescreen with a progressive input signal is a fairly common problem on sets of this era, not just your model. It isn't a defect, it's the way a lot of sets were designed, the companies assuming all p-scan input would be widescreen. Idiots.

I purchased a Panny RP91 a few years ago for that very reason. It's an excellent DVD player which also has great de-interlacing. I can scale to original aspect ratio using the Panny, despite the auto WS what my Philips 9818 wants to lock onto.