Same experience w the Loewe TVs. You cannot beat a CRT for that 3-d PQ, in my opinion. But of course, they are not practical at any size over about 32-36" and are stretching it at that size.
Been wondering about this for years....
When I went to San Fran for a little vaca around the end 1998-99 I stopped into a B&O store to check things out. Living in MS makes one forget that there are actully stores that you can go in and listen to high end audio. Amazing.
Anyway, I noticed they had The Fifth Element movie playing on one of their CRT based tv's , approximately 27-32 inches in size. I sat down to veg a little and was dumbfounded by the picture that this TV had. I dont mean the colors etc...I mean the picture was so 3 dimensional that I was blown away. I had NEVER seen anything like this before. I called my then girlfriend (now wife) over to check it out..and for the next hour and ahalf she did not budge from that seat. The picture was so lifelike (on a small scale of course) that even she was mesmerized by it. Can someone tell me what the heck kind of technology that B&O were using??? Had I possibly NOT been exposed to high end video to this extreme that I did not realize what could be had? Is this level of quality something that can be purchased today?? I have NEVER seen a television picture so vivid and again "3D" since then. I am more into audiophile 2 channel more than anything else, so I could have been (and probably still am) a video newbie.
thanks again for your time folks.
Spiro
Anyway, I noticed they had The Fifth Element movie playing on one of their CRT based tv's , approximately 27-32 inches in size. I sat down to veg a little and was dumbfounded by the picture that this TV had. I dont mean the colors etc...I mean the picture was so 3 dimensional that I was blown away. I had NEVER seen anything like this before. I called my then girlfriend (now wife) over to check it out..and for the next hour and ahalf she did not budge from that seat. The picture was so lifelike (on a small scale of course) that even she was mesmerized by it. Can someone tell me what the heck kind of technology that B&O were using??? Had I possibly NOT been exposed to high end video to this extreme that I did not realize what could be had? Is this level of quality something that can be purchased today?? I have NEVER seen a television picture so vivid and again "3D" since then. I am more into audiophile 2 channel more than anything else, so I could have been (and probably still am) a video newbie.
thanks again for your time folks.
Spiro