Video Asylum

Posted by Roland on May 22, 2001 at 12:05:31

In Reply to: Company flavors posted by Victor Khomenko on May 22, 2001 at 08:13:39:

Ok I take your point on that, and its very true that set-up plays a big part in the look of a tv. Talk to video professionals and get their opinion on camera's and monitors. Most of what we see on tv is shot on Sony kit and monitored on their kit. Look at tv news cameramen, what cameras are they using? R&D in television is now a major expense as systems get more complicated, Sony do have huge resources, and they use them. The Loewe set is good, but like B&O overpriced due probably to their market share. As much as some things are subjective, you can get into Emperors new clothes syndrome all too easily in tv and audio. I've seen plenty of very poor pictures in peoples homes where they have really not done any comparisons, but believe what they are getting is marvelous because the salesman told them so. I work with television and audio for a living, so my interest is getting the best possible sound/picture for my client. Its in my interest to deliver because my income depends on it. I have a very well set up Sony 36FS70 that I use to demonstrate to customers and it knocks them sideways. As always this is a personal view, but I seriously recommend anyone in the market for a set of this size and price to check it out, I did.