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Going back to analog: recommend me a television

post #1 of 28
12/13/10 at 2:28pm
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Artisan Fan and Andre have convinced me that analog is the way to go, so I was in the process of re-buying everything I care about...on vinyl. So far so good, but I want to take this to the next level

I've got one of them big digital HDTV's and decided that I can't stand the digitization, the pixelation, the faux/reproductive nature of it all. I want the purest picture I can get, and it only stands to reason that if analog is the gold standard for audio...then so it must be for video, as well.

So, I submit my post in an earnest bid to get your recommendations for a top-notch analog TV, something that would display the truest picture possible, without all that digital processing and "˜resolution' and other mumbo-jumbo. I want something that looks like I am there.

Thank you kindly in advance for your recs.
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post #2 of 28
12/13/10 at 2:54pm
Be sure to only watch shows shot on film. No videotape.
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post #3 of 28
12/13/10 at 2:57pm
I'm curious what people have to say about this. I have a big vinyl collectiona and prefer analog audio for sure. I also understand where you are coming from on digital video but I'm not remotely convinced that tube televisions are really better. I never got around to upgrading televisions but it is on my list of things to do. Fwiw, I'm open to a trade.
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post #4 of 28
12/13/10 at 2:58pm
I'd start here.
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post #5 of 28
12/13/10 at 4:32pm
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Be sure to only watch shows shot on film. No videotape.

hmmm, that may be problematic when I want to check out a blue movie.
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post #6 of 28
12/13/10 at 4:32pm
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I'd start here.

I dunno Rube, that has a screen and I don't really trust screens. Too modern.
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post #7 of 28
12/13/10 at 4:44pm
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post #8 of 28
12/13/10 at 4:45pm
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I dunno Rube, that has a screen and I don't really trust screens. Too modern.

More like this maybe?

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post #9 of 28
12/13/10 at 4:47pm
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More like this maybe?


Now you guys are talking. How would this translate into my living room, though?
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post #10 of 28
12/13/10 at 4:52pm
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More like this maybe?


Thomas,

I think your local home depot sells parts out front that would work for this model.
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post #11 of 28
12/13/10 at 4:53pm
Make sure you only watch laserdisc, too. It's like the vinyl of the video world.

--Andre
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post #12 of 28
12/13/10 at 4:54pm
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Now you guys are talking. How would this translate into my living room, though?

I can assure you a years salary for that guy is less than most televisions.
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post #13 of 28
12/13/10 at 6:02pm
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Thomas,

I think your local home depot sells parts out front that would work for this model.

I saw a few but they were pre-fab which lacks authenticity.

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Make sure you only watch laserdisc, too. It's like the vinyl of the video world.

--Andre

Laserdisc, you say. I haven't seen any of those in forever - they must be something special, like the elusive Betamax.
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post #14 of 28
12/13/10 at 6:04pm
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I can assure you a years salary for that guy is less than most televisions.

This sounds better and better. Where to kop?
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post #15 of 28
12/13/10 at 8:43pm
I use a 24" from Capehart-Farnsworth. It runs just as great as it '54 release date. My 8-track fidelipac (also from '54) has been sounding better since styrofoam cup mounting (less resistance)
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