What happened to the 32" Samsung slimfit tv?

Energize · 3 Sep 2006 at 17:01

It apears to have dissapeared off their website? :confused:

I can only find 30" ones now.

squiffy · 3 Sep 2006 at 17:15

From the number of complaints with geometry I would hope so (take it taking about slimish depth CRT?)

Energize · 3 Sep 2006 at 17:18

They seem to sell it but it's not on their website and it's still in production. The geometry issues were supposed to have improved lots as well with the new batch juding by the pictures on av forums.

chaparral · 3 Sep 2006 at 19:08

Energize said:
It apears to have dissapeared off their website? I can only find 30" ones now.

32" one here.

http://www.samsung.com/uk/products/television/crt/ws32z306vbxxeu.asp?page=Specifications

Visible Diagonal 32"

Energize · 3 Sep 2006 at 20:22

Sorry I meant the hd one.

M0T · 4 Sep 2006 at 01:22

http://www.samsung.com/uk/products/television/crt/ws32z408d8xxeu.asp?page=Specifications

its the WS32Z419D you are after

Energize · 4 Sep 2006 at 01:26

So there are 2 32" HD crts they make then? I thought they only made the WS32Z409TQ. Which one is better?

Warbie · 9 Sep 2006 at 03:10

I had one of these sets and it was very ropey. Even if you're lucky enough to get one with decent geometry, many of them buzz loudly. SD also looks pretty poo and HD, well, it just isn't HD. How they managed to get the 'HD Ready' logo i'll never know.

So - poor picture on all sources with a tendancy to make nasty noises, bendy geometry, and, in a few cases, can go pop within a few weeks.

Energize · 9 Sep 2006 at 03:17

Warbie said:
I had one of these sets and it was very ropey. Even if you're lucky enough to get one with decent geometry, many of them buzz loudly. SD also looks pretty poo and HD, well, it just isn't HD. How they managed to get the 'HD Ready' logo i'll never know.

So - poor picture on all sources with a tendancy to make nasty noises, bendy geometry, and, in a few cases, can go pop within a few weeks.

How can 1080i not be hd exactly?

squiffy · 9 Sep 2006 at 10:25

1080p will be the official HD spec, anything lower is "higher definiation than you have already, but not what HD-DVD will be natively!"

I had a 730p screen, sent it back now falling back to my 28" CRT until 1080p screens are released (and 1.3 HDMI as well)

bam0 · 9 Sep 2006 at 11:23

squiffy said:
1080p will be the official HD spec, anything lower is "higher definiation than you have already, but not what HD-DVD will be natively!"

I had a 730p screen, sent it back now falling back to my 28" CRT until 1080p screens are released (and 1.3 HDMI as well)

Eh? HD as a standard is any of 720p, 1080i or 1080p. You also have to remember that the only approved standards for 1080p are 24, 25 or 30 fps, 1080p50 and 1080p60 are not. 720p60 is though so you will probably find a lot of material released in different formats depending on what the content is, and that's where it's not so clear how good lower resolution material will look on a fixed resolution panel, I can't imagine SD broadcasts looking good upscaled on a 1080 panel.

Warbie · 9 Sep 2006 at 12:44

Energize said:
How can 1080i not be hd exactly?

Simply because it didn't look nearly as detailed as on the lcd or plasma screens i've owned. I also had a hd compatible JVC crt which could display 1080i - this looked so much better than the Samsung CRT it's unreal. It barely looked sharper than my old Tosh ZP at 480p