Got the same model here in NZ. Not bad for a budget Sony, and like you say sweet spot is 240/480i. Do more of these indepth reviews Bob! And thanks for service menu details.
i definitely empathize with your final sentiments. i've always seen this tv as inferior to the kvhr series, simply because it does not support 480p. i remember using one at the beachhouse as a kid in about 2006, the absence of rgb & the way these later sony sets were set up gives me bad memories of making any non-480p component source look less than acceptable, as well as the sometimes totally off, but never above average geometry. i'd put that up to lazier hands on yoke alignment/magnet tweaking at the UK factory & cheaper shelf life of components used on lower end models by sony. i suppose it's just what you get looking from the dead centre of the analog to digital transition. sony may have saved a lot of money using 100hz scanning in later high-end CRTs this way, to be reused in post-CRT products like the bravia etc.
Picked one of these up today just for light guns and the convenience of widescreen for wii while 480i in GameCube. After giving it short run today I was impressed but not quite as sharp or bright as my kv-xr29 but that might be due to hours or some fine tuning
I’ve got a very similar model. I’m in the UK so it has SCART. It also has a digital tuner that still works today, pretty impressive for 2004ish. It’s a KD-28DL11U
Never really saw the point of widescreen CRTs that can’t do progressive scan myself.....as you said SD content will always look better on a classic 4:3 TV, and for Xbox or Wii you want at least 480p.....great review again though Rob
A component input is very nice for newer consoles like PS2 and X-Box but without Scart RGB you can't use the RGB signal from Master System, Mega Drive, Super Nintendo, PS1 and Saturn. You have the use the lower signal S-VHS.
Dude your a fucken legend for doing these videos. I've been searching for a good crt awhile and it's just so happens your videos are comeing up so I can actually find out about them from someone who sounds like a good cunt. Cheers mate apreciate you.
Affordable OLEDs or similar would have most of the advantages, without the (massive) drawbacks. The only thing really remaining is the lack of fixed resolution, and the inherent visual alteration of old games designed for CRTs (such as dithered artwork) A very high resolution tv would eliminate much of the scaling issues, and filters could sort the rest.
@@DoubleMonoLR Agree with you but I still own PS2 fat with Samsung Plano 29 inch CRT. One this where modern tech losses is, the fixed resolution which provides better stability when you go with SD set top boxes, DVD or even with CDs if you got any.