Anyone Know About The Jvc Av-32r57sk

[CYMRAES]

Looking at 32" CRT, came across the JVC AV-32R57SK for £350 delivered. Wonder how it is - can't find it in any shops, only on websites, (it is shown as "NEW") and can't find any reviews. Looking at the JVC because they seem to offer more inputs, many with 3 scarts etc. This model has inputs for home cinema/surround sound - has a subwoofer and speakers included.

Would appreciate feedback - did like the JVT HV-32D40 which has integrated freeview, great reviews, but do not want to pay £600 plus for a CRT! There is the JVC AV-32T5BK but doesn't seem to have the inputs etc - perhaps you know better!

[sparky_paul]

You can get the user manuals from JVC here

http://www.jvc.co.uk/download.php?type=2

...which is quite useful as there are specifications at the back. Just put the model in the search box, e.g. 32r57

There's also review of the AV-32R57SK here

http://www.homecinemachoice.com/cgi-...?reviewid=6315

As far as I know, both the TVs you mention have 3 scarts, with two of them being RGB enabled.

[CYMRAES]

I had seen the review in 'Home cinema choice', and although I have been on JVC website, did not come across the manual, so thank you. I was wondering if anyone had this set at all, but I suppose if it is a new set, there isn't anyone here that has gone for it.

It does seem a reasonable price (£336.00) if I decide to go for a new CRT, although it is without integrated freeview. The nicest one is the JVC HV32D40, and cheapest I found was £591.00, but if I were to spend that amount, I would probably go for LCD. I will have to make a decision in the next few weeks, as watching a 12" portable since my 28" sony packed in over 6 weeks ago is driving me nuts!

Thanks again for your help.

[aekostas]

Originally Posted by CYMRAES

The nicest one is the JVC HV32D40, and cheapest I found was £591.00, but if I were to spend that amount, I would probably go for LCD.

Would you? I just came back from a 3-hour trek looking at TVs. Very disappointed and confused:

• Costco have 2 CRTs available, a Sony and a 36" Toshiba at more money that the Bank of England has ever printed. JL no longer stock CRTs. I am disgusted, because...
• What I saw from LCDs (even without looking at the prices) was disheartening: I was watching the news from 5m and as soon as the presenter moved their head you could see it go soft, until it stopped moving again. Watching footbal must be absolutely painful. I also thought that the images looked as flat as the screens.
• Comet (esp) and Currys, that have quite a few CRTs on display, have such a variable signal that one cannot deduce anything about PQ (and I assume that PQ is subjective). A salesperson advised me to look at the website reviews!!! Speaking of which...
• The one CRT I liked, Toshiba 28YT56, gets very bad press in this forum. I also liked the colours of the Philips (PW6720D05), but reading letters looked jumpy. The JVC AV28T5SK looked generally OK if not as sharp as the Philips next to it; it also looked to me like it rendered cool (green?) while the Philips was a bit yellow perhaps.

I am pleased I paid £75 to replace all the capacitors of my old, 21" Grundig in Sept and I am not so desperate, though I now see a few red and green horizontal lines at the top when showing a black bg. I am extremely unhappy at the options available (or lack thereof). Thanks for reading though

[CYMRAES]

aekostas, I know what you mean - I have made a few visits to look at different tv's - CRT and LCD. I have also spent the past 6 weeks looking through forums - CRT and LCD.

I had been sold on the Toshiba 32YT56 until reading so many negatives (not only on the AV forum, but also reviews from other sources) especially with sound issues that I dropped it completely!

I am in a dilema, especially as I am getting rather depressed at watching a 12" portable since my 28" died on me. Anyway, I am none the wiser - do I spend a few hundred more on LCD, as we are pushed to believe it is the way forward, or spend around £500 on a CRT??? Let's face it, a 32" CRT is so so bulky and heavy, it is very tempting to go for a light slim panel. All the CRT's I have been looking in to have negatives, and not many have the inputs I would like - many have just 2 scarts and an RF input! On the other hand, any LCD you look into has negatives, and everyone has an opinion.

It is confusing, and no matter how many times I go to have a look at tv's in a shop, you don't get a true picture or sound because of the set up.

I can see what is going to happen, I am going to get to a point that I get so fed up, I shall buy something and make a big mistake out of desparation!

[sparky_paul]

Originally Posted by CYMRAES

It does seem a reasonable price (£336.00) if I decide to go for a new CRT, although it is without integrated freeview. The nicest one is the JVC HV32D40, and cheapest I found was £591.00, but if I were to spend that amount, I would probably go for LCD.

I've just been looking around for a 32" CRT, I too looked at LCDs but found that whilst they are much improved, the PQ still falls short of a good CRT - and try watching them in a room with a sunny window...

The HV-32D40 and HV-28D40 are getting increasingly hard to find, there's a few still advertising them but there's another thread on here about them not actually being in stock. I settled on a HV-32P37 from empiredirect - I wasn't bothered about freeview as I have a freeview PVR and Sky. From what I have read it's a similar TV to the HV-32D40, but a slightly earlier model, without the digital tuner and it looks very different. However, it was £408 delivered - I think they may have gone up a little now though.

It was delivered earlier this week, but unfortunately, they managed to deliver the wrong stand with it, and bizarrely, the only way they can rectify this is to deliver a complete new TV and stand, and take the first TV and stand away, despite the thing being in two completely separate boxes. Crazy...

So I am waiting for a call on Monday to arrange another delivery. I have tried the TV, and was very impressed with it - it was much better on analogue/RGB signals than I expected after reading some of the comments on here and the review on HCC, but it did require much experimentation tweaking with the DIST settings to get the picture right. Being able to connect DVD via component progressive scan on AV4 is a real bonus. I think the only real negative is the size of it, having the speakers at the side as it does - although I think it will look OK on the stand.

Originally Posted by aekostas

The JVC AV28T5SK looked generally OK if not as sharp as the Philips next to it; it also looked to me like it rendered cool (green?) while the Philips was a bit yellow perhaps.

I noticed the cold, greeny-blue on mine as soon as I turned it on - the TV has an adjustment for COLOUR TEMP. in the menus, with cool, normal and warm settings. The TVs are shipped with it on COOL, changing this to NORMAL fixed this - I reckon the T5 has the same adjustment.

[CYMRAES]

I settled on a HV-32P37 from empiredirect - I wasn't bothered about freeview as I have a freeview PVR and Sky. From what I have read it's a similar TV to the HV-32D40, but a slightly earlier model, without the digital tuner and it looks very different.

Sounds pretty good - I have just had a look at it. Empire direct has also got the JVC AV32E50S for around the same price and it has integrated freeview. Don't know if I could add surround sound to it, although there are left and right audio inputs at the back.

unfortunately, they managed to deliver the wrong stand with it

I hope you get some luck with sorting the order mix up quickly - it is bizarre that they couldn't just deliver a stand only!

I went out this morning to look at tv's - again! Still don't know what to do - unfortunately couldn't find any of the jvc models I have been looking at on the web! Wonder whether to go for one without seeing it in the flesh as it were?!

[aekostas]

Originally Posted by CYMRAES

I went out this morning to look at tv's - again! Still don't know what to do - unfortunately couldn't find any of the jvc models I have been looking at on the web! Wonder whether to go for one without seeing it in the flesh as it were?!

Pot luck, mate, though I am not sure anymore if it's any different from seeing it in advance. I am about to take the family out on a related outing. I am 70% settled on the Toshiba 28YT56; they can't all be broken, and that's what warranties are for. Of course noone needs the hassle, but at least it does not cost the earth.

[aekostas]

Originally Posted by sparky_paul

I settled on a HV-32P37 from empiredirect - I wasn't bothered about freeview as I have a freeview PVR and Sky. From what I have read it's a similar TV to the HV-32D40, but a slightly earlier model, without the digital tuner and it looks very different.

It is also 100Hz, unlike the d40!!!

Originally Posted by sparky_paul

I noticed the cold, greeny-blue on mine as soon as I turned it on - the TV has an adjustment for COLOUR TEMP. in the menus, with cool, normal and warm settings. The TVs are shipped with it on COOL, changing this to NORMAL fixed this - I reckon the T5 has the same adjustment.

Ace, thanks. The JVCs also come in black!

[sparky_paul]

Originally Posted by aekostas

It is also 100Hz, unlike the d40!!!

I think both the D40 and P37 are 75Hz sets, according to JVC.

I was also looking at the 32" Toshibas, they are a very nice set and get good reviews - it's the comments on here that made me a bit wary, especially about the whistling...

[sparky_paul]

Originally Posted by CYMRAES

I hope you get some luck with sorting the order mix up quickly - it is bizarre that they couldn't just deliver a stand only!

I went out this morning to look at tv's - again! Still don't know what to do - unfortunately couldn't find any of the jvc models I have been looking at on the web! Wonder whether to go for one without seeing it in the flesh as it were?!

I was scratching my head when I came off the phone, I can tell you...

They understood what I was saying, they just couldn't (or wouldn't) swap the stand on it's own. Instead of a nice, new, boxed TV in stock, they'll have one which has been out of the box, used, and boxed up again... and have to transport them from Leeds and back... absolutely barmy...

Can't say I would recommend them, unless you really want the 32P37, CS are poor and emailing them is a waste of time - you have to phone to get anything done. Even then it's hard work.

I bought the 32P37 without seeing it, I'd seen the D40 a while ago, but it was too much £££ for me. There are very few JVCs in the shops, I haven't seen any 32" ones round here recently.

[CYMRAES]

They understood what I was saying, they just couldn't (or wouldn't) swap the stand on it's own. Instead of a nice, new, boxed TV in stock, they'll have one which has been out of the box, used, and boxed up again... and have to transport them from Leeds and back... absolutely barmy...

Surely you could insist on keeping the new tv you have! Why don't you send the one that arrives with the courier back and keep the stand - I would. Do not settle for a tv that has been out of the box and used. Remember, you are the customer - it doesn't make one bit of difference to them which one you send back. I would not pack the one you have received to send back if you are happy with it. I would just send the wrong stand back - makes no difference to the courier!

I think I shall have to think twice about empire direct - don't like the sound of that.

Out of curiosity, why didn't you go for the JVC AV32E50S as it cost the same and is IDTV - I know you have a freeview box and sky, but you could have got rid of one box and gained a scart.

[aekostas]

Originally Posted by sparky_paul

I think both the D40 and P37 are 75Hz sets, according to JVC.

I had a look at the website and could not find data on the p37. Pricerunner classes it as a 100hz:

http://www.pricerunner.co.uk/sound-a...189686/details

[aekostas]

Originally Posted by aekostas

I am about to take the family out on a related outing. I am 70% settled on the Toshiba 28YT56; they can't all be broken, and that's what warranties are for.

Inconclusive visit, other than that we are assessing our targets. We prefer 32 to 28; we believe we need 100Hz; and it looks likely we will need to sacrifice the ID bit.

The 32YT56 flickered terribly with snooker on. There were no 100Hz IDTVs available and the analogue signal was so terrible we could not understand what was going on.

If we go back on the previous priorities, the 28YT56 it is.

And all this is in the wrong thread

[sparky_paul]

Originally Posted by aekostas

I had a look at the website and could not find data on the p37. Pricerunner classes it as a 100hz

I only know because it's been discussed here in a few threads. There is a comparison of the specs here

http://www.jvc.nl/files/techspec/04jnl_television1.pdf

Gary_B has confirmed this, and that the D40 and P37 are similar apart from the looks and the digital tuner - he seems very clued up on the JVCs.