Some people might expect perfect rather than very good pictures for the best part of three grand, I guess. But for me, the Connect 42 as an overall package has the looks, feel, features, unique flexibility and all-round performance quality it needs to more than satisfy the very select market it so assiduously targets.Read full review
You've got to be kidding. 7/10 for value!? Last I checked it doesn't cost £2500 to get a "low/midrange quality' LCD TV installed and professionally calibrated. You could fly in THX service personal for that!
Sharp provide the panels for Loewe TV's. Given the low contrast ratio this one must have been plucked from the parts bin after Sharp left it there 18 months ago.
Also 10/10 for design..? "it doesn't half make for some convoluted menu/submenu navigation 'expeditions" .. doesn't sounds like good design to me. Honestly what moron would order one with that "monitor looking" table-top stand on it? You'd be starring at the reflection of you light fittings.. the other two make it look like it's been nicked from the local council's visitors centre foyer.
And actually, yes for £3000 you can get display perfect.. or at least a dam sight closer to it than this TV. The Panasonic 58Inch V10 is about the same price an awesome TV. So you'd have to be an idiot to buy this TV. I would automatically hate some one who brought one because, literally in this case, they have more money than sense.
I wonder why anyone would buy a tv at the moment with the market waiting for freeview HD receivers. Just the poor saps who haven't heard about it! "What the brand new telly I bought for Christmas is out of date by the Spring????" ;-)
Loewe (German word for lion) is a superb brand and my girlfriend, who is a designer, had to be peeled off their sets with a crowbar at the last IFA. She wants one so badly. The only thing stopping us is the lack of a larger set (my wish) and the money (serves us right for being poor), because once you start adding extras and goodies the price moves rapidly upwards.
I'm fed up of reading comments from people who think just because a set doesn't have one of the new freeview tuners it's now obsolete!
Personally I buy a tv based on one thing only (budget permitting of course!) and that's how good is the picture. I don't care what tuners it has, I don't care if it can stream a million file types from a usb drive.
I can add all this functionality later, albeit at an extra cost, but honestly how many people nowadays have an extra/external tuner for things like PVR functionality anyway.
Plus don't forget sets from manufacturers that have freesat built in as well, they already get HD material so are most certainly not 'out of date' :)
@Techno22, They actually don't have a noticeable high street presence in the Uk, mainly only being found in specialty stores. I've noticed that abroad, the brand has a massive reputation. In Singapore when I first saw Loewe televisions, my mouth dropped. The quality was astounding. I watched one of those loop tapes on the Loewe and it blew the other televisions nearby by other big names out the water.
The design of this particular Loewe isn't that attractive, but like stated in the review, the quality of the screen will be excellent. I wonder, If I start a savings account I may be able to afford a Loewe in a few years...At the moment, it's £400 HDTvs for me.
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