Summary

27" Advent-branded HD CRT from 2003. originally manufactured by Prima in China. Has component at best, no digital inputs. A fairly basic HD CRT.

Literature

• User Manual
• Service Manual
• Official Webpage

Notes

So the main utility of an HD CRT is 480p and HD content. Now a 27" screen that is 4:3 is not going to be very useful for displaying a 1080i signal, in my opinion. However, 480p should be presented quite pleasingly, in concept. But in practice, how does it perform on this model?

As it turns out, not very well, unfortunately.

The image is rather soft, likely due to the scaler employing a filter on all the signals. (480i, 480p, and 720p are all scaled to 1080i, as far as I can tell.) The set also has velocity modulation, and to disable it, you must unplug a jumper from the neckboard. It can do PAL and SECAM over the AV inputs, but it might be converted to NTSC.

What is more of a letdown is that their is color banding in the signal. I suspect it is a result of color gamut conversion, though I am not certain. The jungle chip is by Micronas, though I'm not sure that it is entirely to blame for this problem. Whatever the cause, it is disappointing to see in person.

Tube is a special Toshiba model with Microfilter phosphors, made in Japan. This same tube was also used in Japanese candy cabs like the New Net City. So while the picture processing is lackluster, at least the tube is still excellent.

So what should this TV be used for? I'd say it would still be useful for 4:3 DVD content and casual viewing. It's not a bad HD CRT, but it could have been better.

Apparently this chassis was also used in Quasimoto QuasicadePRO multicade cabinet from 2005: Article