Loewe Aconda 9381

I've had the loewe Aconda 9381 32" flat screen since Dec 2001.It has 3 scarts,1 standard ,1 rgb and 1 rgb or component YUV sync on Y for use with a progressive scan DVD player. To choose the component setting go into AV set up in the menu and highlight it, then you will need a 3 RCA to scart component video cable with sync on the green connector plug unless your DVD player has a separate sync socket (4 RCA to scart). This cable is not available off the shelf but a HI-FI dealer can get it custom built. This will give the best picture available from DVD but the player must have component sockets on the back. Broadcast pictures on the Aconda are superb ...  Read the complete review

Good looking TV with nice features, but there are some flaws. Before I even tell you about Loewe's new Aconda TV, I'm going to have a quick moan. Many DVD players come with Component Video (RGB) and S-video sockets on the back, but some of them don't have SCART. That means that if you want to plug a SCART-less DVD player into your TV you have to use the AV inputs on the front, and using a chunky cable means your telly and you end up with an unfamily-friendly mess. Not right, is it? What's prompted me to say this is that Loewe's achingly gorgeous Aconda doesn't have anywhere out back for me to stick an S-video lead. I have to trail a cable ...  Read the complete review

I have a Loewe Aconda which isn't digital but I have digital TV which I watch on it and it is very very good. the sound is excellent and so is the picture, it automatically changes to widescreen when a digital show is broadcast if you use a scart cable with Sky Digital, and if there are bars over the braodcast it'll stretch out the image to fill the screen aswell. i only have two critisms of it - the screen isn't flat which means the pciture isn't quite perfect at the edges, but if you got a flatscreen TV from another manufacturer for less I doubt the TV would be as good, and there's only one RGB scart socket, the other two are just PAL. It ...  Read the complete review