Never again Orion! That I had sworn a few years ago, when I foolishly me a huge 16: 9 had bought Orion CRT TV was just mieserabel. Did then just a big good-effective image, but with the Orion that was not to make. Regardless of the past. And now to the actual this brief review, the Orion TV-32,082th For housing to say is I like it pretty well, nice not reflective matte black, so no high gloss, an important aspect in the home theater. Solid processes, operating heads on TV are mounted up, pretty useful one does not have to bend down and "fiddle". The screen is anti-reflective, so you can calmly start a lamp in the background and does not look at the TV. In the Orion menu has several functioning parameters that can be used to prepare the picture exactly as desired. For my tests, I used the Orion "out of the box" used so without any settings in the Picture menu (later I shut down just the contrast to something, otherwise the default settings are quite succeeded). Let's start with the positive, to see what the little can am I first ran with the sharpest weapon that I have available here, a HD-DVD player to the (US Model) Toshiba HD-A1. With a high quality 5m long HDMI cable connected to the Orion and the US version of the combo (Combo stands for HD DVD on one side of the disc and DVD on the other side) HD-DVD "Happy Feet" is inserted. Orion manually switched to HDMI 1 and HDMI handshake worked right away. The picture was there and it was sensational, perfectly stable, no flicker, no pixel noise, no artifacts, no Griesel - absolutely only image as it should be - perfect colors, deep blacks, grays, white, white - just absolutely perfect! I was admittedly a bit flat - so good I had the image of the Orion was not suspected. I had bought the Orion in a discount store for 499 EUR and have since the horrific satellite image presented that I've ever seen. As a wunderts why ever sell any TVs, no man could be such a lousy picture and just 20 minutes look. Because I've seen the HD DVD title "Happy Feet" on several occasions on my 50-inch DLP rear projection, I knew that's one of the best pictures that's to get currently in home theater and therefore had the disc as the first test of the Orion. My immediate short-Conclusion then: direct hit, stroke of luck for the price! Second test run per normal DVD player (Tevion DVD 2007 F) and HDMI at the Orion. Class class, great bold colors and very quiet stable picture, good black level, everything ok. We consider this the Tevion DVD 2007 R is a 50-EUR China Kracher from Aldi. Image via Scart (Monster Cable) also very nice but it falls to HDMI but already 'ne whole corner off. I do not, in principle, but no matter, the Orion is looked for's bedroom and there is almost only DVD via HDMI so because everything fits. Last test normal TV wired analog. Unfortunately, I have here in Hesse with the cable operators Iesy pretty bad hand what cable TV affects image quality. The cable screen is already quite weak, various channels are hardly to watch. One can look at it yet, on stronger stations shows the Orion equal to what he can, beautiful colors, no flickering, very pleasant, but no comparison to HD DVD or DVD via HDMI. What struck me as far as the criticisms:
1) If you have the Orion via Audio Out (RCA to allow TV sound running on the system) connected to the AV amplifier is not it creaks when switching the TV channels (with sound through the TV speakers).
2) The Orion is quite warm, a nice Nebenefekt but not so great in the winter during the summer.
Only way for me therefore 4 - 3 (full screen) DVDs represent just the car or CINEMA mode - unfortunately you have then a shrunk image with light "Quetschköpfen" not so dramatic but it bugs: 3) With HDMI image 1080i and 720p to 4 leave : View 3 DVDs only via Scart.
Positive there is more:
1) Awesome picture via HDMI connection (of which he has two) in DVD or HD-DVD, safe even with Blu-Ray
2) Good picture via scart with DVD
3) Solid case, well finished, Anti-glare
4) Anti-reflective screen
5) Simple but good and functional remote control
6) Simple but well-to-use menu
7) PC connection, component, Scart, HDMI - what more could you want?
8) Did certainly Miscellaneous not listed here ...
And now the final conclusion:
Hammer, Hammer, really a small Fetzer of Orion and for the price! So it's really good and reasonably priced, if a manufacturer wants to. And God knows what Orion has ridden - this time you wanted it!