JVC D-Series CRT Review for Retro Gaming: AV-32D201; AV-32D502; AV36D303

The JVC D-Series looks very different than a WEGA. It's strengths and weaknesses are discussed. Couple things I forgot to say: 1: The 36D303 has an extra video setting called, "Theater Pro" It looks pretty good but is only accessible from pressing a specific button on the remote. So if you don't have the model specific remote than you probably can't access the Theater Pro video setting. 2: You can access the focus and screen pots on the flyback without taking the shell off. There are slots on the back for easy access. 3: The menu on some D-Series locks out component inputs. You might have to go into the menu and enable component video if you do not get an image over the component input. 0:00 The different model number variants are very similar. 2:36 How sharp is a D-Series? How many TV Lines does it have? How does it compare to a WEGA? 7:31 D-Series Mask Vs WEGA grille. 10:02 Build quality. 12:53 Menu 13:33 Back of the TVs. 15:51 Inside the 502 and 201. 19:41 Curved glass bubble tubes. 22:21 Grid Pattern--inherent geometry issues with all bubble TVs. 23:28 Final thoughts. A 32 inch D-Series weighs less than a 27 inch WEGA. Here is some info I was pointed to on Redit regarding the different tubes in D-Series tvs. "... Basically, there's a bunch of people JVC got tubes from, and you can tell what it is by the end of the serial number (usually). Sometimes it'll have a single letter, or a two-letter starting with A (eg. R and AR are the same). Sometimes it's the tube letter followed by several more letters, which are just retailer codes -- so R and RAA are the same. R - Thomson S - Samsung Z - Philips G - LG/Orion M - Panasonic H - Hitachi Y - Sharp or Toshiba (A) or Panasonic (M) A or X - RCA/Thomson" In the post he said that the darker tubes have better colors and it sounds like the "M" tubes (Panasonic) and the "R" tubes (Thompson) are prefered. I can neither confirm nor deny this info but there it is.