The largest 4:3 LCD TV - Ölevia LT20S

Unexpected Ashens, love it!

Props to that Panasonic engineer who made everything work on such a complex device. Underappreciated people.

My first few LCD monitors from the early 2000s were all Olevia, and I think they all still work. LCD monitors were still pretty expensive then, so I think they made higher quality stuff. They also had virtually every input connection possible, which makes them great for hooking up old stuff.

I used to have that Tv back in the day, but it had a matte display and amazed that it had a VGA port because it was used as a monitor when windows xp was a thing. nice sound for a flat screen tv for that era and good image quality for analog sources.

In the twilight years of analog broadcasting undocumented PAL compatibility was actually pretty common on no-name brand TVs and other video stuff in my experience (also it could often be unlocked in a hidden service menu). I guess by that point it was cheaper for the Chinese OEMs to use the same circuit design for every market rather than making separate NTSC and PAL models.

I have always been a big fan of the Olevia TVs. Until late, I have never had an original Syntax Olevia set, But I have had and do have a bunch of the newer Syntax-Brillian sets, they are absolutely great. Not fancy, but have a nice picture and last a LONG TIME. The first one I ever had was from about 2009, the original owner used it almost 24/7. He moved and brought it with him, When he got to his new location, the TV stopped working. I took it apart and it had some bad capacitors on the power supply board (a very common thing for electronics of this era, so I don't blame Olevia at all). Once I replaced them, it came right to life, I returned it to the original owner, he eventually got a Smart TV (which has since died) so I took the Olevia back. I then loaned it to another guy who is pretty much stuck in bed all of the time, so it got used A LOT there as well. I finally got it back, the TV still works great and has never had an issue despite being VERY high hour. I also have about 6 other Olevia sets from the Syntax-Brillian days, and all of them are of great quality (compared to other crap, even Sony or other "high end" brands). I just recently got 2 of the Olevia sets made by Syntax before they merged with Brillian. The quality of them is great as well, although I would argue that the newer Syntax-Brillian sets are slightly better. (fun fact, they actually moved a large portion of their operations from Taiwan to California in their later years). One of the two is a very early ( I believe a 1st generation) Olevia set, which is actually branded on the front as a Syntax, and only marked Olevia with small letters in the top left corner, I believe at that time Olevia was just a line of TVs made by Syntax (they also had other similar sets marked as Syntax Kolin). The only issue other than capacitors I have seen is on one set the HDMI chip was acting up (it still worked, but displayed a garbled image when using an HDMI source until warmed up). From what I have heard, this is not too uncommon for early HDMI TVs, so once again, I don't blame this on the quality of the TV itself, especially since it was a high hour TV. I did end up just replacing the whole main board on that set, which fixed it. I am unsure if attempting to "reflow" the solder on the chip would have helped or not. Of course Olevia and Syntax-Brillian has been gone for a long time now (except for Vivitar, which they briefly owned). I guess they were better at making TVs than running a business. But the fact that every Olevia TV is now 12 years old or more (except for a VERY small amount of cheap sets made by Funai that had that name on them), and they are still quite common if you look and pay attention, definitely shows that they had great longevity, and people must have been happy with them to have kept them as long as they did.

I'm still rocking a Viewsonic N2011 (4:3 20" TV) in my bedroom. My parents bought it in 2006 for $399 and has seen pretty light use over the years, but still going strong! These silver flat panel TV's with side speakers definitely evoke an earlier era for flat screens.

Enjoyed the pronunciation of Olevia. For some reason it caught me off guard and amused me greatly. Enjoyed the video.

Picked up this very model from the discard pile at our local flea market on Sunday. No stand or remote, but seems to have base functionality. Mine has a matte screen. Thanks for sharing useful information about this TV!

Man, I love your videos. Keep 'em coming. Thanks.

I like your Umlaut remark, being I am also a German speaker. Thanks, Ray.

my sister had this exact TV for years. It was the best TV we had at the time, I would often play GameCube in my sister's room because it looked the best, I don't even remember if it actually did look better compared to our big CRTs. In fact your video seems to prove that young me was wrong in assuming newer was better. My dad liked it so much when it came time to get an HD TV we got a ölevia because he thought it was a good brand. It had the wide speakers on the side and it was ridiculous. only had a 32" screen, but it was over 40" wide. Even got it at the HHGreg which is now another bygone brand.

the best video you have made in awhile...there all good..but i loved this one the tv is awesome ..the vhs dvd player is awesome..and you even included game systems which is my main hobby!great job kevin!

Really nice with all those inputs, I could use one of these as well. Back to hunting thrift shops. :) That Tandy monitor stand was a real find by the way! I'm quite jealous. Can't imagine there being a lot of those around these days..

I love that pronounciation of that brand 😆

I will have to keep my eyes open for a similar TV. I have several similar, but smaller, TVs that I use for 8 bit computers and consoles. That VCR/DVD recorder you have is awesome!

I still have my first 20 inch wide 6:10 monitor and use it daily. 2ms time, 2000:1 contrast. I love it. Has real buttons for every function. It was about $500 in 2004 or 2005.

Oh my God, the unexpected matt got me 😭 well there goes my clean setup. I love this channel.

The Panasonic VHS machine are great units. I have one of the newer models that features a built in hard drive. Great video as always thanks

Thumbs up for the Umlaut, I love it!