B&O avant 32" with built in VCR

[Pharo]

Hi all one of these has came up for free about 2mins from me all working with remote control and all the manuals and like,was wondering if it is any good for retro gaming I know it's a wide screen so I was thinking it would look to stretched.
Any info would be great.
Cheers Brian

 

[thegreathopper]

Pretty sure it would have a button to change to 4:3.

 

[Pharo]

Aye it probably has but I would imagine the blocks around the screen would be massive.

 

[eliotcole]

I've got an AV9000 going and I have probably got a spare remote, somewhere (but you might want another) ...
... problem is that it's a fair bit more than free. 😅

https://www.ukvac.com/forum/threads/%C2%A3180-collect-b-o-beovision-9000-maybe-beo4-remote-local-delivery-%C2%A310-%C2%A320.87884/post-611282

Nevertheless, came here to say that you could either use this widescreen for systems that offered a lot of native widescreen gaming and/or downscale a modern console or whatever to use it for that.

Equally ... you could make some easy money from it, too:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/b/bn_7023562397

 

[Pharo]

I didn't think second hand b&o TV's were that expensive just shows you.

 

[eliotcole]

I mean, I am selling the one I have for about £30-40 less than I bought it for (but that's just for here ... can't be arsed with elsewhere) ...
...

But ... like, you could probably take the free one, cart it to a car boot and act dumb and still make a fair whack on it.

Use the wonga to buy a 4:3!

 

[El Capitan]

I have a 28" beovision avant with vcr. Wonderful machine.
4:3 mode works fine