BeoVision 3-28

The BeoVision 3-28 was a wide-screened tabletop model television. It joined the larger BeoVision 3-32version in 2003.  With widescreen TVs gaining ground in the early years of the 21st century Bang & Olufsen moved away from the conventional 4:3 format to the 16:9 format whereby prerecorded formats such as DVDs would be shown to their best advantage.  So out went the MX-range of ’square’ TVs and in came BeoVision 3 as a table-top replacement.

Using the same tube as the BeoVision Avant the BeoVision 3-28 offered an excellent quality picture. A contrast screen was standard, but an anti-reflective coating could be ordered as an additional option. The superb sound was provided by the forward-facing active loudspeakers situated on either side of the screen.  A replaceable framed cloth surround could be bought in a variety of colors to revamp a tired color scheme instantly or to make the television instantaneously blend itself into a new environment. A choice of six was on offer:

Black
Grey
Red
Green
Blue
Yellow

The tv - like the MX-range and most other televisions from Bang & Olufsen - was made to look slimmer than it was.  From the front, and offset at an angle, it seemed narrower than its bulbous back belied. The TV sat on a rounded-off anodized aluminum ‘base’; the width of which was proportionate to a Beocord V8000 VCR or DVD1 which could be housed inside specially-designed stands beneath the set.

A 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround module could be fitted within the television. MasterLink was fitted as standard as was the Beo4 remote control.

With the advent of flat LCD/plasma televisions, the BeoVision 3 range was withdrawn in 2006.

BeoVision 3-28 technical specifications

Standard features: 
- Set Top Box controller 
- Power Link connection 
- Remote: BEO4. (Supplied with the set) 
- 8 Menu languages (UK, D, F, I, NL, E, S, DK) 
- PIN code protection for all markets 

Optional features : 
- SAT-receiver (DVB-S) 
- ML-module (Master/Slave) 
- System modulator 
- Digital Surround Sound (AC-3/DTS) 
- Coated front glass 
- Motorised Base Type 4179 
- Dolby Digital/DTS Type 4005 
- MasterLink Module Type 4015 
- RF Modulator Type 4018 

CTV 

Dimensions 
W x H x D/Weight 85,0 x 70,0 x 52,0cm/ 45 kg 
Cabinet finish 
Black, Blue, Yellow, Grey, Red, Green. 
Power consumption 
Typical 115 W, standby 0.5 W 
Terminal included 
Beo4 
Picture tube (Visual picture) 
70cm, 16:9, RF, 50Hz, Black line, Black Matrix (66cm) 
Contrast screen 
(Grey glass) 
VisionClear 
Automatic picture control 
Auto cut-off 

CTI 

Adaptive Luminance Peaking 
Adaptive black 

Scan Velocity Modulation 
Teletext 
Improved Teletext, Level 2.5 

9 memory pages per programme 
CTV system 
According to type: B/G/D/K/I/L/L´/M, PAL/SECAM, NTSC on AV 
Tuner 
Full range, 45 - 860 MHz 
Pre-tuned TV programmes 
99, auto naming 

8 Programme Groups 
Stereo decoders 
A2 + NICAM 

Menus: Languages 
English, Danish, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, German, French, Swedish 
Speakers 

Power amplifier modules 
2 units, full range 
Frequency range 
85-20,000 Hz 
Max sound pressure level 
94 dB 
Cabinet principle/Net volume 
Bass Reflex/2.1 litres 
Woofer 
90 mm 
Bass equaliser 
Adaptive 
Magnetic shielded 
Yes 

Input TV 
Aerial, 1 x 75 ohms 
V.Tape - AV/Decoder 
2 x 21-pin for V.TAPE, A/V or Decoder. RGB and S-Video in. 
Camcorder/Auxiliary 
3 x phono sockets (video in/audio L-R in) 
Headphone socket 
Mini jack 
Power Link 
2 x 8-pin sockets 
Master Link (Optional) 
1 x Master Link 
System modulator (Optional) 
1 x 75 ohm aerial male (Splitter/System modulator Output). 
Set-top box Controller 
Digital Surround Sound module 
(AC-3/DTS) 
Motorised stand operation 
Mini jack 
5 x 8-pin sockets 

1 X 5 pin socket 

Contrast screen, Anti-reflex coated *) 
Master Link Module 
4015 
System Modulator EU 
System Modulator GB 
Digital Surround Sound module 
4016 
4018 
4005 
(AC-3/DTS) 

*) BeoVision 3 - 28 with built-in AR coated glass only available ex. factory 

Stands 
Type: 
Height inc. TV 
Video stand 
Motorised base (For video stand) 
Motorised base (For TV) 
4068 
4066 
4179 
112 cm 1115 mm 
112 cm 1119 mm 
72 cm 

Market Specifications: 
Market: 
Type: 
Country: 
Active CTV system 
Basic CTV system *) 
System modulator 
NEU 
8850 
A-B-CH-D-DK-E-GR-I-N-NL-P-S-SF-Other 
B/G 
B/G 
G 
HK 
GB 
8852 
8853 
HK 
GB 
D/K/M/I 
I 
B/G/L/D/K/M/I 
B/G/L/L'/I/D/K 
I 
I 
AUS 
8855 
AUS 
B/G 
B/G 
G 
SNG 
8856 
SNG, EEU 
B/G/D/K 
B/G/L/L'/I/D/K 
G 
F-CH 
8858 
F-CH 
B/G/L/L'/I 
B/G/L/L'/I/D/K 
G