Aldi tvs: hdr-capable 4k tvs from medion with 55- and 65-inch diagonals

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Aldi-tvs: hdr capable 4k-tvs from medion with 55- and 65-inch diagonals

Aldi takes two Medion TVs in the offer, which show 3840 × 2160 pixels (Ultra HD), the X16500 on 1.64 meters screen diagonal the X15515 on 1.39 meters screen diagonal. They integrate an HD tuner for satellite, cable and antenna, as well as a card slot for the CI+ module. You can stream videos from Netflix and Amazon Prime Video on them, even in HDR quality. Both displays support HDR 10 and also the dynamic HDR format Dolby Vision. The maximum luminance of 350 cd specified for both of them.

Medion wants to help out with micro dimming so that the display still has a sufficiently high contrast. What exactly that means, however, remains open for the time being. In the better case, this is real local dimming with corresponding control of the backlight LEDs distributed evenly over the backlight. More likely and more appropriate to the TV price, however, is that the TV only adjusts the display via pixel brightness.

The excessively high black level in HDR mode has been a weak point of Medion TVs so far. Interestingly, Medion specifies a static in-picture contrast of 1200:1 for the 65-inch model, which seems realistic, but gives a proud 6000:1 for the smaller model.

Fluid movements

Medion has given the device a motion compensation, thanks to which the display of fast scenes is supposed to be more fluent. This was previously reserved for the 100 euro more expensive Medion TVs. We’re not fans of the intermediate image calculation, but without compensation options, jerks can be quite annoying, for example during camera movements. In this respect, Medion’s MEMC called "Motion Estimation and Motion Compensation" has to be buried.

In the Medion X15502 tested by us in November, the missing compensation turned out to be very annoying. Since Medion doesn’t mention the panel in detail, we ame a 50 Hz panel. It could therefore be a bit lame for gamers.

Smart functions

The operating system of the X16500 and X15515 could be a derivative of Vestel, which also provides Internet access. The app store for Medion TVs is usually provided by Foxum, although the app selection is quite limited compared to that of smart TVs running Android OS (Sony, Philips), WebOS (LG) or Tizen (Samsung). For Amazon and Netflix there is usually a direct button on the remote control, the home page is reached via the home button, the app store via the Medion button.

Both current TV models have a video recorder function for recording TV programs from public broadcasters onto connected USB media. The PVR function belongs with many other offerers in favorable devices to the strike candidates.

Signal inputs

The manufacturer has given the Smart TVs four HDMI 2.0 inputs – usually favorable devices have only two or three HDMI ports. With VGA and video, Medion has also integrated two analog inputs. Owners of old notebooks or video recorders will appreciate this, but for other players it’s better to use the digital transmission path via HDMI.

In addition, there is a SPDIF output and a jack for headphones – this has been rationalized away by many TV manufacturers. However, the Medion TVs do not have Bluetooth on board. Those who want to connect BT headphones must therefore use a USB dongle. The audio quality of the built-in sound system was allowed to be on a similarly low level as in the X15502 or the Medion X14907 tested in spring 2019, because they lack a subwoofer. This can only be found in the slightly more expensive Medion TVs like the X16533.

Less expensive than comparable TVs

The Medion X15515 is available from June 25 for. June for 299 euros in all Aldi Nord and Aldi Sud stores. The coarser X16500 is currently only available online. Interested parties can order it for 549 euros at Aldi Sud. In the service "Aldi delivers" delivery is included in the price in all cases.

Medion is currently alone in the field with its competitive prices. 55-inchers with roughly comparable features can only be found for around 150 euros more, for example from Hisense, Toshiba, Philips, Samsung and LG. The situation is similar for the 65-inchers: Here, too, the price of other models with comparable equipment is 100 euros and more above the Medion offer. But of course, the equipment does not say anything about the picture quality.

Discussion about female deacons in the Catholic Church © shutterstock

In the discussion about the ordination of women in the Catholic Church, Bishop Bertram Meier of Augsburg speaks out in favor of a diaconate for women as an office in its own right. Would that be the solution to a decades-long dispute?

For Augsburg Bishop Bertram Meier, it is the future: women could be commissioned for diaconal ministry, "but also formed with their own profile." He said last weekend in the faith podcast "About God and the world" of the "Augsburger Allgemeine". An office similar to the permanent diaconate for men, but tailored to women – that is what the bishop can imagine.

The future role of women in the Catholic Church is one of the central points of discussion in the reform efforts of the Synodal Way. While Catholic women's associations and lay people in particular are calling for more responsibility and access to ordained ministry for women, Rome and numerous bishops are of the opinion that ordained ministry is reserved for men alone.

Deacon as a precursor to the priesthood

The reason: In the Catholic Church, the deacon is considered a preliminary step to the priest. The ordination of deacon, priest and bishop are inextricably linked, and because women cannot become priests under Catholic doctrine – as Pope John Paul II noted. 1994 in his letter "Ordinatio Sacerdotalis" for the last time clear – they may also not become deaconesses.

The fact that since 1968 married men can be ordained as "permanent deacons", but they do not aspire to the priesthood, does not change anything in this regard. They may administer the sacrament of baptism and preach, but not preside at Mass or hear confessions. Women are deprived of this office.

Would this mean that the "diaconal ministry" with "its own profile" for women, cited by Bishop Meier, would be a solution? "If we succeeded in forming a diaconate of women that would correspond to women and not just be a copy or a knock-off of the permanent diaconate, then I see the future in it," he told the "Augsburger Allgemeine" newspaper. Whether the ecclesiastical commissioning should take place in the form of a blessing or a sacramental ordination, he left open. However, he warned against endangering the unity of the tripartite sacrament of Holy Orders. If women were ordained as deacons, they would rightly criticize the fact that they could only reach the lowest level, he said.

The debate about the diaconate of women is not new – already during the Second Vatican Council (1962 – 1965), in the course of the introduction of the permanent diaconate, there were suggestions to think about a diaconate of women according to the model of the early church. The German dioceses deepened these thoughts in the course of the deliberations of the Wurzburg Synod in the 1970s and finally sent a vote to Rome with the recommendation to resume the ordination of deaconesses. The answer from Rome is still pending.

The debate gained new momentum in 2013. At that time, Cardinal Walter Kasper made a proposal to the German Bishops' Conference for "a new office with its own profile". In doing so, he praised the charism and competence of women in the Church, but at the same time made it clear that they "cannot have a function at the altar" and should not be "the female equivalent of the male deacon". Instead of ordination, there could be a "sacramental laying on of hands similar to the ordination of abbesses," Kasper said, which would then commission them to pastoral, charitable, catechetical and certain liturgical ministries.

For Mary 2.0 unacceptable

Even then, the "Netzwerk Diakonat der Frau" criticized the proposal as insufficient. One holds on to the demand for a sacramental ordination, "everything else would see women as devaluation up to discrimination", said the chairman Irmentraud Kobusch at that time.

And even today, church women's movements do not like the Augsburg bishop's idea. For the theologian Maria Mesrian of the Maria 2 initiative.0, it is unacceptable: "Because behind it lies the same discriminatory attitude that has been practiced for centuries by the Church toward women."She calls the exclusion of women from ordination a "violation of human rights" because it discriminates against women. That the Church refers to the doctrinal letter of John Paul II in this regard. She sees the question of women's ordination as a theological problem: "When the church says it has no authority, it pretends to know whom God wants to authorize to do what," she says. That, he said, is a judgment on God that no one should presume to make.

Dogmatist Hoping speaks of "cheating package"

Also the dogmatist Prof. Helmut Hoping of the University of Freiburg considers the idea of a specifically female diaconate to be difficult: one must ask where the plus lies in comparison to other ministries such as pastoral or parish assistants, he says. "And if they end up being identical to those of ordained deacons, whether in the area of liturgy, preaching or diakonia, that is a sham". That would leave many women feeling fobbed off with a "second-class diaconate". As a dogmatist, he does not consider the proposal to be purposeful "because theologically it would cause some confusion and need for clarification." He doubts that such a specific office will come for women.

But despite decades of demands, the opening of the office of deacon to women is not currently expected either. It is true that Pope Francis had appointed a commission in 2016 to investigate early Christian tasks and offices of female deacons. In May 2019, however, the head of the church said that the work had not led to a unanimous result, as had previous studies by the International Theological Commission. In the spring of 2020, the pope appointed a new study commission on the subject, the results of which are still pending. But also he has made clear again and again – as for example in the post-synodal letter "Querida Amazonia": sacramental ordinations for women will not exist under him.

Soon is "Day of the Deaconess"

Maria Mesrian of Maria 2.0 goes one step further by fundamentally putting the ordained ministry in its current form up for discussion: "Abuse of power and the cover-up of sexual abuse are closely linked to clericalism, the inflated image of priests and ordained ministries. If they are exercised incorrectly, they lead to abuse." In 2018, the MHG study on sexual abuse in the Catholic Church had also worked this out. Therefore, Mesrian continues, the question must be allowed, "whether we do not have to think about the offices and ordination in the Church in a completely new way".

On 29. April is the "Day of the Deaconess," celebrated annually since 1997 on the feast day of St. Catherine of Siena. Once again, Catholic women's associations such as the Catholic Women's Community of Germany (kfd) or the Network Diaconate of Women will demand equal rights for women and men in the church and access for women to all ministries and offices. This year's motto is "Just": "Living and acting justly are Christian missions," reads a joint statement, "But how justly is it done in the church itself??", questions this. Women representatives know they need patience and staying power. The Catholic Church is known to think in centuries.

Holland captain wijnaldum with special bandage in budapest

Oranje captain Georginio Wijnaldum will wear a special armband with the words "One Love" on his arm during Sunday's European Championship round of 16 final in Budapest. This means that the player who transferred from Liverpool FC to Paris St. Germain changing midfielders and the Dutch national soccer team set an example against exclusion and for inclusion. "We are against any form of exclusion and discrimination. We hope in this way to support anyone who feels discriminated against anywhere in the world," said Wijnaldum.

Already last year, the Elftal had worn warm-up shirts with the inscription "One Love" before a test match in Spain. The logo was also emblazoned on shirts during World Cup qualifiers in March.

DFB captain Manuel Neuer also wearing rainbow armband against Hungary

The background to the action in Budapest is a law restricting the information rights of young people with regard to homosexuality and transsexuality in Hungary, which was approved by the Hungarian parliament last week. The law is considered a special concern of Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

National goalkeeper Manuel Neuer had also worn a rainbow armband on his arm in the German national team's two games so far. A plan to light up the stadium in Munich in rainbow colors ahead of Germany's match against Hungary on Wednesday night was rejected by UEFA on Tuesday.

Fluid movements

Smart functions

Signal inputs

Less expensive than comparable TVs

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