Panels are available, the 46" of my parents is being changed right now (but VERY expensive !).

BeoGreg wrote:

Panels are available, the 46" of my parents is being changed right now (but VERY expensive !).

If I may offer another perspective on this –

You clearly fancy a BV11 and, though the price and portability differences between a 40 and a 46 or 55 are not inconsiderable, may I suggest buying one, then buying a second when the opportunity comes along.

If you have a pair of Beolab 90s cost probably isn't the priority, but prices are coming down quite quickly, so the wait might not be that long even if it is. Reliability as a daily driver for the family is probably most important for you: buy one, decide if you like it and, if you do, get around to buying a spare to put away.

Though I'm not quite there yet myself, I'm partial to a 10-32 and, upon seeing the first one I bought, so were my parents. With three in the current extended family fleet, I know there's a chance the t-con could go pop in any of them at any moment with no chance of a new panel. So my plan has been to have an extra one hanging about, just so no one is left without a telly while waiting for something to come up on eBay.

It's not ideal but, short of parts being readily available, that's my own conclusion of what's needed when dailying a late pre-LG Beovision.

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I guess you just have to decide which is more important. The look of the TV cabinet or the look of the content you are watching.  Seems like you already chose cabinet over picture quality though so I say go for it.

If it were me I would go for the Beovision, great picture, sound and cabinet  and the Beovision experience.