I have a US Avant in my bedroom and like it. However, I would certainly not buy an Avant in this day and age. The Avants were plagued with a fault in their component hi-def input that often caused a magenta hue in the video. Furthermore, the "high def" is only 480p. The lack of an HDMI port today would be a deal-breaker as well. The lack of an HDMI port and lack of 720p would prevent the use of the new second generation Apple TV. The Avant was fine in a world where high definition was still in its infancy; however, today it is just too far behind in technology.

What is the alternative that is cheap! I will only use it for a sky box and to access my apple tv sound from the main room Beovision3 maybe I already have the stand

Sean,

Go for a late model dvd RF28 or 32.

I would avoid a curved screen avant nowadays - apart from potential faults and age, they just look a but "old" with a curved front.

To answer your points for UK variants - using a sky box into the RGB scart imput is a superb picture.  Full control via STB-PUC codes and a blaster ...just like your BV7.

I use the VTAPE input for line-level sound from a pc, running spotify etc.  So, in link rooms, its just Vtape for digital sound.

We have two avant's - one with sky HD (used as a standard sky plus box, I don't have sky hd subscription, but bbc hd, and a few others are still available and it is a stunning picture), and one with bt vision.  The picture really is also superb.

A bit small compared to many peoples TV - and if your used to a 40" LCD, it will look tiny.

One last point - the sound is also great..... its a big box, so loads of air to move, and avants just sound "right" to my ears - like BL4000, a very natural balance is achieved.

just check the tube is OK before you buy.....£££'s to replace, far more than buying the whole thing in fact.

Yeah see if you can find a beovision 3, post 2004

I would find the BeoVision 8 price to be quite reasonable for a much more technologically up to date tv for the extra cost.

Seanie..

i have an RF28 in my bedroom, with local sky box, also connected via ML to my Ouverture....but...also....connected via RF to my BV7 downstairs and the MiniMac...so in my bedroom i can have...

Local Sky

Downstairs SKY+

Ouverture (radio/cd)

Itunes from the Mac(air ported to the ouveture)

its a bit fiddly to remember how to watch a recorded programme from the downstairs box, but its only because i dont do it very oftten !

hope this helps...and Avants are chip and chips these days....

Andym

Excellent i think i will find a Avant or a BV3 for my new bedroom.

So am i correct in thinking that both TV's has STB and Masterlink as standard?

I spoke to the dealer this morning and he said that if i set it to option 6 then i should be able to access the sound only from vmem connected to my main tv by using vmem or av-vmem.

beojeff wrote:

I would find the BeoVision 8 price to be quite reasonable for a much more technologically up to date tv for the extra cost.

I year what you are saying but the Beovision 8 will be around 5 times the price of an excellent late-model  Avant which is now at a price where you won't be too bothered if it expires after a couple of years. this is a bedroom TV not a front room TV after all.

Personally for a bedroom I would go for the latest LX I could find,  cost would be virtually zero but it is more compact than the Avant an still a great TV

Simon