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It would seem that more of the complaints relate to LCD technology than B&O themselves.
Compared to plasma its a very second best and when OLED becomes a commercial reality LCD will fade away.
Just a great pity that B&O could not lise with a better commercila partner than Samsung to at least give some sense of value to the product.
Who would you pick?
Thing is at this moment Samsung is the leader LED producer. Pioneer left the market, Sony is not as good. So is Samsung, LG and Sharp, so unless i am missing something Samsung is the way to go in terms of LED screens.
Samsung has never been associated with high end quality, at least with Sharp the panels are of a higher qualty. In any event, its the technology thats flawed- If customers are happy to pay in excess of 10K euros for it then thats a choice that will please B&O im sure!
I would add JVC as another maker of LCD screens. Not sure on the high end range, but I'm very satisfied of mine (second TV, first is a BV3-32)
Sites who rated the BV7-55 very highly now rate the Panasonic VT series (plasma) as their reference TV (in the absense of the Kuro, from which Panny bought out all of their plasma patents).
Plasmas are getting thinner, although nowhere near as thin as the current Samsung LCD's (with LED backlighting), but I would imagine a modern plasma would fit comfortably within the BV7 housing (my speculation).
I bought a Panny 46" G20 - not quite as good as the VT series according to reports, although the 3D VT series wasn't available at the time and I didn't realise the 3D VT would also be better overall at 2D, SD & HD Sat broadcasts too.
Still, I'm very happy with my plasma in THX mode! I'm not a movie buff, nor fan of suround sound - I'm happy with my SD picture quality on SKY+ and don't feel the need for SKY HD. My TV has both 3D Freeview & 3D FreeSat and when I flip from 3D FreeSat to "normal" Sky, although there is a difference, it is negligeable, at least from my viewing position and with my specs (and Mrs. P. doesn't even notice at all)!
Call me a philistine if you will!😂
Philistine!
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As far as i heard, it´s Panasonic panel´s inside our Beovision 10´s ?
The BV10 has a Samsung panel - as do all the LCD/LED sets. The BV4 has a Pansonic plasma screen, as have all the plasma sets. The actual screens are regularly updated during the model's life.
The mass market,so we are told, clamours for LCD TVs,and generally the cheaper the better,but since B & O is not catering for said market,there is no reason for it not to offer technology that offers the best PQ with components sourced from the highest quality suppliers.
Edge lit LED panels,to my mind,do not offer the best PQ,and presumably are cheaper to manufacture than full backlit LED panels.
Sharp certainly manufacture full back lit LED panels in smaller sizes,so if B & O wish to provide LCD TVs,why not utilise Sharp panels.
Surely it can't be for cost cutting reasons,or can it?
As for Plasma Panels not being thin,LG have manufactured them less than 25mm in depth.
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