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Another feature missing is the P-i-P function - not a huge miss if I am honest.
Peter,
There is no PinP at all? not even between scart sources or HDMI sources alone? meaning not mixing analog and digital sources?
This happens with BV7MK1 (don't know with upper versions), there is only PinP between analog sources.
Not there at all and not in the manual.
Interestingly, whilst playing today, the sound quality is a bit better in Speaker 1 than Speaker 5! I think the centre speaker is just too prominent and it loses the lower registers in Speaker 5 so sounds overly bright. I think some of this is my set up as the front speakers are quite widely spaced.
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Guys the BV7-32 was B&O's replacement for the avant > the only problem was that they were ignorant at the time that it's now a neccesity for people to have bigger screens (bigger is better it seems, but IMHO anything bigger in a normal sized living room, leaves the screen as the focal point of the room and that jusy akes the room a bit anti-social doean't it)
The BV10 on the floorstand is almost exactly the same height and width as the Avant. Cerainly no more dominating and even less so when wall mounted.
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Interestingly, whilst playing today, the sound quality is a bit better in Speaker 1 than Speaker 5!
Does it have balance between the centre speakers and any attached speakers ?
I have "lowered" the strength of the centre speaker on my BV8 ....
It is the same chassis - you can make the connected speakers louder but not the centre speaker quieter. Domehow it just doesn't have the oomph that the Avant did in surround. If playing the Lord of the Rings DVD, the explosion as Sauron's finger lands is just not as dramatic. I'll keep playing!
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Guys the BV7-32 was B&O's replacement for the avant > the only problem was that they were ignorant at the time that it's now a neccesity for people to have bigger screens (bigger is better it seems, but IMHO anything bigger in a normal sized living room, leaves the screen as the focal point of the room and that jusy akes the room a bit anti-social doean't it)
Depends on the scenario. I have a TV room which is used for watching movies, using the PS3 and so on. The TV is the social event in that room. In my bigger kitchen/living room, I have a much smaller 26" TV which doesn't dominate.
People on this board make me laugh. Even the BV7-32 has a very decent picture, when you give it an excellent source. Sky HD (SD or HD) gives a superb picture on nearly any 2009 B&O TV. This 'Avant replacement' thing is a bit of a joke. On one hand people say the TV shouldn't be the focal point, but then are anal over picture quality!
On one hand people say the TV shouldn't be the focal point, but then are anal over picture quality!
I don't think that is a contradiction.
Let's say you mainly use your livingroom for other activities than watching tv, maybe you spend one hour each day watching. The rest of the day you want the tv set to be as non-dominant as possible. Does this mean that you don't have the right to be a critical viewer during that one hour that you use your tv?
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On the other hand, I now read what you wrote about having a separate tv room, and I think that's a great solution. I still think it's ok to demand good quality for the smaller livingroom set though :)
On one hand people say the TV shouldn't be the focal point, but then are anal over picture quality!
Exactly right!
Tv is in a corner of our sitting room - we have one area to watch TV and the other end is more music orientated with instruments - a piano and my daughter's cello and trumpet along with a different music system. So TV certainly doesn't dominate but is there when we want it. Only disadvantage is that you have to squeeze past to get to the whisky cabinet - probably not such a bad thing!
Sound is getting better - I have been fiddling with the setting on my speakers and boosting the bass response on the 2 and the Pentas has added in a fair bit of the missing presence. LOTR can once again rattle the house as well! The top end of the BV10 is, if anything, clearer than the Avant and this could distort one's perception. I will be very interested in the sister review of the BV10 compared to that already seen of the BV8-40.
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