thank you kindly. yes I'm not a big fan of big bulky TVs and I am allergic to any visible cables. I love the BV Avant or BV 11 as I could opt for the motorised wall mount option, hiding all cables and serving my current dining-living area great as I would need the TV to come out of the wall at practically 90 degrees. 

Unfortunately, unlike Europe or US (I guess) B&O down our way (Australia / NZ) are not very keen to do all sorts of "deals" to get customers onto their new TV sets.

As per other members' posts I'm now doubting going for an "old" B&O TV as opposed to a new main stream brand.

Thanks for the advice 

NicMol wrote:

I love the BV Avant or BV 11 as I could opt for the motorised wall mount option, hiding all cables and serving my current dining-living area great as I would need the TV to come out of the wall at practically 90 degrees.

That's it! Exactly how I would need to set it up. Stunning set up!!! well done. 

Fansastic wrote:

I disagree that the earlier TV’s do not compete with modern smart tv’s. The BV7-40 still has a stunning picture quality, from the BV11/V1 on you have the NL capability also. I still have 2 V1’s and they are very good even today. The colour management by B&O is so much better to my taste. A BV11-46/55 is still a amazing tv picture wise and design wise. I also have a Horizon 48” and an Eclipse and the Horizon on normal broadcasting is sharper in my perception then the Eclipse.

Agree with you.

I have an LG OLED 65 in my movieroom, and when I go from that up to my living room, to my BV11-46, I still think BV11 provide a very good picture.

Not at all a feeling that I watch a 7 year old screen. Really amazing I would say. And with all the magic the soundprocessor can provide in various setups its still an amazing set.

Thanks Paul, appreciate the feedback. Sadly the  B&O dealer in NZ don’t have access (don’t necessarily want to) to used products. The “preloved sections” that is becoming quite popular in Europe and is giving access to the brand to a wider audience is non existent this side of the world. There are a couple of specialties businesses in Australia that specialise in trading preloved B&O products having access to a larger pool of products, but not here in NZ.

reading all the great comments here I am leaning towards a BeoVision product as it sounds like I could be getting more out of BeoLab products using a B&O TV. There are some scary comments of users that were left with crazy repairs bill on relatively new BeoVision Avant though that play in my mind.... 

May be I am an exception here but I think the Avant 55 is an amazing display and probably the best LED image quality you can find. It is as good as edge lighting can get you and at 55 inches you can’t really see the limitations of LED. My neighbor across from me has an Avant and it’s probably the best non OLED screen I have seen. He also has the floor stand. However, if you don’t have 4K content then it doesn’t make sense...

Also, it is hard to gauge quality from a few forum threads. My 2 cents worth.