Hi KMA!

It sounds lovely! I hope that you enjoy your new toy! iPad Mini sounds great too!

KMA wrote:

Initial inpressions, out of the box and on the motorized stand: BV11 is an evolution in design. It appears indeed smaller and lighter, despite the same screensize. 

My dealer mentioned this to me when I demo'ed the BV11 a few weeks ago and I compared the size of the BV10-46 and BV11-46 and the BV11 is a smaller TV.

I still prefer the design dynamics of the BV10-46. I prefer the size of the speaker fret on the BV10 and also am a fan of the orange fret, which you can't get on the BV11. This still confuses me. Why on earth don't B&O produce the same colour scheme across all their devices? For instance, why are you able to buy yellow speaker frets on the A8, but not the BV11? Why can you get a green and brown speaker fret on the A9, but not on the BV11? Why did they produce orange speaker frets on the BV10 and A8, but drop the fret for the BV11? I want the same palette consistency across my devices so I can match up the frets - BV10/BV11, A8, A9 etc.

I'd almost certainly upgrade to a BV11 if I had a 2-year-old BV10. My BV10 is a year old next month, but I still don't find the BV11 compelling enough - at this stage - to upgrade, particularly as I'd have to find a few thousand pounds to simply move sideways to another 46" TV.

Well first off congrats kma i demoed a bv11 recently and it is a very good tv indeed connections wise your set.  I'm so glad that B&O had some forward thinking by adding six hdmi inputs to the bv11, so your covered.

I found the picture quality to be simply amazing and with the new 360 degree sensor there is a definate difference in the picture between the bv10 and bv11 it manages to produce a colour rich and detailed and even brighter but in a good way picture and it just looks right.

I'm feeling really envious of you right now and i look forward to hearing your opinion and pictures.

Looking forward to an expert review and some sexy pictures !

Moxxey,

I understand your point perfectly. The very same things gave me pause: hence I did not decide on the upgrade "in a whim". I considered. I demoed the 50" at my dealer's. In the end, for me, the design of BV11 was equally or more appealing. With the 46" model of BV11, the "square" form-factor remains. I realized this as I saw BV11 in my livingroom (pictures to come). There IS a difference to BV10, though. BV10 was - in my opinion - MORE of an imitation of a perfectly framed painting, with all the finesses of "framed art". On a floor-stand, some of that finesse was wasted.

Yet the "lighter" design of BV11 appeals to me. As does the fact that the insides of the TV are very future proof in B&O's new line of products.

If my BV10 had not been almost two years old, I would probably have waited. Point to the fact: still yesterday, I marvelled at the picture quality of my BV10, in standard-definition and better sources. I could not fault it, in any regard.

I tend to upgrade my TV every two or three years. So BV11 fit in the cycle. I have still to determine and personally judge the picture quality and sound quality -- or more to the point -- the difference of those between BV10 and BV11. I expect the difference to be subtle; if BV11 "blows me away", all the better. I won't have time to indulge myself in BV11 until tomorrow, and more so on the weekend. I'll share my feelings.

With the superlative atributes of BV10, I see a feast in the 2nd hand market for BV10. You can now get BV10 at a VERY reasonable price - I'd say it's a steal, if and when you find one.

For me, timing was right, and I will comment on the picture and sound quality of BV11 here, compared to what I have enjoyed for a couple of years with BV10.

PS. If I there are typo's, it's because this is written on an iPhone and I have had a couple of glasses of wine :)

Nice to hear about your new Beovision 11! I look forward to hearing more about it from you. I read that you was going to buy an iPad mini for it. I bought one on the launch day in black, a 64gb model but I am planning on returning it because it makes me a bit unconfortable to have two iPads and several computers - and an iPhone. It is too much to work with for me :) But the size is very nice for a remote.

I have used it with my V1 and the app works great on the mini, the buttons however is quite small and I would not use it as my main remote. Just a thought!

Congratulations on your new TV, I want one myself but I have to be a better boy to allow myself one for christmas :) 

KMA wrote:

I tend to upgrade my TV every two or three years. So BV11 fit in the cycle. I have still to determine and personally judge the picture quality and sound quality -- or more to the point -- the difference of those between BV10 and BV11. I expect the difference to be subtle; if BV11 "blows me away", all the better. I won't have time to indulge myself in BV11 until tomorrow, and more so on the weekend. I'll share my feelings.

Yes, my philosophy is that I try and keep my B&O TV for 2-3 years, then upgrade for around £2500-3000. Has worked fairly well, so far. In the old days though, my upgrades were more significant. BV7-32 to BV-40 MKII was a huge jump, BV7-40 MKII to BV7-40 MKIII was a huge jump (first 1080p panel) and the BV7-40 MKIII to MKIV was a big jump as the MKIV panel was much brighter. BV7-40 to BV10-46 was huge for me as I love the design of the BV10 and it was a bigger panel. For me, the transition to a BV11 would be more of a sideways move, at this stage at least.

But, looking forward to your BV11 feedback. I've not seen anything from anyone else so far, so you'll be the first to report, I think?

KMA wrote:

PS. If I there are typo's, it's because this is written on an iPhone and I have had a couple of glasses of wine :)

Same here. I had a couple of birthday beers earlier tonight. I had to re-read my earlier post a few times and edit!

I had a Demo of the Bv 11 a while back a fab tv,would like one :-)

Moxxey,

I am totally with you on the colour palette! The yellow and orange colours for the BS8 are truly awesome and just what are needed to make it even more funky for a new market.

This has been a huge problem for years. I remember when I bought my old Century (which I thought was aimed at a younger customer) and its speaker option were a range of washed out pastel colours - so 1987!!! Whereas the BL2500s of the Ouverture were available in that incredible lapis blue and a bright white with other exciting colours available later.

I simply cannot understand the logic of not having the colour palette as a consistency through the product line. Just really bizarre. This really needs sorting out!