That is a very odd TV set, and this coems from Bang&Olufsen? Are you kidding me?

Soory for that amount of money this peace of schit? THANK YOU - BUT NO THANK YOU!

Thank BillC for posting that! OLED is certainly the way forward.  I thought Plasma was super old technology with a soft image?

To place the pricing into context,the Panasonic VX300 monitor costs approximately £8000.

As a technology,Plasma still has much to recommend it over LCD/LED,especially in the area of 3D.

One thing I have never understood with B & O Plasmas,viz,for those who are unable to wall mount,the non provision of a table top,or floor,stand.

Exactly.  Taken in a context, ie comparing with similar products, the price is as expected  As stated above the Pansonic panel (no tuner, no speaker, no nice frame, no VisionClear, no masterlink, no surround processor etc) retails for around 8-9k in the UK.

re one posters comment about the seperate BS3.  I would think most people wuld prefer to keep this unit seperate.  It makes adding/changing sources much easier.  Speakers can be aded easily, and there are only 3 or 4 cables to run between the Tv and the BeoSystem.

avus17 wrote:

That is a very odd TV set, and this coems from Bang&Olufsen? Are you kidding me?

Soory for that amount of money this peace of schit? THANK YOU - BUT NO THANK YOU!

How can you judge a new product that you and must of us haven´t seen in flesh yet? So far we have seen a single picture, and not a good one some says. It´s not fair to judge from that. Maybe it´s a peace of *** maybe it´s not. I´m looking forward to see it in flesh soon.

I wish i could compare like for like with regards to the Panasonic, and the 12 with VisionClear. There is very little information about this technology which i'm sure most of us take as rote, as to being the best visual software you can buy.

From what i hear it's fantastic in the flesh so we will all have to wait and see, and then wait a little longer than that no doubt😕

 Exciting times ahead as yet again a tranche of new technolgies threaten to mature. The old guard at B&O who designed TV's must think they had it easy for 50 odd years with CRT, for then Plasma, LCD, LED LCD, and now OLED to all arrive within 10 years. Why they don't make a generic platform that might cost the earth, but can then be upgraded with new panel technology is beyond me.

 I guess the 7 is the nearest to it. When i look at Beovision 9's almost being discarded with their beautiful design and speakers, just because the Plasma is out of date i can't help thinking about how hard it really would be to update circuitury and panel

Paul Winn wrote:

Thank BillC for posting that! OLED is certainly the way forward.  I thought Plasma was super old technology with a soft image?

Don't forget AMOLED tv is on the horizon and then there is this:

http://youtu.be/9U7e_quvkPQ

I agree with Chris, it be wonderful if B&O could build a modular platform where that could upgrade the panel and source as new tech comes along.

I'd be willing to buy an OLED BeoVision 4 85" knowing that down the track I can upgrade whenever new tech comes along 😂

I don't know about you guys, its hard for me to justify AUD 33k (or 100k for the 85") on a TV set that’s superseded by better tech even before it’s launched. Having upgrade options would help push people like me to open their wallets. Visual technology has a long way to go before the marginal gain on each innovation is low, there's OLED, AMOLED, 4k panels and much more to come.

BTW separating the source/processing unit from the panel has been done by many TV manufacturers. Sony had it on their flagship TVs. LG uses wireless link to transmit full HD to the panel and it works great. I hope B&O jump to wireless link if they went that route - it helps with hanging the panel on the wall

Perhaps I am missing something here. but B&O do offer a modular approach, it's called the BeoSystem 3.  Which I think we are guessing is the driver for the BeoVision 12.  I don't think that there's any evidence which suggests that you couldn't change to a different panel in the future if you wish to do so.  The only hindrance would seem to be the integrated speaker.

A minor quibble though.  Having not yet seen the larger OLED panels in person, nor anything on the AMOLED, I have to say that newer tech is not always better tech, certainly not at the outset.  I think that B&O have done a reasonable job staying off of the bleeding edge of technology. 

Russ - perhaps a trip to CES 2012 is in order for you 🙂

While you are there you could also have a look at the 4k panel