Just like the original Avant unfortunately. The picture quality of the new range of TVs is amazing, and even give my might 7-55 more than a run for its money.

Ultimately though the connections of the 5 & 6, simply make them unfashionable to most.

Chris Townsend wrote:

Just like the original Avant unfortunately.

...and the BV7-40 MK1 and 2....

MM

It's all about HDMI I'm afraid.. Anything big, and SCART only is dead now unless it's so cheap it's a no brainer.

I used to pitch the BV5 as a great kids room TV when the price crashed, but kids all have PS3, PS4, Xbox etc with dazzling graphics the poor old SD BV5 just can't show.

Lee

9 LEE wrote:

It's all about HDMI I'm afraid.. Anything big, and SCART only is dead now unless it's so cheap it's a no brainer.

I used to pitch the BV5 as a great kids room TV when the price crashed, but kids all have PS3, PS4, Xbox etc with dazzling graphics the poor old SD BV5 just can't show.

Lee

Good point!

How did SCART ever become a standard in Europe? The terminal connections are so vulnerable to the slightest movement causing one or two pins to have poor connections so that the sound or colour is defective. Every time our kitchen 6-23 gets moved on its wall hinge you can bet that something happens with the SCART.

Graham

They did because they offer way more posibilities than other analog A/V connections.

The problem (you describe) could have been solved, if all scart connections had some sort of fixation mechanism - like we know it from the old Avant.

But this is now - fortunately - history. It has always been a pain to make the cables fit right in anyway.

HDMI makes life easier - although they could also sometimes benefit from some fixation.

First of all - it would be nice to have plugs, that fit in no matter how they are turned around.

MM

It's the story of every technology. If you spend £13k, and someone else paid £2k in the used market if the £2k had HDMI it probably would be considered better by a lot of people

HDMI is always better than SCART

I paid $10k for a Pioneer Plasma that I had to give away many years later. It was one of the first TV that had HDMI and the came in 1080p and mine was 1080i, so then I moved to ten Sony which was better visually even though I wanted plasma I settled on LCD. The only plasma was Panasonic and back then they made the fugliest TVs so .... No thanks.

Tech has moved so fast. It's really all planned obsolescence

The BV5 is a very fine looking set, but for a lot of people it's like a CRT size in a different package when you can get a lighter panel only TV.

The Sony I have in my bedroom is on a picture frame and I don't even have it screwed into the stud it's so light. It's madness but, people who don't know a lot about TV is all a bout connection, lightness, thinness and sound and pq second. Which makes the former unfortunately in the same league to a lot of people 😡

My BV9 is the centerpiece of my LR. For pic quality, it is still more than satisfactory. I have many peripherals leveraged to it. I don't see a replacement for me on the near horizon, unless the panel dies.

It is ー at once ー contemporary, impressive, integrated and its overall gestalt is so throughly BnO.

What more could you ask? What more do you need?

I'd sooner save my sheckles for the BL5 successor...if it proves it's worth to me.

B

x2.

This is exactly how I feel at the moment, right down to your last comment about BL5 successors. My next purchase will be BL5s otherwise. I also intend only to change my BV9 if it dies; hoping there may be something aesthetically different looking than the current Avant at that time.

Barry Santini wrote:

My BV9 is the centerpiece of my LR. For pic quality, it is still more than satisfactory. I have many peripherals leveraged to it. I don't see a replacement for me on the near horizon, unless the panel dies.

It is ー at once ー contemporary, impressive, integrated and its overall gestalt is so throughly BnO.

What more could you ask? What more do you need?

I'd sooner save my sheckles for the BL5 successor...if it proves it's worth to me.

B

We are not talking 'plasma vs lcd' here.

The point was, that 'pre-HDMI tv's' aren't worth a dime nowadays.

The BV9 is a fine set, that can serve you well for years to come....if you have the space for it in your room/house.

MM