moxxey wrote:

How would it be £13K cheaper than a Samsung 85" using the same panel? Where did you get £22K from?

http://www.selfridges.com/en/Features-Gifts/Categories/Gifts-For-Occasions/Fathers-day/85%22-Series-9-Ultra-High-Definition-LED-TV_761-10044-SAMUE85S9STXXU/?SL_ClassKey=1

Luke wrote:

22k what ?

Pound, Euro, Dollar ??

I'd actually really like one. It's the perfect upgrade from a BV 4-65.

vlohjr1 wrote:

Even I have been quoted by dealer £25k

I think they are guessing and/or scaling prices up from the 55". A non-local dealer told me that the 75" would be £15K, as an example, when the 55" Avant was announced. I'm confident that was an assumption, based on scaling up pricing.

Also, my local dealer told me the 85" has now been pushed back from late Summer to end of the year, only yesterday. I think there's a lot of guesswork going on at the moment. They don't really have the info.

I'd be very surprised - and very delighted - if B&O could bring their 85" to the market, far cheaper than, say, Samsung, using the same panel!

Seems like most people are expecting some quite unreallistic prices for the 85" version.

Please remember that the 85" screen is almost 2,5 times larger than the 55"!

A lot of the cost of a B&O is the cost of materials and production, and when the screen increases by a factor of 2,5 so will the material prices. The mark-up for B&O will properly stay the same procentage wise. So expect at least twice the price of the 55".

I'd say the price policy is rather confusing.

In my understanding, the new Avant should have been the "affordable" model and I was expecting (hoping) a much cheaper price than $22,000 for the 85".

The recommended retail price is $7995 (5900 euros) to get a 55" in the USA, which seems very attractive to B&O fans. I can't figure out how people will react. If I had knew, I wouldn't have ordered a BV 11-55 last November.

Furthermore, the current offer running for the new speakers (-20% on Beolab 17, 18, 19 and 20) is hardly understandable and frustrating if you bought some recently. I don't understand the offer received that morning either:

Avant 55" launch price in France is 8900 euros / $12,000  (special offer for the world cup). Why is there a $4,000 difference?

I'd say the price policy is rather confusing.

In my understanding, the new Avant should have been the "affordable" model and I was expecting (hoping) a much cheaper price than $22,000 for the 85".

The recommended retail price is $7995 (5900 euros) to get a 55" in the USA, which seems very attractive to B&O fans. I can't figure out how people will react. If I had knew, I wouldn't have ordered a BV 11-55 last November.

Furthermore, the current offer running for the new speakers (-20% on Beolab 17, 18, 19 and 20) is hardly understandable and frustrating if you bought some recently. I don't understand the offer received that morning either:

Avant 55" launch price in France is 8900 euros / $12,000  (special offer for the world cup). Why is there a $4,000 difference?

I have been advised that the 85" on motor floor stand will be circa £25k...

Marco6474 wrote:

Avant 55" launch price in France is 8900 euros / $12,000  (special offer for the world cup). Why is there a $4,000 difference?

Different markets, volumes and economics. The same applies to European cars which costs less (sometimes much less) in the US than in Europe. Compare price lists for BMW for example...

Marco6474 wrote:

Avant 55" launch price in France is 8900 euros / $12,000  (special offer for the world cup). Why is there a $4,000 difference?

Different markets, volumes and economics. The same applies to European cars which costs less (sometimes much less) in the US than in Europe. Compare price lists for BMW for example...

I saw the Avant 85" at my dealer yesterday.

Truly an impressive piece. 

All in all 200 kg with the floorstand. It was really majestic when it started to move on the floor plate. Not many livingrooms will be able to cater for such a TV. The loudspeakers really looked tiny under the huge screen, so I thing the moving speakers hardly will be noticed.

Had no time to listen to the sound unfortunately. I would imagine that B&O have used the greater volume they have to play with in the TV body it self.

/C