The design is very individual as it is with every Beo product. But for me, I like it. I think the design of the BV14 is still the most beautiful and elegant looking Beovision. Also liked my old Avant 55" very much. Very much of a geeky show of gadget, but the floor stand circle was to big and for a modern flat screen, it wasn't that flat. I like that the Sound centre sticks out a little bit (not the first Beovision that does that). It stand out.
For those who argue that such good sound on a TV is a waste due to you have other speakers connected. Well, often when I watch normal TV I don't want to fire up the BL5's to hear the news reporter. Or when watching something at night time when other family members have gone to bed, it is also good not the fire up the BL5's.
I hear what many of you have to say about the lack of effort by Beo. I can understand this.
And for me that had a two year old Avant 55 mk1 was that the Eclipse was so much better in picture quality. Side by side the Avant looks grey and faded. And when you consider it only has One HDMI that supports 4K without HDR. The menus was kind of slow due to not two way Bluetooth. The cinematic curtains didn't bother me and wasn't a classic Beo feature for me. My old MX didn't have it so. And now the tv starts faster and like the new start up with a total black screen and just says Bang & Olufsen. Just miss it a little when turning it of when it just goes POFF and dark.
So should one by an Avant or BV14 that Beo has put some effort in to but with buggy OS and tech that is not up to date our do you get a new TV with amazing picture quality that is easy to control. For me it was easy.
Just to bad that the only TV Beo sells at the moment is the Eclipse. I would had hoped that the LG partnership should have done it easier to update exciting models like Avant and BV14 (need a much better name).
What do you think will happen in the future to the Eclipse and the partnership? Will there be a >70" soon to mount?
//EA