The BeoSystem 3 does do a good job of making a standard definition DVD look like a high-definition source. However, if you'd then seen HD on a B&O Plasma or LCD, you'd see why HD is something you'd want to pursue. A standard definition DVD through a BeoSystem 3 > BeoVision 4 is impressive, very very very impressive. A high definition signal through BeoSystem 3 > BeoVision 4 is jaw dropping.

Well, I am with you.

Recently called by a Lowe dealer and was not convinced by the picture quality on their sets.

B & O still set the benchmark for my eyes! 

Well, people watching my 1998 Avant are saying the image is a lot better than their HD LCD. However, I am limited to 32"...

IMHO, I see HD today's offering more as a technological challenge and consumerism brainwash than the search for real quality and usefulness. But I may change my mind if you offer me BS3 + BV4... ;-)

(Puts knives away)

This thread is not what I expected!

But I must say that I agree with most of what's been said here. I'll throw in my perspective as someone who has to make the case for them every day in a world where the average technology is really quite good. Just speaking about picture quality (and not the host of other features that result in our prices), we tend to focus more on an organic image than on "ultimate sharpness," yet that ultimate sharpness is what catches your eye walking through a store.

During long consultations, I often recount the story of the Pepsi Challenge from the 1980s as told in Malcolm Gladwell's "Blink". (If there was no Pepsi challenge where you live, consider yourself classier than us yanks and read along!). The prime feature of the Pepsi Challenge was a blind "sip test" between Coke & Pepsi. It would show up at malls and parks and entreat passers by to taste test Pepsi against the leading cola, Coke. The results were just as Pepsi wanted. They were beating Coke hands down. Some time into the campaign, though, they realized that they weren't moving the needle in terms of sales. It turns out (after some significant analysis) that Pepsi only wins when you're take a sip. It's extremely sweet with an obvious composition. Coke, on the other hand, is better to drink. It's not as sweet and its flavor profile is more spiced and complex. 

We, my dear friends, are Coke. We're better in the long run, though people continuously "sip" Pepsi and accuse us of being less tasty! 

My wife and I have always felt that our Avant's picture is better than anything else we have seen. The only draw back is the size. The picture quality is one thing that has kept us from buying a new TV. We plan on purchasing a new BV 7 this month and I think the picture quality of B and O LCDs and plasmas is now approaching that of the Avant. I hope I still feal that way when we get the new TV into our home and can view it there. 

It all depends on what kind of HD TV you have really.

LCD TV's are really pixelly but if you have a CRT HD set (I guess theye didn't exist for long but I bought one last year) the picture quality is amazing!

I have a Sony PS3 plugged into my 32" Phillips (I know that's not up to B&O standards but...) CRT Hi-def TV (it does 480i, 480p, 720i, 720p, 1080i) and the picture on films like Blade runner (got the 5 disk re-issue!) and 300 is absolutely phenomenal. Not to mention on games! The colour depth is pretty incredible actually.

I'm picking Metal Gear Solid 4 for it today... Cannot wait.

Kris 

Well I agrree 100% with the OP on this topic. We have a BV3-32 and have had for nearly 4 years now, the picture on it still blows me away. When Iook at HD LCD sets I just see a poor quality picture compared to the BV3. Now a HD BV9 is a different matter, but way out of my price range.😂

Craig🙂

i wouldn't put loewe in the same league as bno

 if no are apple , loewe are ms

all they do is copy bno , badly

design wise and in their ideas

plus the picture's a pixellated mess and their av systems are utter rubbish compared to bno 

their speaker range is tragic

and as for user interaction - has anyone ever figured out the weird interface on a loewe tv or that awful little joy stick like knob that is in the middle of the control ?