As it seems, the 40" version will have a FULL HD panel in some months time, no news about the 32" version. I would definitly not buy a BV7 now. The integrated DVD player could become useless in a year, but it does not necessarily have to be so.

hi i live in the canary isles, today i received a mailshot from madrid, head office bang and olufsen with pic of the new hd ready bv 7 40 asking if i would like demo so must be on the way

malcolm

DVD players will be usable for years to come, definitely. The massive production of HD DVD's on either standard will have to hold on until there are enough players that justify the roll out.

I don't think the BV7 upgrade will include a non standard DVD. B&O is slower when it comes to jump to last generation stuff, they will think it twice before launching a product that will be obsolete too shortly (although they have done it recently, see BV5 and BV4 37").

I will expect a full HD panel for the 40" version in the next revision though. BV7 32" will take a while before the upgrade, mainly because at that panel size the definition difference is unnoticeable to most mortals.

 Cheers;

Malcolm,

Can you please inform about the 32" too, and let us know?!

Marcel

Gustavo,

New 40" is not only about size, but also about extra inputs like HDMI?

So also the 32" will need the new panel with extra inputs!

Except when you watch HD signals on a BeoVision 7, most of the vision clear systems are bypassed I believe.

The difference we can expect will be like the difference between BeoSystem 1/2 + BeoVision 4 and the BeoSystem 3 + BeoVision 4. Massive difference in picture quality, especially when watching SD sources in regards to pixellation, and with HD in regards to colour balance and smoothness of movement...