The BV10 comes, as you know without a built in BD Player. Therefore I have bought a Pioneer LX52 BD player. It is very ugly, but it produces nice pictures. However, You must live with the Pioneer badge all over the screen quite often.

I have all CDs, DVDs and Bluray discs on the opposite wall from the bv10. You can see a BL4000 on the wall over my CD player. The Pioneer Bluray player I keep hidden inside the "bench" which hide a long radiator.

The BD player is well hidden. I have also chosen a "display mute" function on the player so it isn't very visible...

Wonderful TV. It goes well with the picture frames in your room too!

all i can say is wow i really like seeing pictures of different setups and this is another great one to.

how are you finding the picture quality on this tv so far.

After 2,5 weeks with the new BV10 I am very satisfied with it. It looks good, it sounds good and the picture is excellent! I have the extra contrast screen. I thought that when not having the opportunity to change the stand with the remote, it would be nice to limit the reflexes as much as possible. I am not sure if it really does, but I think it adds a bit of depth and makes black even "blacker"..

I have many SD channels, and I am extremely surprised with the picture quality on these channels. They look really good. The HD channels is little bit better, but it is hard to see the difference! When watching BDs, there is a major improvement over both SD broadcasts, ordinary DVDs and HD broadcasts. Really stunning. BTW, the Pioneer does a relly good job upscaling ordinary DVDs, so they look really good too.

The sound I was very worried about after reading Peters first impressions on the new BV10. The BV10 replaced an Avant DVD in my livingroom, and I must admit it lacks some bass compared to the Avant. But I never listen to the Speaker 1 option, and the BV10 Speaker reproduces voices as good as the Avant did. When listening to a BD or a DVD you use the surround option, and then the voices are almost all throgh the center channel, and music and effects through the front and rear speakers. The sound coming from the BV10 is very good.

Things I miss from the Avant...

• The Avant remembered where we were in a DVD if we by some reason had to turn the system off. The Pioneer does not.  
• The BV10 doesn't have a visible clock. I got used to (and fond of) the clock in the Avant display.
• A built in DVD player made everything very easy. Now with the Pioneer BD player I have a link issue. I can't see the DVD/BD from my bedroom/kitchen unless I make an "initial setup" in the Pioneer player, where I choose the analog phono connection instead of the HDMI. I have a "Riks-TV" box (digital TV tuner), and that box have no problem distributing digital to the BV10, and analog to the link rooms.
• Not having to look at the "pioneer" logo

The Avant is now in the basement, working as a "stand alone" TV, and would I even consider changing back? No.

The conclusion is that I think the new BV10 is very, very nice. My brother has the BV7-40 mkIV, and the picture from the BV10 is at least as good as the latest BV7.

I think the new BV10-40 is worth the money. Its beauty is more than skin deep.

Those BL5s in the corner are awesome!  Makes me want to trade in my kids for those! LOL

thank you thavn for replying i have wanted to get the low down on how people find the bv10 at home and i was very interested in your views one question how does the bv10 handle films with cgi effects especially with the 200hz do you think it  gives films that artificial look or does it look natural to you? not a biggie to me as i like the smooth motion effect.

Elegant setup! The thin frames of the paintings match completely with the frame of the tv.

This shows how versaile the design of BV 10 is. The tv can be placed on an empty wall or combine it with artworks. Or put it on the floor where tvs used to be.