Before you get into a lather over this you should consider just what improvement you would expect to see on a screen as small as 23 or 26 inches?

Joeyboygolf and beobird,

I hear what you are saying and to some great extent it  conforms to my own views. However to some extent it beside the point. When I bought the set I wanted a re-assurance that it could operate on HD if I wanted it to. It was explained to me that DVI was the picture element of HDMI and the sound could come in by another route. There would have been no need to confuse with PC because I am not interested in any PC being linked to my TV - nor games units either.

Since I bought it I have been telling people that I could get HD through the DVI socket . Can I say that I would not have bought the set if I thought otherwise. Not to have an HDMI socket was one thing but not being able to get HD at all was another. I try to deal with everyone in this world in a straight fashion, in the main, and accept what I am told as being true. If I find out it isn't true then I do not deal with them again. As such its important for me to know whether its correct or not beyond the relevance of HD on a 26 inch set.

Let me start by making sure we are both talking about the same product, you talked about breaking into The Beovision 6-23 & HD discussion, but in fact it was the Beocentre 6-23 & HD which was being discussed, whilst similar products, they are different.

Whilst I understand Joeyboygolf and beobird point about HD on a Beovision 6-23, your point is that you were told something which was not correct or not as you understood it, so you feel that you were not told the truth. To be honest, in the dealers defence, at that time everyone appear to be somewhat unsure of the situation with what products were HD ready and when they would be, but what are the facts as I see them:-

First your Beovision 6-26 Type 9252 is a Mark I Beovision 6-26 and I find it difficult to believe that it was HD ready because even by the time the Beocentre 6-26 was introduced the HD ready kit was apparently not available. Whatever the case you can check the status by going into the Customer Service Menu which I outlined in the other thread HERE

I purchased a Beocentre 6-23 in March 2007 which was NOT HD ready, as it was for my gym, it did not concern me. However my supplying dealer told me it would be HD ready, because that's what they had been assured by B&O.

Anyway, assuming when you check the Customer Service Menu it is not HD ready, which I expect to be the case, then to make your Beovision 6-26 HD ready you will need a Type 4371 upgrade kit which will have to be fitted by the dealer, clearly it is up to you if you wish to take this action, but at least you have the facts to come to your decision.

Keith,

Many thanks for your comprehensive information here. Zwets was giving the same picture in the other thread and I am sorry that the Beocentre and Beovision got mixed up in my response akthough it appears not to have made a difference to the outcome. My (over?) emotional state on this matter is twofold. One is personal - My wife died in November and it would have been our 40th wedding anniversary soon. As a result my emotions are all over the shop anyway. Secondly there was an element of shock involved in what I was reading on the other thread. Because I had believed in what I was told and made my purchasing decision on it I would be shocked if I was later to understand otherwise.

my investigations of the customer service menu supports your view and I see no mention of anything that would indicate HD anywhere on it.  At the time of purchase I was getting frustrated about the fact that it didn't have a built in digital tuner (reflected somewhere on this and the main B&O site). I was given a sensible answer that having the box provided more flexibility than an inbuilt tuner. So I had a separate tuner but was concerned with an upward compatibility path to HD. As I said before I wasn't necessarily going to take the path but wanted reassurance that it was there. I am 60 years old now and do not intend to operate many TV buying rounds on this earth and wasn't intending to when I bought the set. Zwets was of a similiar mind to me when he bought his according to his response and was surprised to find otherwise. As you say the dealer may have been giving the best information available but really B&O shpould have known better. They must have known that this question was going to be asked by customers. was it "rip them off again time?" 

I paid £3800 for my 6-26 with Dolby and wall bracket and I certainly do not intend to spend a penny more. As others have observed the 26inch screen is probably OK anyway. If it breaks down it will go on the skip and a panasonic will replace it. It will cost a fraction of the cost and the built in digital tuner/hdmi will probably account for any marginal picture loss. Many thanks for your help & yours Zwets.

Sorry to hear about your loss BarryAndrew, it must be difficult emotionally as you mentioned. I lost my father to cancer (two brain tumours) recently so I can empathise a little with what you might be going through. I hope you have a good support network through friends and family. Bereavment counselling can also be a great source of support and understanding.

Hi, I too have a BV6 -26 (I think Mark I?) It has a DVI port on it and works with a PC attached at 1268 x 768. Does this mean i have the HD kit installed or does the HD kit come with an HDMI port?

Also it there anyway of linking the DVI port to the Digital sound input for 5.1 surround sound?? (PS3 gaming)

Cheers TC 

TC,

If you have a Mark I Beovision 6-26 then it will NOT be HD ready. You can check the status by going into the Customer Service Menu which I outlined in the other thread HERE If there is no HD menu, you do not have an HD ready Beovision 6-26

The HD kit does NOT provide a HDMI port.

 Hi Keith

Thanks for that, I'll check tonight after work.

Cheers

TC