BV6-26 or BV8-26 at same price: Which one to take?

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What about the picture quality of BV8-26 vs BV6-26? Are they the same video engine? What about the contrast screen vs the contrast coating. 

I am having a BV8-40 and BV8-32 and I am happy with the picture, but never compared it to a BV6-26 (out of 2005!) Is the BV8-26 very similar to the BV8-32? I know the BV8-40 is quite different from BV8-32 (but mainly from Audio or connection side)..

Heribert wrote:
In this room (my saunarium)

Pardon my ignorance here, but is any TV safe in a sauna/ steamroom?

Reading other posts and descriptions on 'Lifestyle' I get the impression that the BV6 has fabric speaker covers/frets, and that the cases of some BV8's are prone to discolour. So that seems like a whole lot of reasons not to use either of these models in a saunarium.

Graham

Whichever set is chosen it is going to fry in a sauna and the humidity will kill it! Use an aquavision with a BeoLink Passive that can be hidden away along with the IR receiver if used an a MLGW

I need to correct myself. I call it Saunarium but it is not in the Sauna itself (with high temp & humidity). It is in the relax room next to it with normal temp and humidity. So this is no issue - I had a Toshiba LCD there for 3 years without any problems. 

The 6 to me looks sleek and sexy , the 8 has always looked cheap with that horrible line up the side and the simply weird speaker dust trap at the bottom.

I'd go as far as saying the 8 is the worst current bno design.

The 8-26 and 8-32 are a completely different TV to the 8-40. Let's not go into details but I would rather take the 6-26 and run it in standard definition than run an 8-26 or 32 with HD (having seen both sets side-by-side in the past).

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