The only details I have are from an email from my dealer, sparse to sat the least, but here goes...

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Visually the television remains the same but with 2 important upgrades:

Blu-Ray Player
The DVD player has been replaced with an integrated Blu-Ray player.
Bang & Olufsen are one of very few manufacturers able to offer a television with an integrated Blu-Ray player.

The mechanism chosen also offers access to the ‘BD Live’ feature (version 2.0) which offers a range of on-line interactive features including additional film material and film trailers. If the customer would like to use ‘BD Live’ the television would require a fixed ethernet connection. It cannot be connected wirelessly to access these features.

100 Hz Screen

The screen is upgraded to include 100Hz technology which ensures a clear, judder free image on fast moving pictures.

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Hope this helps, I doubt it tho...

I was talking to him yesterday, and decided to against the upgrade, as I thought £3700 was just a bit too much to pay to trade up to the MKIV.

Just a note to say I've made the decision and taken the upgrade before the 10% price increase kicks in.

moxxey wrote:

Just a note to say I've made the decision and taken the upgrade before the 10% price increase kicks in.

BD upgrade or part Ex??

What do you mean by "upgrade"? Trade in the MK III for a MK IV?

Upgraded the panel from my MKIII to the MKIV for a far better price than I had anticipated. Quite pleased. BV7-40 MKIV should be here within 10 days.

Are the specs of the Blu-Ray player known ? In particular, which disk and file formats it can read, in addition to normal DVDs and Blu-Ray discs?

Thanks,

Jean

I made the same decision, to take it based on the same text that my dealer read out to me.

I too wanted to beat any price increases - but I had no trade-in to factor into my calculations.

No ETA yet.

I'v Ordered also with a px as well,the price and px were good,so went ahead.

I worked mine out on how much it would be on average to add the new sound board to my Mk3 then how much the Blu-ray would be to add,also based on the prices thats been going around to do this,the brighter screen is a bonus and the diffarance going from the non blu-ray to the blu-ray verson is a big jump in cost + the 10% be even worse but my deal was worth it.😁

Nice one,Moxxey,sounds like you done well too!

Im wondering if it if the new set has the new Sound board  in it? as it has the Blu-ray,so must be able to decode the new sound formats!

Joc,what set were you going to px? was it a Bv7 Mk1,2 or 3?

Bv7Mk3 wrote:

Nice one,Moxxey,sounds like you done well too!

Im wondering if it if the new set has the new Sound board  in it? as it has the Blu-ray,so must be able to decode the new sound formats!

Thanks.

Not sure if the new sound board will need to decode the HD audio. It might just do what the PS3 does, which is send it as a PCM stream which the BS3 can understand.

I've seen the new BV8-40 playing the Casino Royale Blu-ray (which I've seen on my BV7-40 MKIII, a few times) DVD. I was impressed. It's definitely a step up from my current BV7-40 MKIII. The movement was handled well, thanks to the 100Hz screen. Seemed more natural. I think it should be a slight step up again on the forthcoming BV7-40 MKIV.