I agree with Peter. It is a lovely review, but they review bang and olufsen products in this gushing manner with all products it seems. Is the Beovision 10 THAT amazing? Hmm. All in all though, it does indeed seem to be a great product with a more faor price. Lets just keep in mind, there are no built in sources!! BIG down side for me, and i'd still choose a BV7 over a BV10 for that reason.

...And the lack of a motorized positioner - picked up by the reviwer. This is a must have for my room after the LX and Avant. I hope  they are working on a solution to this.

I don't doubt it's a good TV but almost 1/3 of the text sounds awfully like marketing spiel - it could almost be a press release!

Puncher wrote:

I don't doubt it's a good TV but almost 1/3 of the text sounds awfully like marketing spiel - it could almost be a press release!

Found this review today (and then found it already reported here!)

Have to agree with Puncher, but I think they've just padded out the review by weaving a lot of the B&O publicity shots and text in.

Overall it is a good review, and no one should compain about the conclusion:

Graham

"The Bang & Olufsen BeoVision 10-40 has therefore been given a Top Recommendation Award based on the overall product, and evaluation of its picture, sound, amplifier, design/materials, furniture effect and quality."

I dont know about you guys, but I am getting sick and tired of these B&O reviews. It seems a lot like they just dont want to criticize anything about B&O televisions. To my knowledge there are so many faults with the B&O DVB-HD module, that B&O now after about 1 year (as far as i remember) after introduction are working on the fourth update. EPG does not work as it is supposed to, slow channelshifting, lacking digital info in the top of the screen, hanging when shifting channels etc. etc.  Yes, WHEN it finally works, the picture is stunning, but dont forget to mention that this is a rare occasion. To be fair though, i have had my trouble with the 7-40 and i know the 7-55 is LED etc. However the DVB-HD module is the same, and IT DOES NOT WORK with DVB-C. I have seen televisions costing 500 Euro handling this simple task perfectly with fast channelshifting and EPG updating immediately  and not after 20 minutes.

The test mentions the startup times and concludes that this is actually ok... How is this ok??? 47 sec. to start a bluray??

These things are by far the only issues with BV 7, and i am so tired of people and tests only mentioning the stunning picture quality of say BV10, without mentioning the delay when going from text and back to dtv...This takes about 8 sec., how can this NOT be relevant. B&O are starting to compromise on features you take for granted on 500 euro tv´s. Now, the latest SW update for 7-40 MK IV fixes a lot of issues, but speeds up the fan so much that it is absolutely impossible to watch a quiet movie. Tech support say they know, and that it is necessary because of heat problems...Does this mean that we now have to live with noiselevels that are absolutly unacceptable, just because they did not test it properly before launch?? In what other situation do you buy something so expensive that does not work and when you tell B&O are told, that there will be a softwarefix. I have been waiting for over a year now and the tv STILL does not work as supposed to. Fortunately danish law says, that when an issue is not fixed within reasonable time, you are entitled to a refund. Is one year reasonable time??

So i am about finished blowing of steam :-) I know my anger is not specifically directed towards 7-55 that are being discussed here. However i feel that it is a huge problem that things that should obviously be working and are therefore not tested, are the ones that are missing on the latest B&O tv´s

Yes, they are beautiful and yes the picture is stunning. Agreed one of the best tv´s ever buildt, as long as you do not use the inbuildt dvb-hd module, Blurayplayer, use text and dont mind that the fans sound like an airplane taking off etc. etc. 

Come on B&O, is is absolutely unacceptable to your faithful customers, and hopefully you will learn the hard way.

/Ehlerz

I'd say B&O have picked up a little trick from BOSE and other brands here... marketing. It's good i think, it will surely lift sales, people believe reviews!! The best part is, in this instance, it actually is a rather decent product.

Hi guys,

I absolutely agree with Ehlerz in case of the DVB-C in my BV8-40. After power on you get an empty EPG and often when you select entries

nothing happens (because he is sooo busy). Pretty annoying, and in this state you should be careful with your keypress on the remote,

because he is very sensible and swallowed on your fast inputs !! I've updated the HD-Software but things are gone and new are

coming. Guys, we are dazzled from the B&O quality in the past - today they are setting new objectives ($€,,) - customer satisfaction and

overall product qualitity are only a marketing buzzword.

For me it's an unsatisfied state and I'll keep the (unqualified) B&O support and my dealer busy as long as the problem will be there.

Guys please don't let you dazzle from shining frames around screens - be a little critical also in other things.

Good things come to those who can wait 

HeKoch

Ehlerz wrote:

The test mentions the startup times and concludes that this is actually ok... How is this ok??? 47 sec. to start a bluray??

These things are by far the only issues with BV 7, and i am so tired of people and tests only mentioning the stunning picture quality of say BV10, without mentioning the delay when going from text and back to dtv...This takes about 8 sec./Ehlerz

 

2 comments:

My Pioneer LX52 uses almost the same time to start up a BD. Too slow, yes, but it is still relatively new technology.

MY BV10 has no problems using text TV. When going back to DTV the picture is lost a couple of seconds, but the sound is there all the time. Not a problem for me.

FlatpanelsDK is somewhat positive to B&O, but they test loads of stuff, and they should have a far better experience when comparing picture etc, than most of us.

thavn wrote:

FlatpanelsDK is somewhat positive to B&O, but they test loads of stuff, and they should have a far better experience when comparing picture etc, than most of us.

Ture enough, but I wonder if they would be as generous to another manufacturer if their TV's picture was a little on the blue side and couldn't be adjusted to an "ideal" 6500K etc.