Well the price increase in important. i also head the same from a member living in Japan, regarding a Beosound 1.
 As for the TV, I agree too, the BV7 is not worth the money yet, meantime you can have something that is of a good value looking for Loewe or Sony.
My mother just bought the upcoming Sony Bravia KDL 46W4000 (LCD Full HD 1080p with TNT HD tuner). I know it's Sony, but I recognize it's worth it.
In my case at this time, I would go for Loewe Individual Compose ( LCD-TNT LCD 46'' Full HD), even if the design is not so beautiful as the BV7.

Cheers,

Guy 

The price issue is becoming a real issue for B&O nowadays, perhaps the new ceo can make a positive change......🤔

But if you own a beautifull avant [a RF version I presume?] I would not trade it for a BV7 [and certainly not for a sony e.g] imho not worth the investment and with a sony 4eg you will loose integration as well as the good looks.

Perhaps in the future when standards [LCD=allready old or Plasma= about to get overhauled by Oled= perhaps allready in the near future replaced by laser?] are certain to stay for a longer period, you can improve your A/V setup worthwile.

I agree with beologisch about not selling your Avant, as I would not trade my avant for anything else before I find something worth to spend money.

Guy 

At a higher range price can be very irrelevant assumed that technology is up to date or there is an upgrade path. B&O recently lost sight in integrating technical  innovations:

The rebadged MP 3 players Beosound 3 is an example for a dull product. How many buyers of B&O plasma TV's were disappointed to hear that their 14.000 € Beovision 5 is not upgradeable for HD ? The DVD 2 without the ability to record from digital sources. Terminating two-way remote controls was also a big step backward. 

If B&O want's to play successful in the high-price area they should  concentrate on integrated home entertainment solutions with high quality standards and upgrade paths. Beosystem 3 is a very good example. 

i was recently seriously thinking of upgrading the front room tv from an avant to the bv9

unfortunately i was put off after finding that the inbuilt hd recorder can only record the channel you are watching

so a tv costing £12,000 is incapable of recording one channel and watching another  !!???

vhs in 1980 had that capability !! 

this is what i mean when i call bno's current efforts technologically stone age 

Hi guys.

I was in a melbourne dealership yesterday auditioning a pair of lab 5's which I was planning on getting by the end of the year. Well true to form I was informed of a price increase of july with the labs increasing from 27k to 30kish.

Every year i go back the delear informs me of another price hike.

Ouch

J