New Avant or BV14?

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TEL
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Posted March 3, 2017 at 17:33 GMT
#2080680

I see dealers are offering £1000 for any working tv against a new Avant or BV14 tv 

Which would you go for Avant or BV14?

Some dealers are offering interest free over 2 years but not all

To be offered £1000 for my old (unused but still working) LX2802 seems good offer.

I can then move my BV7-40 to another room and keep the B&O 6000 x4 and BeoLab 2 subwoofer in the lounge linked to new Avant/BV 14?

Any thoughts ?

 

TEL

 

 

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BeoGreg (archived2)
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Posted March 3, 2017 at 18:09 GMT
#2080681
Surely a matter of design, appart from the buggy software on both, they are great tv's (excellent picture and sound).

The Avant outperforms the 14 on paper for the sound but in real life much less.
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Sandyb
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Posted March 3, 2017 at 18:17 GMT
#2080682
Absolutely agree. Design surely everything? Much as the 14 had software issues, it's magnificent looking
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mr_anders_son
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Posted March 3, 2017 at 22:49 GMT
#2080683
Its just matter of time when most of the bugs will be solved🤒
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TEL
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Posted March 3, 2017 at 23:42 GMT
#2080684

Thanks for the replies and B&O design does appeal.

but as both sets seem to have 'buggy software' problems, I wonder if Samsung UE55KS8000 55 inch at £1498 or UE65KS7500 65 inch at £1499 is the way to go?

Would I still be able to use the 6000's and subwoofer? and surround sound?

TEL

 

 

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The_Beonic_Man (archived2)
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Posted March 4, 2017 at 01:56 GMT
#2080685

TEL wrote:
Would I still be able to use the 6000's and subwoofer? and surround sound?

Yes.

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kuyttendaele
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Posted March 4, 2017 at 09:08 GMT
#2080686

TEL wrote:

Would I still be able to use the 6000's and subwoofer? and surround sound?

The BV14/Avant only has the new RJ45 Powerlink connectors, so just buy an PL->RJ45 adapter for each speaker and you're good to go! Did the same thing with my BL8000 & BL11.

The software is buggy at the moment (let's hope this will all change in Week10) but sound and picture wise: top!

Karel.

My B&O Icons:

BeoCenter-9500.png BeoCenter-9500.png
Beoremote-Beo4.png Beoremote-Beo4.png
Beovision-11.png Beovision-11.png
Beosound.png Beosound.png
Beosound-Essence.png Beosound-Essence.png
Beosound-Emerge.png Beosound-Emerge.png
Beosound-Balance.png Beosound-Balance.png
Beoremote-One.png Beoremote-One.png
Beoplay-S3.png Beoplay-S3.png
Beoplay-M3.png Beoplay-M3.png
Beoplay-H9i.png Beoplay-H9i.png
Beoplay-Earset.png Beoplay-Earset.png
Beoplay-E8.png Beoplay-E8.png
Beoplay-A1.png Beoplay-A1.png
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x16szr (archived2)
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Posted March 4, 2017 at 09:40 GMT
#2080687
Hello TEL,

only in a Beovision there is an Dolby Sourround Decoder for having

Sourround Sound out of your Beolabs. Otherwise you'll need a separate Dolby Decoder. Any Samsung or other brands do NOT have the possibility

of decoding the Dolby Sound, only Stereo at max!!!

Or you take this: almando Multiplay Surround Decoder

Just have a look to almando.com

Greets from Dortmund in Germany.

Stefan.
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TEL
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Posted March 4, 2017 at 20:40 GMT
#2080688

Many thanks for all your replies. I'll let you know when a tv arrives.

TEL 

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gerard
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Posted March 4, 2017 at 21:11 GMT
#2080689
x16szr wrote:

... Any Samsung or other brands do NOT have the possibility

of decoding the Dolby Sound, only Stereo at max!!!

Or you take this: almando Multiplay Surround Decoder

Just have a look to almando.com

...

Would a converter as this one also do the job?

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