I got mine last week to replace a very good Avant (except that letterbox films were too small from our normal seating position). Haven't large LCDs come on well in the last year? Of course I can't get to watch anything now as the children have the PS3 permantly connected so that they can experience the horrors of war without leaving the comfort of a cosy house and all they can eat and drink.

I'm due to collect the wall mounting bracket tomorrow, the BV-40 is due in Friday - can't wait!

Stevethegreatgolfer wrote:

... so that they can experience the horrors of war without leaving the comfort of a cosy house and all they can eat and drink.

LOL 

What a picturesque and familiar description :-)

Thanks!

beowhit wrote:

I'm due to collect the wall mounting bracket tomorrow, the BV-40 is due in Friday - can't wait!

I am in total agony on whether I should switch my BV 7-40 MKII for a MKIII or go for BV 8-40. Please let us know what you think and how you rate it compared to for instance BV 7.

Thanks!

From my experience (I've owned BV7-40 MKIII for 1.5 years and have seen the BV8-40 on display), the BV8-40 is a little better than the MKIII for HD. However, the MKIII gives a slightly better all-round image, if you watch a lot of standard definition TV.

The key thing for the BV7 is the movable stand. The 7.4+BL9 combo will be far superior to the BV8-40 speaker. You also get 4 x HDMI sockets, rather than the two on the BV8.

You get the 100Hz screen on the BV8, but from watching TV on my 100Hz-based MKIV, this only really applies to fast moving TV, such as watching sport.

Dave wrote:

Stunning

–adjective

1.	causing, capable of causing, or liable to cause astonishment, bewilderment, or a loss of consciousness or strength: a stunning blow.

2.	of striking beauty or excellence: What a stunning dress you're wearing!

This might be slight more useful:

English: Stunning - Dutch: Verdoving

Simon.

I have recently been agonising over the same for a holiday home, and went with the discounted BV7-40 mk 111 (delivered this last w/e); very happy with it of course, but still have nagging doubt that the BV8-40 was the better buy!

As Moxxey has pointed out, BV7 has additional features if you require them...

Well thanks to the Tube drivers striking today, I'm 'working' from home - plenty of time to spend with the new BV8!!

It'd be great if other bv8 40 owners shared their experiences here too (I meant to write that in the first post, but forgot in my excitement).

Zwaan, I'll let you know how i get on with film mode changes later & to Stevethegreatgolfer - if you manage to get a chance to bag some viewing time of your own, would love to know your thoughts...

Beowhit - look forward to hearing your thoughts too. & Takktakk, I'd recommend the BV8 40!

I must say that when you shell out so much cash on a tv it is very reassuring to hear from you all! Thanks!

Tom

BTW, the TV does swivel (by hand) which is useful as the PS3 is behind the TV so makes access really easy - may be worth bearing in mind - will upload a picture when i find my camera...

I have also ordered a BV8-40 to be used as a bedroom tv.  arriving mid July, can't wait.

one question though, as BV8 doesn't have a BS3 included in the TV, has anyone use the upscale function in PS3 with BV8 when watching DVD? 

aweicc wrote:

one question though, as BV8 doesn't have a BS3 included in the TV, has anyone use the upscale function in PS3 with BV8 when watching DVD? 

Good question, I am considering the purchase of a blue-ray player and one of the options is the PS3. But I want to make sure this also improves he picture quality of my DVD's.

My experiences of the BV8-40:

I am very impressed by the picture quality. I used to have an Avant 28", I got used on the big 40" screen within days. On analog signal the picture is ok, on digital cable the picture quality is impressive. Best that I have seen from a lcd-tv.

I have my DVD player connected by component, the picture quality is good, but I am considering a blue-ray player (with upscaling for DVD's) to get an even better picture.

Typical lcd problems like ghosting/panning can sometimes be seen, but only very minor.

Sound quality from the tv speaker is good, I use it in a setup of BL1/BL2/BL4000 and the match is good. Yet setting the sound levels of the speakers is  a bit tricky; using the sound setting screen for speaker volume I thought I had to set all speakers loud compared to the center speaker (based on the level of the test sound), this however proved to be incorrect. Using a DVD with THX setup I got much better results.

Another thing that works very nice in my setup: I have a room with a lot of windows on one side. Even thought the lcd screen is glossy this gives no problems since the screen is a bit tilted, the reflection I get are therefor from the ceiling and not from incoming light.

To summarize, I am very happy with the purchase of the BV8-40!

Bieele