Although the BV8 doesn't have a BS3 it still has to upscale an SD or DVD signal in order to display it on the HD panel. Therefore the question becomes "is the PS3 (or other players) upscaler better than the BV8-40's internal one"?

I have just had my BV8-40 installed and...WOW! I will admit to being a bit nervous as the picture on my BV3-32 is excellent and I saw the BV8 at the dealer running HD and blu-ray so I wondered how it would compare running through and ordinary aerial. No need to worry as the picture is superb - really clear and crisp with no problems watching Wimbledon, it just looks fantastic alongside my BS9000. I think this TV could really help B&O's situation as it's relatively good value and a superd product.

Now back to my silly grin!

Mark

The PS3 is simply the best integrated upscaler available yet. You may find better upscalers, but that's not sure, and it would only be dedicated upscalers, so you would get only marginally better upscale for a totally different price.

The huge computing power of the cell processor may be one of the things that makes a PS3 so good in upscale. B&O TV upscaler doesn't reach this quality, unfortunately for TV...

One thing to consider is that a new, slim, version of the PS3 will be released soon (rumors speaks of august/september release). The design is better, but rumors speak of a lower quality Blu Ray mechanism (normally not concerning image quality but mechanical quality, read broken more frequently...)

The last thing to take into account is that the PS3 is also a very good... Gaming console (and correct DLNA server in order to remotely read movies, music and pictures from a network drive) 😕
We bought a PS3 mainly for movies, believing that this complex game controller (read : not as simple as a wii) would forbid us to play well, but I must admit that those past months, I may have played more with Little Big Planet and Motorstorm Pacific Rift than playing movies👍

the new Bv-40 's picture and sound quality is really excellent. couple that with an output from the ps 3 for , all i can say is wow....

tested audiophile music cds and blu ray movies (the dark knight, quantum of solace) in this combination. output is awesome.

no regrets whatsoever.

Interesting remarks.

As a potential buyer of the BV7, could it be possible that the BV8 beats it at less than a half of its price? I'm only hearing good things about the BV8 and split comments on the BV7 MkIV. Could it be that expectations on the BV7 were set too high as opposed to the BV8, where it's turning out to be a nice suprise given its relatively low cost for BnO standards?

I have had my BV8-40 for about a month by now, and I really love it.. I must admit, that if money wasn't an issue for me, I would have gone with a BV7-40MK3, but maybe at another time.

The picture and sound is great, if not amazing!!!!  My only concern is the speed of the tv, it is very slow, when you are changing sources. I have never seen this as a problem for the BV7 series.

But my god it is a great picture.

Just have to agree on previous posts, the BV8-40 is really excellent. I have had it for some weeks now and really enjoy it connected to a Sony BDP 350 S, and a HD PVR and to my Beomedia5 / BS5.

At first I was actually going for a brand new BV7-40 with blueray, BL7-4. However, I could not justify why going for the BV7-40.

I miss the motorized stand that goes with BV7, but on the other hand, the BV8-40 on the BEO cabinett is compensating that (hiding the boxes in the slim cabinett is more beneficial than as I had before on my BV7 the boxes on the back of the BV7)

I thought I was going to miss the BL7, but the BV8-40 with some Beolab 3 makes the equation complete.

jonasrosen wrote:

I thought I was going to miss the BL7, but the BV8-40 with some Beolab 3 makes the equation complete.

I agree. The BV8-40 represents good value for a B&O TV. You can buy this, plus BL3s, cabinet, a separate Blu-ray player and still have change from the price of a BV7-40!

My BV7-40 MKIV has gone back to B&O and I have a MKIII instead. Ok, the MKIV HD image is a bit better, but there are few other advantages!

As a matter of interest how much is the bv8-40 in the uk

malcolm

Since the 10% price increase, I think it's £4000? I might be wrong, but I'm sure it's there or thereabouts. I guess that excludes the cost of the stand. The BV7-40, with stand and speaker, is just under £10K.