Good buy Chris, still an incredible product.

A billionaire's tv for a bedroom when it came out !

Hi Chris,

i have had the HD ready Dvi bv5 from new, it has a excellent picture, it took the mk 6 beovision 7-40 to replace it from my TV room.I still have it in the family giving faithful service.

Worth a try! Have just ordered one!

The £9 HDMI converter that is...

So, received the £9 HDMI converter that Andrew mentions above. After a bit of swearing it's working well! At first I could only get vision and no sound. I then tried attaching the supplied usb power lead to a socket and hey presto! So, I now have an Amazon fire stick attached to my ancient Beovision 5, something that I have been told many times is impossible. I'm not convinced by the build quality of the converter, but for £9 I can't argue. Does anyone know if there's any alternative versions which might be a bit longer lasting? 

Hi Simon

I use mine with apple TV and it doesnt need the external supply - I have four of them and they have lasted a good 3 or 4 years and still going strong - there are more expensive ones available but not sure if they are any better - my only gripe with them has been that they do not send a switching signal to switch the TV to 16:9 so on the BV6 I have to press format - and there seems no way of defaulting the TV to 16:9 instead of 15:9 - other than that for the money they are great.