a2bur wrote:

I got my son a Samsung 55" for Xmas ( £999 ) it has everything , 3D , Smart TV + all other features and it can use a USB stick . Sad to say the picture on my BV7 is poor in comparison , probably has a reasonable value being a Mk3 but not for long

My Mother bought a 40" Samsung at Christmas and, I'll be fair, I was genuinely surprised with the picture quality. She remarked on how much it was (under £700) and that it wouldn't be up to my B&O TV (BV7-40). Very wrong, it was definitely superior.

However, the audio was very poor in comparison and the build quality was cheap. Remote wasn't great either.

It really depends what you want in your home. Let's be honest here, buying a B&O is as much to do with your design statement as it is about picture quality. People remark on my BV10-46, even switched off. With the contrast red speaker fret, it gets people talking (in a positive way). A Samsung will never do that.

Also remember that once you do buy B&O, you get a reasonable (not as great as it has been) trade-in value from your dealer. You can keep a B&O TV for 2-3 years, trade it in, and the cost against a new B&O is much reduced.

Problem is....getting on the ladder in the first place. Clearly.

"Difference between now and the 70's to 90'..."

It's more a sign that we now live in a world when buy something we consider what it will be worth in a couple of years, in the decades before ebay we bought things to enjoy not to eventually re-sell.

danezro wrote:

"Difference between now and the 70's to 90'..."

It's more a sign that we now live in a world when buy something we consider what it will be worth in a couple of years, in the decades before ebay we bought things to enjoy not to eventually re-sell.

But the problem here is that we're forced in to that situation in order to get a reasonable trade-in from our older B&O product. For instance, my BV7-40 MKIV is more interesting to my dealer than a MKIII and far far more interesting (read: easier to resell) than a MKI. As a result, they price up accordingly.

I try and upgrade every three years and it pans out well. I get a good trade-in deal, plus a new panel, dealer comes in, takes the old one away and installs the new TV for free - what's not to like? It might cost me £2000-3000 every three years, but then that's only a little more than a top-of-the-range Sony and I guarantee you the Sony will be worth nothing in three years.

Sign of the world or not, that's life. Life shifts, it moves on. We can't just keep living in the 80s.

.... You watch your tv for hours ... And then you turn it on .......

Who needs the latest and  greatest .... Rediscovered my BS9000 after a short stint with mp3s. Have a BV8 and won't change that for few more years ....

just slow down ......  Most movies are not worth the 15 bucks for the DVD to beginn with .....

This is a good thread, Moxxey was talking about someone having a conversation with a dealer about £800 tv compared to £8000 for a b&o tv!  that is some gap!!  You when it comes down to it, its only the remote that makes me stay with b&o

Not as out of date as it would seem!

We just had 12 guests over to watch the Super Bowl on the Avant........and all of them were amazed at the picture and sound, and they all asked as to where they could get this television. I will hold out and wait until something on the market approaches the Avant and then we can talk about being out of date.

(The Avant also worked flawlessly providing ML audio of the game throughout the apartment.)

I quite often sit and muse why do we need such large screens/panels? I always thought of tv's being a life add on, not a focal point!

I have a reasonably modern house, open plan, with no convenient wall(not flooded with sunlight to hang a tv consequently I need a trad tv presentation ie on a stand - larger panels do not lend themselves to that.

I use a 7-32, a 6-26 a 4002 and a 17" panel which is now 8 years old(came from a cheapo outlet here in France think it cost 200€ however it begins to show its age picture quality wise)

All are/have been excellent investments, picture quality on the 7 and the 6 using hd via scart are as good as hd via hdmi - I muse, am I unique in having no desire for a huge screen?

Tony

I completely agree about the Avant. A 10 year old world beating set that is still relevant. Then again then was only 1 format in CRT, thus making it easier for a small company to concentrate on surely.

Will I be still saying the same in 7 years about my 7? With OLED, Sony new Chrystal LCD matching OLED but using tested technology, Apple tv using a 40 inch retina display all about to launch it must be like fighting a loosing battle planning ahead. I would invest in a new Beovision 12 this year with a house move in the pipeline, but I need to know it really is an investment, and not a over indulgence of soon to be average technology. I think if it were launched 5 years ago I'd buy into the fact that other technologies were merely developing ideas. LG and Samsung will be launching 55inch models this year at £6,000, a price commentators are coughing at!!!!!