i received an Avant for Christmas and i ML it up to my Ouverture. iv never had a tv that is so good. When i sit on the bed the screen creates an illusion of HD and the colours from picutre tubes beat LCD panels by far. i do love the new beovison 10 but the sound isnt as deep as the avant. I do like the picture ease of use and the looks of all B&O tvs. and i think there design icons that last for ever. Which does include the Sound and picture

Blackrix wrote:

Exactly, because we want larger screens, not because we need them. 

Well, one could argue that the availability drives demand, much like a slimmer Macbook Air encourages people to upgrade, faster broadband results in people migrating and so on. You don't need that extra speed, but it's sure nice to have it.

Some people wil be buying larger panels as they have large rooms. Even in my TV room, a BV10-32 looks tiny. I could get a BV10-55 in a large room and it wouldn't look out of place....if a BV10-55 existed.

Just because you're happy with your CRT 32", it doesn't apply to everyone :)

moxxey wrote:

Blackrix wrote:

Exactly, because we want larger screens, not because we need them. 

Well, one could argue that the availability drives demand, much like a slimmer Macbook Air encourages people to upgrade, faster broadband results in people migrating and so on. You don't need that extra speed, but it's sure nice to have it.

Some people wil be buying larger panels as they have large rooms. Even in my TV room, a BV10-32 looks tiny. I could get a BV10-55 in a large room and it wouldn't look out of place....if a BV10-55 existed.

Just because you're happy with your CRT 32", it doesn't apply to everyone :)

I am still happy with my 32" CRT but still bought a 42" plasma. Why? I got a good deal. But what I am trying to say is that we complain about the fast change in technology and new products where we want it ourselfs. We don't have to buy the latest technology, that is everybody's own choise.

In the UK at least, big panels are chavvy. Anything >32" in a small boxy UK house just looks ridiculous. Fair enough if you're in a massive open-plan apartment, but if you're not and your eyes work, why do you want a 60" screen FFS? I was at a relative's house recently and they had just 'upgraded' (i.e. been on the weekly shop to ASDA) to some Samsung behmoth that literally occluded the entire living room window in their 3 bed semi. It was the most ridiculous and vulgar thing I have ever seen in a domestic interior. Do I want people to think I purchase my electrical goods at BrightHouse?

Do I ****!!!

I totally agree with John on this. I've alays thought large screen TVs were inredibly chavvy and rather council estate as statistics and trends have shown.

I must admit, if i walk into someone's house with a large TV, i tend to thinkt that they are rather uneducated. Do young people still buy televisions? From my Internet, laptop generation crowd i'd be tempted to think not and put it doen to a dying market.

Personally, i'd rather be at the gym, out surfing or biking but maybe that's just me :)

Tod Daniel wrote:

I totally agree with John on this. I've alays thought large screen TVs were inredibly chavvy and rather council estate as statistics and trends have shown.

If you have a huge room, good luck trying to view sport on your 32". Big rooms justify a big TV. It's all in scale. It's only chavvy if you have a small council house and a huge Panasonic stuck to your wall (and you don't live in Salcombe, clearly).

I'd love to see some of the homes where people call others chavvy. Some people have no taste for example. They buy a modern B&O and plonk it next to some incredibly poor furniture.

Tod Daniel wrote:

if i walk into someone's house with a large TV, i tend to thinkt that they are rather uneducated

Incredible!

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moxxey wrote:

If you have a huge room, good luck trying to view sport on your 32". 

The not-so-subtle implication being you have big rooms for your big tellies?

Either way, some people who buy large TVs from ASDA probably have good taste in interior decor, in the same way that some people who buy large TVs from B&O may prefer fleur-de-lys wallpaper as a background to hang them on. The one common factor uniting them, however, is that they have poor taste in TVs. Large TVs are vulgar, unless they are in a pub or some commercial setting such as a conferencing facility.

The big TV in the little room always looks odd to me as well, as it seems place the emphasis not on the people but on the screen. Meanwhile, one of the couples that was visiting our home yesterday called to ask my help in finding an Avant. What's really funny is that they never seemed very interested in the Avant compared to two of the other couples, but when they went home to their big box flat screen they really didnt like the sound or the depth of color.