Only in the BV10 and 7-55! 😁 On the whole, the picture quality seems rather good but the sound is usually the let down. I know I have been critical of the BV10 sound but it is still quite a way ahead of 'normal' TVs.

We gave a customer £500 trade-in for his 3 week old Samsung LED!

Not a bad picture but sound was awful and we actually ran it next to our B&O sets for a few weeks to showcase just how bad the connectivity and sound was!

People were amazed how poor the sound was of the Samsung.

Peter wrote:

Only in the BV10 and 7-55! 😁 On the whole, the picture quality seems rather good but the sound is usually the let down. I know I have been critical of the BV10 sound but it is still quite a way ahead of 'normal' TVs.

Are the 55" panels the same?

B & O state  for theirs 'direct type LED backlight,local dimming',whereas I understood Samsung's panel was edge lit LED,and no local dimming.

bandoboy wrote:

 

People were amazed how poor the sound was of the Samsung.

Really? What were they expecting?

I thought the Samsung LED televisions looked fabulous when I saw them early this year at the Las Vegas CES show. Much better than the CCFL backlit counterparts. It's a pity that the BV7-40 still doesn't sport this new technology. I'm trying to be patient. I just can't fit the 55 inch version in my room, or my windows will be blocked by parts of the TV screen. I paid a lot of money for the view through those windows!

TerryM wrote:

Peter wrote:

Only in the BV10 and 7-55! 😁 On the whole, the picture quality seems rather good but the sound is usually the let down. I know I have been critical of the BV10 sound but it is still quite a way ahead of 'normal' TVs.

 

Are the 55" panels the same?

B & O state  for theirs 'direct type LED backlight,local dimming',whereas I understood Samsung's panel was edge lit LED,and no local dimming.

 

Samsung do two sorts - the extra thin edge lit as seen in the BV10, and the back lit version, with adaptive lighting, as seen in the BV7-55. Reading my first answer, it is not completely clear - Samsung sets I have heard have very poor sound compared to any Beovision. The sound from a BV10 is good, just not quite as good as I would like. 

I have the 55" 7000 series LED and the picture is stunning.  Also, it is wafer thin, almost as thin as my macbook pro.  We are talking 2 inches here.  I have it mounted on two bolts and a wire system that Samsung makes that makes it hang like a picture.

I wanted to wait for the LED technology as the energy usage is much less and the ability to make the panels super thin. 

I'm not using the built in speakers.  They point backward so I plan to eventually get a beolab 7 series center speaker.

Don't compare this to anything B&O sound wise because it is no good in that department.

I'm waiting on my Beosystem 1 to get that hooked up to it for surround, which I will be using mainly for audio (not video) switching.

You could, of course, buy a Samsung TV (even a 46" version) and a used pair of BL9's or even a pair of 8000 fronts and 6000 rears to sort out the sound issue.......................... just a thought!

Hungedu wrote:

I just can't fit the 55 inch version in my room, or my windows will be blocked by parts of the TV screen. I paid a lot of money for the view through those windows!

Place a camera outside the window and connect it to the TV. 😁