Back on the original topic.

I've had my BV7-40 MKIII upgraded to sw 4.24a this afternoon. I'm actually slightly disappointed. The white flash hasn't completely disappeared - you still see it in 1080p mode, when viewing the Playstation 3 menu. Witnessed by the B&O engineer.

Also, the panning is better, but not perfect. It's definitely an improvement though - there is an excellent landscape panning scene in scene 1 of the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Before sw 4.24 it jerked obviously when panning the landscape. Post 4.24 the panning still jerks along slightly, but improved.

I wonder why the white flash issue is still resident when using the PS3?

martin01:

I have just had my BV7-40 MarkIII upgraded with sw 4.24. I have tried some of my blu-raymovies which I know jerked before in the picture when the camera was panning the picture. I have now put the 24p-mode on in the blu ray player (Sony S-300).

And it is a LARGE improvement. Now the picture when panning, is very smooth. And I checked what fprs the BV7 is running at. It is 48hz so it is REAL 24p and not just "support" for 24p (you can see that in the "custumer menu". B&O have done a VERY GREAT job at this software, and I dont see any white flashes anymore either.

I am very happy with my Bv7 now. So guys, UPGRADE YOUR BV7/BS3/BV9 to get a real good picture when looking at bluray-movies.

Regards
Martin

It´s not real 24p Martin.. "Real" 24p have 96fps and you need a 100Hz display to show that, so this is just a compromise and half the amount of fps you get of the real 24p (96fps) ...

B&o have wrote this firmware by interpolate 24Hz x4 and then divide it with 2, now you have 48Hz..

From the beginning the rumor was 25Hz x 4 /2 =50Hz .. Maybe the 48Hz preformed better in the end..

Regards   

I just saw a one page article on 24fps in "What HIFI"  It specifically stated that there is no such thing as "true" 24fps and whether it displays the image 11,22 etc or 1111,2222 is of no consequence.

355f,

Your definition of "the best" is a bit simplistic. That's like saying that Bigfoot is the best vehicle Ford has produced since it has very very big wheels.

Upgrades tend to present challenges as well as benefits. We hold out on adopting the newest kit off the assembly line for the same reason sensible buyers do not buy first runs (or beta versions) of products off the shelves. They know that real-world problems are inherent in new technology. Bang & Olufsen adopts stable technology, which does not always correspond to "up to the minute."

 Russ is, by the way, 100% correct in his description of the relationship we have with Panasonic & Samsung. We have the ability to hand select panels from scheduled runs, for which we pay more for the raw product. This is not only common knowledge within Bang & Olufsen, but has been published in plenty of marketing material.

Back to work...

STILL happening.

It's a pity that this white flash issue has dragged on for so long, it's almost beginning to look like B&O have no idea what is causing it and can't fix it, or perhaps don't even acknowledge that the problem even exists.

I can tune it out sometimes, but then I keep seeing it out of the corner of my eye, then I get totally distracted. C'mon B&O get your finger out, and fix the thing... please...

STILL happening.

It was eliminated in Blu-ray playback in sw 4.01. The latest sw 4.24 seems to prevent the white flash when playing PS3 games (TBC though), but is definitely there when you use the PS3 menu. If it's only present on the menu (TBC), then I can live with that.

JoC:

Good news that the playback of BluRays are a tad better, bad news that the 'white flash' is STILL happening.

It was eliminated in Blu-ray playback in sw 4.01. The latest sw 4.24 seems to prevent the white flash when playing PS3 games (TBC though), but is definitely there when you use the PS3 menu. If it's only present on the menu (TBC), then I can live with that.

OK, never knew it was fixed for BluRays on 4.01, and now if it is only on the XMB then yeah that is OK, would be very interested if it is still there when playing games (either 720p upscaled games [eg GrandTheftAuto] or 1080p native games [eg GranTurismo]). Also what about streaming media, either from a server or from a usb media key, any white flashes here? as this is where I seem to notice it the most...

TIA