Hi Steve,

I believe looking at the specs only isn't the way to go when choosing a TV, Stereo, or house or any big investment you are about to do.

My suggestion is, bring a couple of DVDs, or Blu-ray discs..and also ask your dealer to tune in to a few HD as well as a few analog SD channels…kick back and enjoy..and figure out if you like it or not.

Regarding specs..anyone can get an old Volvo as fast as a Ferrari…but t just doesn't feel as good. At the end of the day, its about the total performance and satisfaction..

/Peter

I'm not much of a movie-watcher though; I don't have blu-ray or all that many DVDs. We like sports and racing a some TV shows mostly. 

One thing that puzzles me about all this motion blur- I saw a picture showing how a moving ball, instead of a blur, would be a clear ball moving in say 3 different distinct frames. Do these sets claim to do that interpolation to make it more clear? That would be a lot of computing!

I always think you should buy the TV that gives you the best viewing pleasure in normal conditions. I would never test a TV with (for example) Pixar Animation because it looks crisp and clear on any television. Watch live sports or normal TV programs and buy the TV your eyes feel comfortable watching.

(my 2c)

I agree that any movie produce with Computer Generated Images will create a false impression.  For example I am sure most of Avatar's scenes will look great just like Up!

What we did was make up a collect of some 5 DVDs that we took for tests at B&O plus relatives' homes (one of perks of baby sitting!) that had large screen TVs from various manufacturers. We chose the DVDs on the basis of how well we knew the movies (same approach one should use for testing speakers with well known CDs).

I was able to pin point specific scenes within the first 10 minutes of each DVD that were stress points for the televisions and I used those to discriminate between the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 😂

For example, in the moving TIMELINE the key discriminators were the title sequence for handling of black contrast, the GMC logo on the truck travelling at speed up the hill from the desert, and finally the colour of the artificial blood on the actors in the emergency room !

I can only speak for the BV10 LCD screen, but I haven't noticed any motion blur on it. The picture seems just as "fast" as on my BV5 that I had before. 

elephant wrote:

I agree that any movie produce with Computer Generated Images will create a false impression.  For example I am sure most of Avatar's scenes will look great just like Up!

What we did was make up a collect of some 5 DVDs that we took for tests at B&O plus relatives' homes (one of perks of baby sitting!) that had large screen TVs from various manufacturers. We chose the DVDs on the basis of how well we knew the movies (same approach one should use for testing speakers with well known CDs).

I was able to pin point specific scenes within the first 10 minutes of each DVD that were stress points for the televisions and I used those to discriminate between the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 😂

For example, in the moving TIMELINE the key discriminators were the title sequence for handling of black contrast, the GMC logo on the truck travelling at speed up the hill from the desert, and finally the colour of the artificial blood on the actors in the emergency room !

Excellent!  Given that B&O sell through individual franchises, it is very difficult to effectively compare.

So..... what were the results/advantages/disadvantages re picture quality that you saw re B&O v's the other sets, and which other brands did you 'audition' if I may ask?

Best Regards

John... 🙂

elephant wrote:

I agree that any movie produce with Computer Generated Images will create a false impression.  For example I am sure most of Avatar's scenes will look great just like Up!

The good thing about UP! is that is is great at testing speed and detail. Just as the balloons pour out of the house and floats away is an amazing test of a screens ability to produce fluid detailed images. A variety of sources is really important.

I find that as useful as certain CGI animations can be, people are naturally suspicious of them as they do tend to obscure more than they reveal. For that reason I keep "real" movies on the sets in my showrooms. 

As for actual hardware specs, the problem is that they're not standardized and, though presented as a list of numeric values, share more with ad-speak than with science. Add to that the fact that most people are in no position to interpret those values correctly and you've got the perfect storm of consumer anxiety and ignorance. I just tell people to buy what looks good (then I tell them that Bang & Olufsen looks good and hope they make the connection!)

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