moxxey wrote:

When my Avant is installed Wednesday, as a long-standing BV11-46 user and BV10 owner, I'll be in a good place to comment on the differences and, believe me, I won't hold back. If it isn't as good, or has motion issues, I'll tell you.

As I've said many times before, when B&O moved to the BV7-40 MK3, with the first 1080P panel, SD upscaling was worse than the picture on the (720) MK2. Lots of complaints. I expect the same with the Avant. Regular HD TV won't be as good as the BV11-55, but upscaled Blu-ray (native 1080P) will be superb.

What I do intend do though, is to upscale via the Oppo player, which has two input HDMI sources, for upscaling to 4K in the player, rather than the Avant.

ahha.. found the second HDMI input it's on the front.. only looked at the rear picture before

Thanks Solidsnake. I will go and try monitor and the other settings you mention. Will report back with my view. Fingers crossed for an improvement

Thanks KMA.. Well the dealer says it's not faulty TV, although haven't tried another. They came and viewed it yesterday. I tried my HD box on another 4K screen and seemed ok although not a great test only a few minutes so hard to say. I have an old skyHD box that I will try.. Good Point

tired older SKYHD box and no change. Still fuzzy, blurry and panning issues

jbrown77 wrote:

Moxxey... already looking forward to your valued opinion. Please don't hold back.. I get the impression you won't anyway.🙂

I will be holding back as my dealer called me at lunch and told me Avant production is on hold AGAIN and my Avant has been pushed back another 10 days. The re-arranged install for this Wednesday is cancelled for a second time.

So, I told him to tell B&O to take a running jump. I'm not prepared to have two install dates cancelled, be messed around and, on top of this, be a beta-tester for the new TV, which is the impression I receive from this thread. I spent a year 'beta-testing' the BV7-40 MK3 when it had all sorts of software issues with a Sky box. Sounds like the Avant has software-related upscaling issues.

I'll be heading to my dealer in person on Saturday to talk through the options. I might ask him to hold the cash I gave him for the 'upgrade' and put this towards a BV11-55 if and when B&O reduce the price from the current £9K RRP.

I think this will be the best solution for you. How about some of the 12-65's coming onto the market? Would suit your new speakers very well!

Chris Townsend wrote:

I think this will be the best solution for you. How about some of the 12-65's coming onto the market? Would suit your new speakers very well!

True. The only concern I had with the 12-65 was sport. I found the 7-55 to be far superior for rendering panning across grass, so tennis and football looked better on the LCD panel. The plasma tended to smooth the grass and blur quick movement. My dealer had a 7-55 and 12-65 side-by-side, so was easy to compare the two TVs.

I'm sticking with the 11-46 short term and will speak with my dealer on Saturday. He also says the lead time on the Avant is now September (it's only June!) due to the two production suspensions.

Sounds like the tv is a total disaster.

Bno really need to get their act together.

Sorry to hear about all the issues people are having, it must be very frustrating. I am not sure what I would do if I had purchased. Very difficult decision.