TerryM wrote:

The fact that it's PQ,even on Freeview,is stunning,demonstrates,to my mind,that the Beosystem 3 is doing something right.

True,the Beosystem 3 dates from 2006,but do we know for sure that there have been no upgrades/improvements 'under the hood'?

I still think this is a misnomer. The BS3 hasn't changed. The video technology is the same as it was in 2006. It's much more to do with the panel technology and improvements than the BS3 providing the power. The BS3 doesn't perform any different in the BV7-55 compared to the same BS3 in the BV7-40 MKIII. B&O haven't suddenly pressed the "turbo button". It takes the same source signal, pushes it through the same video processing - it's the end result that improves due to the panel and backlighting improvements.

The reason why the same BS3 resulted in a poor-ish picture on the BV7-40 MKIII was simply to do with the panel. The panel was gloomy, didn't render blacks very well and so on. The BV7-55 panel is much improved, and that's a lot to do with the advances in panel and the lighting (of the panel).

Personally I think a lot of BS3-powered TV owners like to believe that the BS3 is causing their great picture as it encourages them to think they have better value for money. "the picture is great thanks to the BS3, which is worth £5000!". Pity it's exactly the same BS3 that gives a poor picture on the first TVs it powered. And before you say I'm getting personal there, it's not supposed to be personal....a I owned a BS3-powered TV for years.

The BS3 isn't poor. No-one is saying that at all. It's the other way around! The BS3 has always done a great job, but the panel let it down on earlier TVs. As the panel and lighting as improved, so has the picture. But I still believe a lot of people want to believe that their BS3-powered TV costs them so much money thanks to the "power" of the BS3.

Remember that the BS3 drove both the BV7-55 MKI and the MKII. The reason for the improved picture in the MKII isn't due to the BS3.

We'll have to agree to disagree on that one.

Panels/Glass have improved on 3 counts; response rates, light and angle of view. I would argue that many people who aquired the latest panels are blown away by the fact that the panel in brighter - take a Samsung for example, they set their panels to dynamic mode in the showrooms and its like the Pepsi challenge - it tastes sweeter and people then choose it.  I find it funny that then those same people then calibrate their TV's which actually turns the display down to where it should be. The BV7 MKIII panel actually had the most accurate settings from B&O IMOP especially for movies.

Focus on the controller board as much as you do the glass. Look for sound and picture processing capabilities.

Since LED lighting came on stream, the issue has exacerbated - to one person it looks great, the next the colours/brightness are too punchy. Many have looked at Panasonic plasmas as a result.