As an owner of the V1-40 in white - I thought I might give you some of my thoughts.

I love it. It's raw, edgy design profile is a Bauhaus dream.  It creates a lot of interest at my place - sure its a little smaller than I would really like, but biy, so my guests love it. They hear things they usually miss and keep remarking on the depth of the picture. 

But then some of my guests don't care for it - talking about the width of the chassis - the colour, the size compared to others on the market. But the reality is this. It's a B&O - albeit a Play - but you're always going to pay more for it. I find the picture superb. For the price, it's a steal - it wasn't long ago that a 40"LCD was $20k AUD.

But I also love the BV7 too.. I love it's design, iconic  - somehow strong, but light. I also love the BV5. That's a great TV - but I decided to go for the latest tech, panel etc and I thought the picture and sound and design was so different, drawing parallels that i had to go for it. It's also a size that I can use in a bedroom if I ever wanted to.

Sure, I could have bought the latest Samsung / LG / Panasonic or something similar. But for the smiles I get and are given from friends and family - the element of surprise with the V1 - I reckon its value for money.

Well I will be visiting another shop in the same vicinity as the B&O store again next week Rob, so I could do this. The owner wasn't particularly accommodating with my requests beforehand so I am not sure just how helpful he will be this time round, we'll see.

I didn't talk about the design of the V1 in my previous post, which I was pleasantly surprised by. Judging from pictures I'd seen on the internet I didn't like it at all, much different in the flesh though, so to speak, and the metal bars on the side really aren't that bad although I'd still take them off and have it on a table stand instead. I did prefer the white to the black, the latter of which looked more dark grey to me than black anyway.

Played a DVD of early 90s comedy content to see how that looked as this would represent a lot of the type of programmes I would be watching at home; Only Fools and Horses, Fawlty Towers, One Foot in the Grave, Murder She Wrote, Quincy et al. None of them looked great as I thought might be the case. However, I was hoping they would look OK and watchable at least. My verdict was that they wouldn't, yet somehow on my Avant 32" they look crisp and clear. How is this possible with only a few inches different? Even on the 32" V1 they looked bad. Is this a flaw of LCD technology?

Looking at the way things are going I feel I will never buy another tv again, from any manufacturer, until OLED comes out at an affordable price. From what I read it seems this is the only technology likely to give me the kind of quality I am already used to or better. Flat screens only appear to be flat, and that is all.

All comments on the topic invited of course and my views are only my own.

The last time i demoed the v1 was at home and i have to say that i was more impressed with it at home than i was in the shop.

Maybe because i was able to set the correct output settings and resolution output from my bluray player. The picture really did come into it's own then and i was really shocked by the quality of the image.

I find that B&0 set the sharpness levels to high which leads to ringing and sometimes picture noise, reducing the sharpness a bit resulted in an even better image.

I also find that it looks better with some of the stands from stb especially the new 360 degree rotating one, if i was buying a v1 thats the table stand i would use with it.

My other issue was the size i needed at least 46'' as 40'' is a little small for me now.

I would be the first to admit to my hate for the design of this tv when i first saw the pictures but i find that with the different stands available it makes the v1 look better.

Dude 1 , you got a white V1 and matching Alfa Giulietta like your avatar?

ive got a red Giulietta but they don't offer a matching V1 . We got a white V1 and it certainly impresses in real life. 

The_Beonic_Man wrote:

Looking at the way things are going I feel I will never buy another tv again, from any manufacturer, until OLED comes out at an affordable price. From what I read it seems this is the only technology likely to give me the kind of quality I am already used to or better. 

Simon, OLED won't turn 80s poorly filmed TV programmes in to a watchable masterpiece. The reason why this looks so poor on an LCD, is due to an LCD displaying the picture at almost twice the height of the original. All the flaws from the original will be magnified on a 1080p panel. Even worse on a 4K panel. OLED 4K would make these programmes unwatchable.

It's not necessary a flaw of an LCD panel, it's the way technology as moved on from the original filming of these 80s programmes. Luckily old movies were filmed in such a high resolution, that they can still look great on a 1080p TV. All a modern TV will do is pick up on all the flaws of the original recording.

It's like digitally recording an old taped concert and wondering why you can hear a lot of hiss on your CD player.

gennaro wrote:

I bought my wife a V1 40 in white for the kitchen as a Mother's Day gift.. Now, kids just love hanging around the kitchen just to see tv. Lol

I love the image, but what blew me away is the sound that this thing produces.. When people come over, they think there is a sound system hidden somewhere. Lol

They can't believe that it's coming from the TV set... Hahaha BeoPlay V1 40, Beosound 9000, Beolab 8000's and 3 Beocom 5's...