Flappo,

if you were following your own argument "By the tine there's plenty of 4k , we will have moved onto 8k" against buying a 4k tv set, you should never have replaced your black and white tv.

That's a fatuous argument and not really worthy of rational discourse.

Like some of your arguments...

... and they don't get better by repeating them like a broken record.

Totally. Flappo seems to be enjoying himself with the same repeated argument. 1080P IS BETTER IN 4K AND THERE IS TONS OF THAT AVAILABLE TODAY.  This continuous play on no available content today is dull - we can all agree that the mainstream channels won't have anything till next year. Now lets move on and enjoy the best picture experience that B&O has today and the all encompassing upleveling of its product with new remote, new movement, new panel, upgraded chassis and strong onboard sound thats ahead of BV11 and almost fighting for honours against BL7's.

Flappo wrote:

By the tine there's plenty of 4k , we will have moved onto 8k. Buy Star Wars volume 15 in amazing new 8k , you can see every hair in chewbaccas bum.

The king is in the all together...

You guys sure are gullible. 

That level of planned obsolescence has been going on for decades so it's nothing new.  Those with their Star Wars on Beta Max rejoice :-) 

On a lighter note lol http://asia.nikkei.com/magazine/20140522-Unlocking-India/Business/Manufacturers-turning-away-from-OLED-TVs this is a good read 

So with the title of the thread , does the Avant upscale?  I think the answer is that it doesn't upscale (yet). 👍

mawheele wrote:

Now lets move on and enjoy the best picture experience that B&O has today

BeoGreg wrote:

While I'm now convinced the audio is superior to BV11 (which is allready outstanding) I'm also convinced that the picture is no better if not whorse in everyday use (ie hd or non hd tv channels, bluray, hdd).

I don't like the new remote. It´s not easier than beo4 to manipulate, it´s too light, the aluminium feels cheap. But it´s true that a change is welcome.

I found the Avant's sound to be lacking, compared to the BV11's, especially being used to the BV11+BL11, for so long. Someone else rightly pointed out that the frequency range of the BV11 is wider than that of the Avant. I intend to get around the audio issue by adding my BL11 and BL18s, using the Avant's speaker as a centre.

The picture is unlikely to be much better, no, as it has to upscale to the bigger 4K panel. Only upscaled 1080P true HD (Blu-ray, Apple TV) looks better and, of course, a 4K source. For regular day-to-day TV, the picture is likely to be worse than the BV11 as you have to take a 720 source and scale it up to 2160. That's going to lead to pixelation, much like when the first BV7-40 MK3 1080P panel was launched. When SD was suddenly scaled up to the new 1080P panel, it was a shock for many as suddenly the SD picture quality was worse on the MK3 than the 720P-panelled previous MK2. Of course, after a year this issue went away as more channels moved to HD.

But, I really love the new remote. It's going to divide opinion, much like the Beo5 (which I simply can't stand, at all), but it's a very sleek and modern remote. There are advantages and disadvantages to the new remote, but all-in-all, it edges the Beo4 for me.

Dealer told me yesterday that my Avant has been delivered and my install is Wednesday morning.

Moxxey..Enjoy your tv when it's Installed...Have to wait two more weeks yet🙁 But thats given me time to sort out my room,also be sorry to see the Bv 7-55 go but there will be big hits on those tv's but the New Avant has so much more to offer then the Bv 7-55. The Beosystem 4 for a start!

Bv7Mk3 wrote:

...New Avant has so much more to offer then the Bv 7-55. The Beosystem 4 for a start!

Thanks.

Sadly I'm not convinced the Avant will better the 7-55. I agree with the others that the picture and audio quality of the 7-55 cannot be bettered, as a TV, apart from via OLED. Avant isn't really an upgrade, in those departments (although it might be in others).

But, the only downside of the 7-55 for me is the size. It's fine if you want a TV the size and weight of a small van in your living room. It's simply too cumbersome-looking for me. I don't want such a beast to dominate. The Avant is slicker-looking, particularly with the speaker up.