1. This is coming - it really makes little sense to blow large amounts on a TV (see2!)  when all you get is RF.

2. Not going to happen though the BV7-55 is cheaper than the 9 I suppose.

3. Masterlink gateway and the iPod app arriving any time.

4. I am sure this is what the revised Masterlink will offer. Along with 1 and 3 - but not 2 I am afraid!

Well, in a sense you'll get all 4. As Peter rightly comments, 1 is on the way, 3 is on the way in a few ways, and 4 & 1 are essentially the same thing as the new infrastructure goes.

As for 2 I think the BV10 & BV8s are steps in this direction. The BV7 models will not likely come down as most of their cost is tied up in manufacturing, materials, and ancillary technologies and not the LCD panel (it's like saying that BMW could make a 7 Series cost the same a 3 Series if they really wanted to), but the analogy makes sense because we didn't always offer a viable "3 Series" and especially in the US market, the value represented by the BV10, for what it may lack, is a powerful package for consumers who want a premium offering but aren't able to buy in at 5 figures for a TV alone. 

At the end of the day, though, there has to be some reality check that if the TV is priced alongside Sonys and Samsungs it won't actually offer a true benefit over those products the way current offerings do.

As for what's stopping me from buying more B&O: space to put it.

Peter wrote:

4. I am sure this is what the revised Masterlink will offer. Along with 1 and 3 - but not 2 I am afraid!

I'm a bit sceptical about a central media server -- it's something the entertainment business (record companies and all) DON't want you to have. Especially if the thing has DVR functionality and lets you watch recorded TV programmes throughout the house, or access it via a network...

We're going to have one hell of a rights jungle on our hands. Not that I don't want such a thing -- I'd be delighted to see the latest movies, TV shows and music being delivered magically onto my HT screen. But if it's up to the big record bosses, they'd want you to buy every album, TV show or film -- TWICE.

What stops me buying B&O

1) Video/TV: Not enough good content by TV, price tags, 30 cinema screens within 15 minutes walking (4 cinemas)

2) Audio/Speaker: I own one pair of Beovox Penta (They are too good)

3) Audio: Price tag

4) Audio mobile: No need - I own a beosound 2 and a Serenata

5) Telephone: No need - I own a beocom 5 and a Serenata

iPoditiv

I must say that at the moment, with such rapidly changing technology and uncertainty as to what the immediate future holds with regards to Televisions, that B&O TVs are just far too expensive.

When flat panels hit the market, I considered buying one. I found they were not nearly as good as a CRT so I abstained. In the last couple of years there has been a huge amount of change; so now I don't know whether to buy LCD, LED, Plasma, HD, Full HD and so on. It's becoming like computers.

I think committing such a large sum of money to an item that is so undefined compared to when we only had CRTs (and basically only one choice) is a difficult decision to grapple with. And one of my main concerns is that my investment will be wasted once the next new thing (maybe 3D?) arrives.

I'm sitting on the bench with respects to replacing my B&O CRT TV at the moment. I wish it was an easier and cheaper decision.

I'm pretty decided that i will not be buying anymore B&O brand new (BeoTime is the exception). It's too expensive now, and dammit, it's too often that there is a problem, or the product has a fault, ridiculous!

On the CRT vs flatscreen front, i will be keeping the CRT technology in my home for as long as humanly possible. BeoVision 10 is a good start, but there have been faulty units!

yep, I agree Dave...

I think I'll just try and find a BV3-32....

Definitely!! there's a relatively new one at Iconic i think! BV3's are aweosm, and kinda look like flat screens :)

A BV3 also fits perfectly in a corner, something that makes a flat panel screen look odd.