Every B&O TV set is somehow unique in its respective market of its time. I remember and fondly owned the LX2802 - soldiering on for 28 year and the Avant 32 CRT. Now, BV 7-55 and BV 11-55 make TV life enjoyable. If I had to choose, I would give the accolades to the BV 7-55 as it fuses design, technology and longevity. It will still be a pleasure to watch in more than 5 years. 

For me :

Of it's time - Avant 32 RF DVD, in Black. What a TV. Seriously - way ahead of the pack.

Recent : BeoVision 7-55 Mk2. Incredible image quality and motion handling. Even by 2016 standards this is a barnstormer of a TV.

Current Range : Avant 85 showing 4k.

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However...  my vote goes to the BeoVision 5.  A revolution in TV design, a world class picture by 2003 standards when launched - and 13 years later, with tens of thousands of viewing hours under their belts, they still keep going!  I've never once seen a BV5 dumped, or in a repair shop, with a worn-out plasma panel.

Lee

I agree Lee, I love my BV5 (bought from you!) and the picture quality is still superb even today. Only reason to replace it is the lack of hdmi connections (solved after a fashion with a chinese adapter) and some unfortunate marks to my plasma screen caused by gently rubbing a small spot and making it much worse! Can only really see them when it's off but annoying none the less! I love the fact that some crazy person paid £13,000 for it when new and allowed me to buy it years later for £1000!

simon8201 wrote:

I agree Lee, I love my BV5 (bought from you!) and the picture quality is still superb . I love the fact that some crazy person paid £13,000 for it when new and allowed me to buy it years later for £1000!

StUrrock wrote:

simon8201 wrote:

I agree Lee, I love my BV5 (bought from you!) and the picture quality is still superb . I love the fact that some crazy person paid £13,000 for it when new and allowed me to buy it years later for £1000!

Correct

The reason why Bang & Olufsen should no longer make Tvs and no longer have (maybe franchise idiots) investing hundreds of thousands in dedicated stores, encapsulated in one sentence.

I'm not quite following that reply if I'm honest. 😂

What about a pair of £2,200 BeoLab 6000's making £300 on FleaBay, or a pair of £3,100 BeoLab 8000's making £650?  It all depreciates...

It's like calling Bentley dealerships stupid for selling £200,000 Bentleys that'll be worth £50,000 in 5 years, surely?

Premium products will be bought by people with premium money. Latest gadgets, latest tech (well, almost), and latest fashion. All costs money. The 'winners' are the 'normal' people who buy it once it's still fairly current and looks great value for money, of which I am one - and is the reason I started my business to serve like-minded people.

I don't think anyone investing today in a brand new B&O franchise is an idiot though.....  I'd have a much stronger word.   

There are dealers in the UK jumping into the empty shoes of closed-down franchises though, and I feel this is a brave move. I wish them well. I know I wouldn't.

Anyway - back to the topic. The BV5 is a legend in the B&O line-up and I'll always love it 🙂

I'd like to make honorable mention of the beovision 8902.

http://www.tvfilmprops.co.uk/det/1617/Bang-and-Olufson-Beovision-8902-Eighties-Television/

I used to have one as my main TV until last year. My SO and I found it started looking a bit dated. But... that was its only flaw!

Great picture, beautiful color, superb sound from the big loudspeakers, a fine remote and balanced looks. And the best? Never once in its 30 years has it been repaired and it was still going strong. Now if that is not a great TV...

9 LEE wrote:

I'm not quite following that reply if I'm honest.

What about a pair of £2,200 BeoLab 6000's making £300 on FleaBay, or a pair of £3,100 BeoLab 8000's making £650? It all depreciates...

It's like calling Bentley dealerships stupid for selling £200,000 Bentleys that'll be worth £50,000 in 5 years, surely?

Premium products will be bought by people with premium money. Latest gadgets, latest tech (well, almost), and latest fashion. All costs money. The 'winners' are the 'normal' people who buy it once it's still fairly current and looks great value for money, of which I am one - and is the reason I started my business to serve like-minded people.

I don't think anyone investing today in a brand new B&O franchise is an idiot though..... I'd have a much stronger word.

There are dealers in the UK jumping into the empty shoes of closed-down franchises though, and I feel this is a brave move. I wish them well. I know I wouldn't.

Anyway - back to the topic. The BV5 is a legend in the B&O line-up and I'll always love it

I think the 8902 was probably the best picture - though I would probably sacrifice stereo for aesthetics and have the 9002. A patient gave me an 8902 which I gave to a Beoworlder some time ago!

I agree completely about the BV5 though - non HD still has a good picture and the sound is wonderful - far better than the BV10.

And I should add that my wonderful BV5 came from a very well regarded re-seller of B&O, known for his generosity and sponsoring of Beoworld!!

I'd forgotten about the 9002 - beautiful set - I had a 9002 and a 3502 at one time - Tim Jarman repaired both and they had excellent picture and sound at the time. The BV5 also seems to have lasted well and I'll bet there are still many Avant users out there. My first B&O TV was a brand new 7700 and I kept if for years and that was not connected to anything and just had UHF input - not even scart - funny how times have moved on.