A 28" RF Avant is loads better than an MX6000. You want proof? The 28" BV3 is basically one of the big MXs in another case, whereas the 32" BV3 is a 32" RF Avant in another case. Guess which one commands a significant premium over the other...

Thanks John, much appreciated.

j0hnbarker wrote:

A 28" RF Avant is loads better than an MX6000. You want proof? The 28" BV3 is basically one of the big MXs in another case, whereas the 32" BV3 is a 32" RF Avant in another case. Guess which one commands a significant premium over the other...

 

May I ask your advice again?

I've got the offer of an Avant 32 VCR plus a DVD1 for £200.  It was two eBay auctions that didn't reach their reserve, so I offered £200, got told he'd take £250, waited and three days later he came back willing to sell for £200.  It seems like a decent price to me, having kept a weather eye on the state of the eBay market recently, but could it be too good to be true?

Is there anything I should be aware of?

The listing didn't specify which particular model it is, but as it mentioned that tapes get stuck in the VCR I'm guessing it's an early one.

It doesn't come with a remote, but I've just won an auction for a white LX2800 for £15 - 

I'd go for  the £200 deal in your position and (assuming it's in good working order) put the DVD1 straight back on eBay as you will get most if your money back. 

I think the Beolink 1000/Avant question came up a while ago, and if i remember it properly the answer is most functions but not all. Hopefully somneone will be along in a bit with a definitive answer.

Simon

I'd go with what Simon has said here. I'm assuming the Avant will be the curved screen rather than RF model, but even so, at £200 including the DVD1 it's a steal. If you sold the DVD1 on eBay you'd get around £150ish for it, so that makes the Avant pretty much free.

The Beolink 1000 will work with the Avant (I have both a Beo 4 and Beolink 1000 and have occasionally used the 1000 with my RF Avant) but you really do want a Beo 4 for some of the increased functionality - particularly if the Avant has the STB controller fitted.

Hope this helps :)

It does!  Thanks for the advice... off to pick them up now.

DrewSavage wrote:

It doesn't come with a remote, but I've just won an auction for a white LX2800 for £15 - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190370703184&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT#ht_1343wt_958 - because it looks like it comes with a Beolink 1000.

It is not a Beolink 1000 - but a V Terminal:

dko7113 wrote:

DrewSavage wrote:

It doesn't come with a remote, but I've just won an auction for a white LX2800 for £15 - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190370703184&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT#ht_1343wt_958 - because it looks like it comes with a Beolink 1000.

 

 

It is not a Beolink 1000 - but a V Terminal: link

The V Terminal does not have all the functions of a Beolink 1000.

/Erik

Thanks Erik - do you know enough to know if the V Terminal will do enough to make an MX3500 function?

j0hnbarker wrote:

I'd go with what Simon has said here. I'm assuming the Avant will be the curved screen rather than RF model, but even so, at £200 including the DVD1 it's a steal. If you sold the DVD1 on eBay you'd get around £150ish for it, so that makes the Avant pretty much free.

The Beolink 1000 will work with the Avant (I have both a Beo 4 and Beolink 1000 and have occasionally used the 1000 with my RF Avant) but you really do want a Beo 4 for some of the increased functionality - particularly if the Avant has the STB controller fitted.

Hope this helps :)

I now have a new dilemma, and not enough technical knowledge to know how to proceed...

The guy selling the Avant and DVD1 phoned me while I was on the way there, to say that the DVD1 (which had previously functioned perfectly when operated with the remote control, which I assume to be a Beo4) was not working when a DVD was put inside and the 'play' button on the front of the machine was pressed.

He was selling it on behalf of his brother-in-law, and said he'd already sold off the extra speakers and remote control.

I went and took a look anyway, and the Avant 32, by the way, looked like a *lovely* piece of kit with a great picture, and a black surround - I'd never seen one up close before.  It was definitely a curved screen model, and I rather do fancy having one now.

But I thought I'd come back and try and ask for some more advice before closing the deal, if the DVD is the more valuable section of the deal.  He didn't have a SCART lead or any kind of lead connected to it, and was just trying to operate it on its own without connecting anything to it.

Would it normally work under such circumstances, or would it demand to be connected to something first anyway?

Cheers,

Drew