Looking great indeed! So it took 4.5 hours for them to install it? How much do they charge for that?? More generally, sometimes I did get charged for installation (e.g. BV-10 some 150 euro's; and even 1000 euro for a bigger BV11 + relocation wall mounted BV-10); clearly for a BL-2 or 3 nothing :-).

Neverthess, interest to hear experiences with installation costs....

A few days off and a new Avant is here.

Well congrats Moxxey and thanks for (I believe) your first pic !

moxxey wrote:

Not sure if you can remember, but motion, scaling and panning issues plagued early BV7 1080P TVs. However, a software updated fixed this within 6 months and the issue went away.

i do remember - that is why I don't belong to the 'pessimists' when it comes to the Avant/PQ.

I am sure they are working hard on this at the moment.

We should remember that B&O is a small company with a complex portefoilio.

They can't react as fast as the majors with their immense budgets and lots of human (tech) resources.

MM

ReneB wrote:

Looking great indeed! So it took 4.5 hours for them to install it? How much do they charge for that?? 

Installation was free (well, part of the purchase), but I do know my dealer underestimated the time required to remove the BV11, sort the cables and install the new Avant. When the purchase was made, I was their first purchaser (end of May/early June?), so they had no previous idea of how long the install would take. I know the dealer has since priced up their Avant installs accordingly.

My install was performed - professionally as always - by Nick from http://www.hyggeliving.com

BeoGreg wrote:

A few days off and a new Avant is here.

Well congrats Moxxey and thanks for (I believe) your first pic !

Thanks. I've put others up - the BV10-46 with orange fret and the BV11-46. A few years ago though as I always think photos of technology look very bland!

This Avant is incredibly large. Way bigger installed than it looked in the store!

moxxey, 

 

what settings are you using with your oppo? are you using monitor video mode in order to get the oppo to do all the upscaling?

 

thanks in advance!

 

Taylor 

Awesome Moxxey

Hope you are well satisfied

I am still awaiting for my dealer to come up with a solution for the matrix 

What model is the Oppo 103 that beoworlders are using?

I know it has 2 outputs i will have to ask the dealer whether that would be an option to utilise the projector with the avant

quader wrote:

Awesome Moxxey

Hope you are well satisfied

I am, but its *way* bigger than I expected, especially with the BL3s flanking the Avant. Can't believe how bigger a 55" looks compared to a 46" (a BV11-46 was in the same position, before).

I'm not sure if I can get used to this. It's like having a cinema screen in your room :)

quader wrote:

What model is the Oppo 103 that beoworlders are using?

It's an Oppo 103! 

XTHX wrote:

what settings are you using with your oppo? are you using monitor video mode in order to get the oppo to do all the upscaling?

Yes, the Oppo up-scales the Blu-ray and NAS content (which is networked via the Oppo). It performs a slightly better job than the Avant and up-scaling content. Nothing radical, but there's an improvement.

I have no issues at all with Sky via the Avant, irrespective of what another thread suggested. No motion, tearing or other issues at all. Avant does a pretty decent job of upscaling Sky content and the Apple TV, too.

But...I've found an issue. As the Avant has a metal rear, this seems to slow my Apple TV connection (which is connected by wifi to the router). Was never an issue on the BV11-46, but the same Apple TV on the Avant takes far longer to launch a movie as it's clearly slowed the connection due to the metal casing?

moxxey wrote:

But...I've found an issue. As the Avant has a metal rear, this seems to slow my Apple TV connection (which is connected by wifi to the router). Was never an issue on the BV11-46, but the same Apple TV on the Avant takes far longer to launch a movie as it's clearly slowed the connection due to the metal casing?

Yes it's the metal case Moxxey. Wifi signal will degrade when shielded with metal casings. This is why Apple use glass to shield the antenna areas on an iPhone for example.

I suspect the Wifi  antenna on the Avant is close to the top of the set and maybe near the middle where it isn't covered by the metal case.