Posts by TerryM (archived)
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B&O or Loewe?
in General Discussion & Questions · Feb 21, 2012 08:50[quote user="folkdeejay"] Agreed - Neither a Samsung or a B&O - with average ( at best) sound and no real "identity" of its own...... when the best thing people say about your brand is "its not as good as XXXX, but it is…
Beosystem 3 - anyone have comments on it?
in General Discussion & Questions · Feb 20, 2012 08:31[quote user="chickenceo"] Is there a new Beosystem 3 out? is the only difference with the HDMI vs DVI output? Thanks [/quote] I would have thought there had to be some kind of upgrade to process 3D.
Update to Beovision 10-46 vs. jump to 7-55?
in General Discussion & Questions · Feb 17, 2012 09:06[quote user="moxxey"] [quote user="TerryM"]Even though the Beosystem 3 is a contributing factor [/quote] I think people love to assume the "powerful" Beosystem 3 is responsible for the PQ, but then why was BS3-powered BV…
Update to Beovision 10-46 vs. jump to 7-55?
in General Discussion & Questions · Feb 16, 2012 09:31My previous TV was Pioneer LX608 Plasma,which was an extremely good TV in terms of Picture Quality. For nearly 2 weeks,I have been living with a BV7-55 3D,and I am amazed at the PQ,even with Standard Definition material.…
Out of date so quick
in General Discussion & Questions · Feb 8, 2012 08:04[quote user="elephant"] [quote user="a2bur"] Can everybody who posts please include a picture of there wallpaper so they can be evaluated , size of room and TV size would also be valuable information to assess there clas…
Out of date so quick
in General Discussion & Questions · Feb 7, 2012 06:47[quote user="tournedos"] Of course, there are some silly people who want to watch wrong aspect ratio material either zoomed or cropped, because they like to lose parts of the picture instead of having some dark glass sur…
Out of date so quick
in General Discussion & Questions · Feb 7, 2012 06:38Even though it is placed in a normal sized room,I considered my large screen TV not only made the viewing experience far more enjoyable,but subtitles far easier to read,but apparently all the time I have been an uneducat…
Out of date so quick
in General Discussion & Questions · Feb 6, 2012 09:23I have to say that if SD looks pixellated,and sport is unwatchable,on a 46" TV then one has to question the quality of either the aerial/dish installation,or the TV's processing. I had no such problems with my 4 year old…
Bang and Olufsen Outsourced
in General Discussion & Questions · Feb 5, 2012 09:53[quote user="Puncher"] [quote user="TerryM"] In 2007 my Pioneer Plasma TV cost £5000 [/quote] Interestingly, with regard to the subject of this thread, Pioneer closed it's Kuro division in 2009 because it was losing mone…
Bang and Olufsen Outsourced
in General Discussion & Questions · Feb 5, 2012 09:31[quote user="Flappo"] My Avant was twice the price of an equivalent Sony Wega , the new ones are more like ten times the price of an equivalent Samsung. No wonder they're not selling many. [/quote] Rather like comparing …
Bang and Olufsen Outsourced
in General Discussion & Questions · Feb 1, 2012 09:37[quote user="Jonathan"] [quote user="Dkatz"] I lived in London for 5 ½ years, which is probably far more multicultural than any city in Australia. I met and befriended people from almost every country in the world, and a…
Bang and Olufsen Outsourced
in General Discussion & Questions · Jan 31, 2012 09:19According to a recent BBC Newsnight report,millions of chinese are being expoited,in factories,as migrant labour because of the government's lack of further reform of the 'Hukou',class residency permit system. Because pe…
Bang and Olufsen Outsourced
in General Discussion & Questions · Jan 28, 2012 09:05[quote user="beocool"] [quote user="bayerische"] Moxxey, That is probably true but the mainstream high-end or hifi community still sees B&O as a lovely "looking" box without any innards to speak of... I've felt like Don …
Bang and Olufsen Outsourced
in General Discussion & Questions · Jan 25, 2012 08:35Moxxey, a very recent case in point. The unemployed geology graduate being forced to work in Poundland for 2 weeks,in order to continue to receive benefits,is suing the Government for breach of her human rights.
Bang and Olufsen Outsourced
in General Discussion & Questions · Jan 24, 2012 09:10[quote user="Mr10Percent"] I see the problem not as B&O getting more and more expensive. I see the problem as other manufacturers becoming more and more inexpensive [/quote] This is certainly true of TVs. Apart from B & …
Bang and Olufsen Outsourced
in General Discussion & Questions · Jan 24, 2012 08:41[quote user="Tod Daniel"] I totally agree! My ears don't lie. I can tell within a few seconds whether a sound system is good or not. The BS8 as I said sounds absolutely rubbish to my ears and the fact that £299 micro sys…
Will there be a BV 10-55 as a follow up for the discontinued BV 9?
in General Discussion & Questions · Jan 23, 2012 09:00[quote user="Tod Daniel"] 2012 is the year of OLED. LG have just launched a 55inch one and apparently, its picture quality is outstanding in every possible way. This is going to make LCD screens incredibly poor in compar…
Will there be a BV 10-55 as a follow up for the discontinued BV 9?
in General Discussion & Questions · Jan 23, 2012 08:37I think the potential problem with a 55" edge lit LED TV is that the panel size would accentuate even more the problems inherent in the technology. To make the TV full backlit LED would increase the set's depth,not to me…
Bang and Olufsen Outsourced
in General Discussion & Questions · Jan 22, 2012 09:35Having recently bought a Miele washing machine,and tumble dryer,I was intrigued to notice that the washing machine is made in Germany,but the tumble dryer was not. Reference to http://www.miele.com/international/enint/co…
Bang and Olufsen Outsourced
in General Discussion & Questions · Jan 20, 2012 09:20On the basis of 'the proof of the pudding is in the eating',the apparent success of the Beolit 12 suggests that B & Os decision to outsource it's manufacture has not deterred buyers. To my mind,one has to consider the tr…