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Re: Updated BV4 is GO !!!

Bingo — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 06:49:56 GMT

Does a new Beovision 4 also mean a new price ??

Re: Updated BV4 is GO !!!

Tom — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 12:43:10 GMT

I would say that it is a file from a DVD or from a PC.

Re: Updated BV4 is GO !!!

jk1002 — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 12:32:12 GMT

What is that menu that is visible on the screen from the pictures SAF posted? Is this beomedia? I thought that looks different? The artist BT that is visible was a neighbor of mine while living in New Jersey.

Re: Updated BV4 is GO !!!

Stars — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 10:28:49 GMT

Tom:
Will the BL10 also match the BV7?

From what I've heard, no is the answer.

Re: Updated BV4 is GO !!!

Tom — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 08:12:41 GMT

Will the BL10 also match the BV7?

Re: Updated BV4 is GO !!!

saf — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 06:46:34 GMT

9 LEE:

News Item
Yes - i know it's the corner of a BV9 in the image, but it's all i have, ok...
Lee

Here's a couple of pictures incl. the new triangular BL10

Re: Updated BV4 is GO !!!

moxxey — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 04:00:45 GMT

Chrisreunion:
The product page for BeoLab 4000 (with ICE amps) still hasn't been updated, so the new BV4 might be updated...next year?
There hasn' t even been a press release in the PR section.

More bizarre than that, the last time I checked, the 'new' BV7-40 specs still referred to the old MKII, with a 768 screen. Not entirely sure why parts of the B&O website take a while to be updated?

Re: Updated BV4 is GO !!!

Chrisreunion — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 03:39:17 GMT

The product page for BeoLab 4000 (with ICE amps) still hasn't been updated, so the new BV4 might be updated...next year?

There hasn' t even been a press release in the PR section.

Re: Updated BV4 is GO !!!

jk1002 — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:55:01 GMT

That said, since the press release and pictures are all over the internet why do they not update their website.

Not sure what they mean by launch, maybe one of the dealer can post when they will hit stores.

Re: Updated BV4 is GO !!!

jk1002 — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:51:23 GMT

http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/07/bang-and-olufsens-new-beovision-products-bring-high-design-high/

Found a picture. Posted more then 2 weeks ago, how coul I miss that. Looks pretty much what was posted here earlier.

http://www.i4u.com/article13929.html

Re: Updated BV4 is GO !!!

Daniel — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:57:16 GMT

Me like it!

I´ve never thought about BV4 before, but now SHMBO said NO! (with the tone of a brick wall) to BV9. This made me look at BV4 (with BL 7.2) instead.

The new corners give me a feeling of BV9. I never liked the sharp corners on BV4. Looking forward to see it in the flesh.

Actually, I will lend a BV9 over a weekend as a last try to change her mind.

Re: Updated BV4 is GO !!!

9 LEE — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:39:25 GMT

In fairness to B&O, if they kept the flat aluminium panels we'd only moan that they never did anything to update it !!

I prefer the rounded edges of the BV9 myself - but hey, i have a BV9 and i'm used to it - and when i look at the older style BV4 i think it does look dated now. Horses for courses though - we're all different.

Lee

Re: Updated BV4 is GO !!!

Peroxide — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:16:48 GMT

It's too bad they decided to change the appearance to the BV9-style... I don't really like the BV9, I much more preferred the "sharp" look of the BV4.

But I do like the idea of the IR-receiver built in to the frame itself, rather than having to mount a separate one on the wall!

Re: Updated BV4 is GO !!!

moxxey — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 06:50:34 GMT

darioazul:
The blacks are not as deep but are very nice and dark.

The blacks are exceptionally deep for an LCD. They bear no comparison to the blacks on my old BV7-32 MKI.

Saw Narnia on Sky 1 HD the other night and was astonished. I think that has to be the most flawless and most stunning picture I've seen, so far. As I've mentioned on here numerous times, my landlords *used* to be big B&O fans and were wary of the expensive and reasoning for upgrading to the BV7-40 MKIII. They saw it for the first time the other night and both agreed that the picture was stunning - football in HD looks amazing.

The only downside is SD. Mind you, reducing the sharpness to 12 has helped slightly. It's reduced some of the more obvious pixelisation on SD, whilst HD still looks very sharp. A sharpness level of 12 seems to be more effective than the factory-default of 14.

Re: Updated BV4 is GO !!!

soundproof — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 06:08:07 GMT

I have to agree with you on the plasma feature, 355f.

Getting regular "My expensive screen is fading" reminders seems a shot in the foot. As the feature self-calibrates every 100-hours, you could risk getting this reminder quite frequently, and at least every two weeks in most households with regular viewing patterns.

But I guess this is more of a "look what I1ve got" feature, more than anything else.