If you want to leave the b&o ship it might make sense to look at an upscaling dvd player if you are after picture quality. Personally I just settled on a BV8 and Bc2 and am very happy with it. 1 remote and the Tv plays together nicely with my Lab3 speakers .....

Bring Light Control back. LC1 and LC2.

Thing is, that the next BV7 will have a blueray is pure speculation. Is just a "want" unless I am missing something. I would think it is more likely that they sell the player if they ever do one as a DVD 2 like external box. JK

I don't see anything wrong with the Bv7 beeing SD DVD. Come time, you will most likely be able to buy a blueray in a BS3 style cabinet. Or just buy any other brand for that and use the STB to control it. If you look at the price of the BV7, they throw in the DVD for free it seems. Cheers JK

& Karsten. Yes. And my next set of speaker will be the 5 or equivalent. But for now, the recording quality of most CDs I listen to does not justify that. For those interested in listening to the BL2/BL3 I would recommend the Alicia Keys MTV unplugged session. It shows very nicely what that combination is up to.

@Alex. The BL3 use grip at a certain volume. the BL2 remedies that if you use them in a bigger room and like to turn up a bit.

In a nutshell. the speaker of teh BV8 is optimized for speech. The BL3 are not. In fact for speech alone I would always prefer Bv8 over Bl3 speaker. For music this is a whole different story. The way I use it is, for music Speaker 2 whihc means I have my BL3/Bl2. For Movies I use Speaker 3, so the entire thing is running. And yes, the BL3 connected

HDMI is digital audio believe per definition. Not to beat the dead horse, but most urban dwellers live in condos and condo law number one if you want to stay friends with the neighbors is drop the surround. Also dealing with the cables for the rear is often tricky. I think the truckload ain't happening because it is still a very expensive TV for

I got fast scrolling working with the Beo 4 on my North America BV8. Its brand new and I am using the "Ipod remote" stb. I know they had issues with supporting fast scroll in the past so you might not have the latest latest software. Also, I believe that there is an STB Controller MK1 and MK2. BV7 40" MK3, BV8, BV9 and BS3 all use this

I will be switching to ATV too as I am more after movies then TV. What surprised me a bit is, that the CNN news pod casts are a day old. What is up with that? But that should go into a different thread.