[quote user="The_Beonic_Man"] Probably best to just trade it in against a BV9 and be done with it. That's going to be the best deal of them all. [/quote] The way the market is now, and trade-ins on offer (it seems few dealers want to be sitting on 'old' stock), you'd possibly only get £6K from the soon-to-be £14

[quote user="JoC"] I was talking to my dealer, and to get swap out the MKIII for the MKIV I would have to pay in the region of approx £3.5K [/quote] That's more than I expected - I expected to pay around a £2K-£2.5K difference between my MKIII and MKIV trade-in, based on the difference between BV7-32 and BV7-40 trade

[quote user="The_Beonic_Man"] If the price was £600 or thereabouts I might be interested. [/quote] Simon, are you being serious? You'd expect a dealer to take your BV7-40 for only £600 less than RRP? How would the dealer make a mark-up on this when selling second hand? I'd be surprised if a dealer offered more than £4000

[quote user="The_Beonic_Man"] Interesting times ahead ... possibly. In another thread you mentioned about upgrading your model to the newer one, and I now realise through reading posts tonight that I have this coming week to make the same decision before prices are hiked up 10%. Do you have any idea of the cost of swapping over? Simon. [/quote

[quote user="The_Beonic_Man"] I can't wait to see if there are notable differences when watching standard definition on the two sets. [/quote] I honestly don't think that will be any better. Indeed, it might be worse! LCD panels show every flaw 'as is' so we might see an even more improved HD picture, but a poorer SD, if that's

Yes and no. The big improvement with the MKIV is the Blu-ray DVD player which can be added to your MKIII. However, the MKIV should bring a new LCD panel, which will include 100Hz support. However, I think the difference between the MKIII and MKIV will be minimal. Indeed, I'm kind of preparing myself to be disappointed. Problem is, I don't know

[quote user="The_Beonic_Man"] So what price are we looking at for this 'little' exchange? [/quote] Absolutely no idea. Dealer (you know who) won't commit to giving me a price. If they won't, I'll call around a few dealers. As it's a panel swap, it's an easy job. BTW Simon, I have absolutely no idea if the MKIV will

[quote user="koning"] Are there more things improved or only the panel?? [/quote] By 'panel' I mean the TV unit (not the stand, speaker and so on). Who knows if the LCD screen will be improved, over and above the 100Hz feature.

[quote user="The_Beonic_Man"] When you say you are in for a panel update ... do you mean a new model update? How can just the panel be updated? Am I missing something? Is this a BV5 in disguise? They could get panel updates. [/quote] BV7-40 MKIII (which we own) -> BV7-40 MKIV (out soon). I don't need to update the 7.4, stand and so

[quote user="meandmyshadow"] Actually the TV will be around £6500 with DVD but of course.. [/quote] Most people will need a speaker and some kind of stand. It's rare to see a BV7 on display at a dealer, without a stand. It's even more rare to sell without a 7.2 or 7.4. Of course, the lack of a DVD will save a lot of money, but