The BeoMedia 1 and the BeoMaster 5 are identical until you look at the back. Then the inside. Sorry.

As my mother always said, "If you can't say anything nice, your screen name is 355f and you post anonymously on an online forum." Or something like that.

355f, I think this is a "teachable moment" here. Your response somehow indicates that I'm loopy for wanting an older BeoVision than a newer Pioneer. I absolutely stand by that! The reason is that all of the extras that surround the Panasonic screen make it much more than the sum of its parts. If you take a Nissan Maxima and a BMW 3 series

Isolated anecdotes and vocal minorities aside... The BeoVision 4 or BeoVision 9 are unquestionably the wisest investments in plasma right now, assuming you're looking for such a capable device. You'll hear a few people talking about the Pioneer Kuro or bare Panasonic panels, but the Kuro's processing is unsophisticated when compared to the

There has to be some minimal test performed on each panel which could single out both general faults as well as quality grades in order to funnel them through to the various brands which build off the panels. It's obviously built into the "plan" as Pioneer was able to jump on the BeoWagon with very little trouble and buy the way we've

Maybe the next speakers (not actually next, but probably 2-3 releases out) might deal with some of these issues. Maybe.

I use the current dipole antenna for the BeoSound 9000 on my old BeoCenter 9000. It works great. I've found, though, that the only way to improve it dramatically is to add a powered antenna.

Sal, The BeoVision 8 plays nicely with TiVO HD, but some of our clients have had unrelated cable-card issues. If you haven't had these you should be fine. As for the price increase, it doesn't affect the BeoVision 8 that much. Maybe $100 or so at the most.

I think you mean Bang Center 2 .

It's impossible to hear every combination of speaker and amplifier on the market, so I can't outright dispute with Wonderfulelectric, though I doubt very highly that the BeoLab 5s have lost much ground in the past few years. What I would like to hear from him, however, are concrete examples of what he believes to be a better DSP system, and