[quote user="PhilLondon"] Some of the London store are privately owned. [/quote] Yes, but they have to be 'managed' by someone above the shop owners and that job is B&O USA. ie. they handle the franchised/owned shop direction.

Simon, have you considered a job in PR? :) Although you've been spending, what have you bought since September/October 2008? More than £2000 of kit? I'd only really say this recession has hit hard since September. In theory, I could say the same thing (BL9s in August, BL5s in October), but I'd say that I've temporarily stopped

Bizarrely, I was told the other day that the London stores are now owned by.....B&O USA!! Only the London stores. The reason? They have more experience handling retail stores than B&O UK. Has anyone heard anything similar? BTW there's absolutely no way that the B&O stores are going to disappear. They are some of the most profitable in

As discussing the price of B&O products seems to affect B&O users, I suggest you re-word questions to ask whether us users are prepared to purchase a B&O product based on the current specifications and, if not, why not.

Didn't you ask this the other week? I remember arguing the BL9s were better and more effective. Can't we organise polls for these 'what's the best' discussions?

[quote user="phult"] Alternatively does anyone know if the BS3 will downscale HD sources before it sends them out over masterlink or will it just show a blank screen? [/quote] Correct, it does downscale. I'm not impressed either. As the HD signal has to be sent back down an analogue cable, the resulting picture is poorer than a standard

I can't fault my PS3. I wasn't a game player before I bought it, but realised it would serve various purposes (ie. I wasn't spending £300 to simply play better quality DVDs). It's ultra-quiet and performs well. I do now play the odd game, too.

I couldn't believe that all UK repairs would be sent back to Denmark. This would be totally impractical for repairing, say, a BV7 (their most popular TV). The transport costs alone, to and from the customer, would make it more worthwhile simply to replace the TV. When a TV has to go back for major repair, it's a serious issue. If it had to be

That would be crazy. The same picture processing engine from the MKI, first produced in 2004? I think someone said on here that the MKV BV7-32 was due in May/June, but why would B&O release such a major update soon after the launch of the 'monitor' version?

The black option for me, for a couple of reasons: firstly I like the white (and have thought of a white BV8, myself), but think I'd wear thin of the look after a period of time. Secondly, it's more impractical. Every time I see a white product in my local B&O, it seems to have got dirty and become a little grey. My thoughts are that it's