My dealer charged $600 to deliver and set up a BV7. This included two men driving three hours our home and three hours back to the store. Our former dealer, however, would drive the three hours each way and deliver and set up for free, at least they did with the Beolab 1s we purchased from them, even though we paid only 60% of retail for them. They

Also, remember in the US if you live in one state, and buy from a dealer in another state and have the item shipped, there is no sales tax. Sales tax in most areas is between 6% and 9%.

I can't speak to US prices compared to the rest of the world. A couple of examples of US prices would be Beolab 9s are $9900 and BV7 with motorized stand and BL7 is $14,250.

I believe that the Beolab 4 is under $1,000 in all US B and O stores also.

The person I referred to was speaking of high def on a Sony. My dealer does have the latest models in. In fact, manufacturers sometimes use them to unveil new models. See the following article. Electronics superstore This dealer currently has approximately 110 different LCDs and Plasmas 36 inch or available. Also, there was mention here about a new

Our 2 week old BV7 far surpasses the picture quality of any TV I have seen in any store. I had one person in the house, who did not come to see the tv, and he about jumped out iof his shoes when he saw the picture, could not believe how good it was, compared to his LCD. I am sorry, I do not understand why everybody likes to criticize B and O over their

Yes, the reviews are one year old. What has changed about the BV7 since then? The only changes I am aware of our software which I assume, if anything, improved the TV.

Here are a couple related links regarding the BV7. Bang & Olufsen BeoVision 7-40 Bang and Olufsen BeoVision 7-40 LCD TV Reviews - Bang and Olufsen HDTV TVs, HD

If there is no DVD present, touching DVD on the Beo 4 does cause it to open.

Our Avant is a US version, no DVD or VHS. I unplugged it last night and plugged back in this morning. It seems to be back to normal now.