Michael, It sounds like you've picked up some bad habits. You've essentially asked us to explain why our products are the way they are, when your requests, if granted, would result in a confusing hunk of garbage. A life of living with consumer electronics has made your head spin and now you think that if something doesn't have 10 options

Ughh. Gross. Stop swooning over this creaky plastic mess. Take it over to www.phillipsprestigouniversalremoteworld.org/forums WHAT DO I TELL MY CHILDREN!?

It is not. It is just a regular old Avant. No tape, no DVD.

Russ, Spot F-ing On.

I was too until I heard one.

The light on my BeoVision Avant is blinking when the system is in standby. Everything seems to function fine otherwise. I've put the system through its paces and cannot find anything else out of the ordinary. Any ideas?

It's called "& Olufsen." Look into it.

Flappo, Though we may be on different sides of the debate in this thread, I do agree with you. As I've said before, I have my own riot act to read my beloved B&O. I think the BeoVision 8 is a great example of a missed opportunity. I don't think that it's an issue of dumbing down the BeoVision 7 so much as making the BeoVision 8 the "iMac"

Soundproof, I couldn't agree more. -Trip

Your argument needs more facts. Try again.