Well if I am not happy with the image quality when I go and have a look then I will stick with my BV3. One problem with having a pair of Beolabs is SHMBO will want all the wiring hidden. Our Landlord will not let me chase out the walls to do so. Craig

Beobird: I wouldn't recommend the whole televisions at all. Saw the white and the balck models on the Beo rivershow, and the image is very poor . I would wait a bit longer for a proper Beocenter 6, or spent my money on a Loewe Individual or Connect if I was you.... Like Kingstreet says, the image of the 8 is watchable, but that's all . Well

If I remember corretcly when the HDR1 was released it would not work with an Avant VCR. Not sure if there was a SW update to sort out this problem. Craig

To secure the cables I have in the past but a blob of silicon sealer in the sleeve. You probably cannot use the connector again after should you need to change the cable length though. Although most cables are made up and then left for years as they are so not really a problem. Craig

kimberley: the biggest villain to watch out for is the single strand of wire which has wandered off as a separate 'whisker' Yes, I had this problem when I made up some leads for my old Beocenter 9000. Tried using 2.5mm speaker cable. They would be ok for a few week but then I would turn the volume up only for the protection circuits to turn

Thanks for all the replies. As I say I will be going to my dealers and spending a good amount of time watching the TV before I make my final decision. As for a DVD player at the moment I have a Phillips DVD recorder, but I can see this been replaced with a PS3. Seems like a good excuse to get one. Craig

Brilliant. Thanks for the link soundproof. Craig

Thanks Soundproof for the reply, As I have only seen the one at my dealers with an HD picture which was very good. We are going to go and have a proper look at one sometime in the next week or so. I will want to see what the SD channels from a Sky HD box look like. How do you rate the spekers of the BV8 as I don't have any external speakers, my

I would go for another LX, they seem to go for next to nothing on Ebay these day's. Craig

We are thinking of getting a BV8 32". Carol wants us to have a flatscreen TV to create more space in the Lounge. This means going from a BV3 which I think has a superb picture to the BV8. If I was going for a BV8 I would upgrade to Sky HD. Although there are still some SD channels. This is where I have concerns. Am I going to see a drastic drop