Although Avater is visually stunning i found it quite boring to watch the best films ive seen recently was Hurt locker - stunning an surround sound The wrestler - mickey rourke is amazing looking for eric

This bad panel problem seems to be affecting a lot of LCD/LED panel why didnt B&O produce better priced plasma panels there reputation for using the panasonic panel is superb in reliability.

Due to the high prices generally charged why not give a no quibble 10 year Guarantee. after all miele,mcintosh labs give superb warrantys

TWG This seems a CEO fault as he seems to act only for the shareholders and NOT for the company. Now the Beolab 5 cost them 1000 Euro to manufacture and they sell them for 17.000 here in Germany. There are other nice companies, too! How do you know of the cost to manufacture is the correct, i know from experience that theres always a large mark up on

I would be disheartened to know the bv10, a £6k tv was just a samsung product in disguise its classic make it cheap in lowcost countries and sell high in posh boutique. quality is dropping in motorcars like bmw 3 series and audi are losing quality in last 10 years its the same nearly with all consumer goods there are lower quality and throw away

B&O target customers are affluent perhaps the top 5% of consumers that can easily afford bno and are are not usually that technically minded or enthusiasts all most customers want is quality style and image. With a growing wealthy class worldwide things still look quite good for a company that uses a large franchise dealer network . They also have

Good point made earlier on home cinema systems they can sound fab for quite a reasonable price what set ups do members have eg 5.1, 3.1 or 2ch stereo anyone have beolab 5 or 9 in 2 channel stereo

I was of the opinion beolab 9 was the best value in the range compares very well with rivals systems that cost twice the price whe allowing for power amplifier and interconnects

I would have to agree on chrisreunion comment about big corporations always getting good reviews in hifi magazines which to me seem biased I do like gramaphone reviews and hifi world these seem unbiased and did review some vintage equipment last month I would like to see a giant test between meridian and beolab 5 and other active speakers like A.C.T

Is the sound better on an external bluray player or inbuilt player in theory there should not be any difference has anyone experimented with an external amplifier to see what benefit you would get with hd audio