The really idiotic thing is that 5 minutes spent cleaning and presenting this would pay dividends. What is shown there is a piece of junk ready for a skip. Any of the experienced sellers on this forum would have that looking wonderful and would guarantee a sale.

There is no surround sound processor in this TV. It wouldn't fit. Output is stereo with the option of a sub-woofer. It has a similar system to the old LX sets of centre balance. The Powerlink sockets allow front stereo speakers to be fitted - if a sub-woofer is fitted, the speakers attach to that instead.

No - no surround sound module - only stereo.

Now on site and the user and service manuals are there. Looks like a perfect link room set - but no surround and interestingly no woofer. Will allow connection of a sub-woofer and two front speakers though.

I think we have to be realistic here! I can see this as a type of replacement to the Beolab 2000 with link facilities and the additional bonus of being able to attach an iPod or iPad. I reckon the price mentioned for an upgraded version of this will be not far off. Consider a Beolab 3500 is now £1300 and I think we can see where this will slot

Service menu: Start with the set off. press in the following order: TV MENU scroll down to SET UP GO then press 0 0 GO quickly. You will be in the service menu. ( DON'T PLAY WITH THE SETTINGS! ) On the Beo4, you need to add N.Radio to your LIST. Which Beo4 do you have? Normally, you just press stand by and LIST at the same time. Scroll to ADD? and

Access the Connections Menu and press Red and Go at the same time. You will enter the user service menu. You have two options - Monitor Information and Adjustments. The Film Mode, and a fair amount besides, are in the Adjustments menu.

Quite pricey! I make that about £875 - or is my decimal place in the wrong spot!

I think that is much what I said above but put in a much better way! As I see it, B&O have attempted through the years to provide listeners with a particular type of sound. I am not sure that it is always the most accurate but it has tended to have a certain character which lends itself to extended listening without drawing attention to itself.

You would get on with Tim Jarman - a tape lover through and through! He still carries a portable broadcast tape recorder - not a Nagra mind you. I think it is a Uher. He bemoans the demise of tape as a recording medium and despises the rise of low quality MP3 as its replacement. I spotted a Nagra on eBay ! I'll not be troubling the scorers on this