I keep reading negative comments about B&O LCDs on this site. I've not really looked that hard at B&O's larger models because that's not my preference, but the BC6-26 I have seems as good as most other brands - better than some in some respects, worse than others. But then I don't watch Blueray or Sky, just Freeview and CD DVDs

Dave, I agree - that's why I suggested that awareness initiatives "risk" encouraging people to do the wrong thing for the right reason. So rather than having a global event that draws attention to the problem - again - it would surely be much more productive to raise awareness of consumer actions that can have a real long term impact.

Demonstrating awareness won't overcome the problems of climate change - in fact, awareness initatives risk encouraging people to take decisions that SEEM to be beneficial but in reality are not. Example. It seems sensible to buy locally produced items in your supermarket rather than items from overseas. There may be many sound social reasons for

I replaced the straps with black polyester ribbon. You can buy it from a craft shop (try http://www.hobbycraft.co.uk/cms/storefinder.asp ) or any shop that sells dressmaking stuff. Comes in many colurs and widths. The straps don't do anything. I left the speakers "naked" for quite a while but they really diidn't look right IMHO.

As I understand it the early DVD1 used Philips optical decks and decoders and the later ones Pioneer. B&O just repackaged them in their own boxes and with their own interface software. Both Philips and Pioneer are respected suppliers in this area so it is surely a little unfair to suggest B&O was using deficient technology. You could have any

I think you will find blurring of fast movement is a characteristic of all LCD TVs, not just B&O and Loewe. Yes, even the 100hz panels running Blueray. And SD on a 1080 panel does not look that good either. But LCD works better for some images than CRT. It's up to the individual to decie whether the drawbacks outweigh the benefits.

I considered Loewe TVs before buying my BC6. I thought they were pretty good - certainly much better than the mainstream in terms of finish and styling but still not as good as B&O IMO. Technical options are better but either manufacturer's product is likely to be out of date in a couple of years. In the end I went B&O because I thought

Rednik and Karel see the point. Mass market TV are priced so low because the manufacturers have followed the old - and often deluded - mantra that "if we get enough volume we'll start making a profit". Now they operate in a market where price is the only differentiator. Loewe and B&O both follow the approach that by providing something

I still have to question the "B&O has over-priced its TVs" statement. If their input costs were far below their selling price, they would be making a lot of profit - but we all know they are making a loss. So it is not a case of "over-pricing" but one of the entire development, manufacturing and sales costs being too high. That

I don't think it is likely B&O will drop the prices of their existing TVs by any significant amount. That's not because of the second hand market but because of the harm it will do to their reputation with existing customers. And existing customers are very important for a nich manufacturer. What they may do, however, is to introduce lower