hope to see this product in the wish list from b&o,the technology has been here for a while no reason now not to do it!?, see link

http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=193600767

happy new year to every one 

This would be a big step forward IMO and may be the best solution to come to an end in this "war of formats".

Personally, I think B&O are sensible, waiting for all this to be over.

A relatively recent DVD with a BeoCenter 2 and BeoVision 9 will fool you into thinking you're watching an HD signal - stunning picture!

Alex:

Personally, I think B&O are sensible, waiting for all this to be over.

A relatively recent DVD with a BeoCenter 2 and BeoVision 9 will fool you into thinking you're watching an HD signal - stunning picture!

some said that about the avant video as good as super VHS and dvd ??!!! sorry i disagree

Here is the present day:

http://www.digitaltvnews.net/content/?p=1790

So, maybe B&O's choice was the """wrong""" Korean partner, because Samsung is BD only :( but, maybe... a new year, a new wish:

Let the peace rule 2008 all over the World...!

ps.: ...and, if possible, in the format wars also ;) 

sorry, double post :(

the picture on my avant via rgb from a freeview digi box is as sharp , natural and impressive as a blu ray on one of my bravias

 nuff said

if only bno made an avant with an lcd i'd buy one tomorrow 

Samsung now offers a dual-format HD DVD / BD player.

"The New Hope" ;)

A HD player... named like Samsung/Bang&Olufsen... well...

I think, now I have a wish for this year ;)

i think one of the reasons that blu ray and hd dvd are struggling is that you really need a big tv to really show the difference between upscaled dvd and hi-def , most hd tv's are c. 32-40" and it's just not big enough !

 the problem is - who on earth wants a 60+ inch monster in their house that will look dominate the room and probably look truly awful with sd ? 

i think bno are quite correct in being extremely cautious over this whole debacle

 for all we know - both formats could ultimately fail and itunes and it's movie service ( soon to be 720p - 1080i hd ) could be the eventual winner

the big advantage of downloads is finding the film and not having your shelves cluttered up with scratchable discs , plus all the hassle of finding the disc tray in the dark etc

i'm all for it as going from a pile of cds to a nice simple to access hard disk has revolutionised my musical activity as i'm sure it has everybody elses 

Alex:

A relatively recent DVD with a BeoCenter 2 and BeoVision 9 will fool you into thinking you're watching an HD signal - stunning picture!

Alex, not in my tests. I have the same SD and blu-ray DVDs (300, Layer Cake etc) and the blu-ray editions are way better than the SD equivalent. The SD DVDs, upscaled, look a bit washed out and you can definitely see pixalisation. The blu-ray DVDs are almost flawless, in comparison. Sound is better, too.

This test was on a 1-day old BV7-40 MKIII though, so I have to do more extensive testing when I have time.

Well of course the true HD signal looks better, you'd expect it to, but the difference isn't as vast as you would expect. The BeoVision 9 in the window of the Bath store fools me into thinking I'm looking at an HD signal, although whether this will translate as well on an LCD panel I don't know...

It doesn't (translate to LCD). Look at my thread about my new BV7-40 MKIII. 300 looks dreadful (!) on both SD and blu-ray, whatever the source. Oh-oh. It shows that LCD really does show any flaw in the source.