Hi guys... i'm interested in an AVANT...type 8490    mfg. date January 2001....  SW 1.3

What can anyone tell me about it?? size...,etc..

Are you sure? That is the US Avant - TV - TV only and a totally different model to the Avant seen in the EU. Wonderful set of connections though!!

Hi Peter...ahhh okay so it's the TV only...yes??

Is this the TRUE FLAT screen??? or the more rounded one??

 Yes..i'm' in the US...

THanks again...

It is the curved screen. 480p I believe. It is an excellent set and quite sought after. The manuals are on site.

RussR sits in for Trip tonght, as he's under the weather:

Hi Frank,

 Avant US is 30/32" curved tube with a BeoSystem built-in.  In fact the Avant-US apeared before the BeoSystem 1.  The screen operates at 480p only, so you must set what ever HD source you are going to use with it to 48op ONLY.  I got my hands on a similar TV earlier this year, and I love it.  Had a friend over to watch a movie last week, and she commented no less than 5 times on the picture.  And that was using an XBox 360 with S-Video connection.  My AppleTV is using the HD input. 

If you are running Software 1.3, you will want to consider a firmware/software update, assuming that you live close enough to a store/service center.  I am now running 4.7j, and the ccdb includes 'Apple Remote' and, yes, it ooperates the AppleTV just fine.

You're going to love that TV.

 

Russ

thanks....so it's basically a beosystem 1 built in a curved screen 32 inch tv..??

 The picture must be better than the 480p reads.....yes???

i've heard such great things about the image of the avant...but only 480p....wow!!!

Any further input is much appreciated..

thanks,keith

The Avant US is basically a BeoSystem 1, and a pair of BeoLab 4000's built into a cabinet with a 30" tube. 

 What too often gets lost in all of the hue-and-cry about HDTV, and 'True HDTV' and God-knows-what the next big thing is that Bang & Olufsen will 'miss', is this simple fact:  at normal TV viewing distances (2-3 meters) on a 30" screen, 480p is already finer resolution that the human retina can discern.  So instead of worrying that the screen is not HD, B&O concern themserves with the things that the human eye can see, and use the inherent advantages of the CRT to full advantage.  Deeper blacks, more accurate color, broader viewing angle, smoother transitions in tone, and brightness.  In public settings the Avant could literally stop traffic using nothing more that Panasonic DVD playerr (S-video) and a copy of 'Pirates of the Caribbean' .

 
I will wager that if you try this out, you will surprise yourself.  Hook up your HD Cable or SAT box using the S-video input (tell the box 489i/widescreen) and watch both SD and 'HD' material.  Then switch to the component setup (480p/widescreen)  watch both SD and HD material.  Most users end up on the S-video input, relying on the BS-1 picture engine to do the job for them.  Which also frees the component input for some HD-only device like my AppleTV.

 

Russ