I'm also busy looking for a second set and was thinking of either the BC6-26 or BV8-26 and, although I prefer the design of the BC6-26, it's lacking some key features, such as HDMI, DTV and so on. The BV8-26 will have a better panel than the old BV6-26, although it lacks some of the visionclear features.
I think I'm going to go for a white BV8-26, as it has 1 HDMI socket and components and I'll just connect to my Sky box, so I don't need to worry about the lack of DTV module. I don't know the long-term future of this model, but I it's not going to get the upgraded chassis that's due to go in the BV7-32, BV6-32 and BV8-40 (not the BV8-32 though), so apart from a panel update, we're not going to see changes in the near future.
BV8-26 is actually fairly decent value for a B&O TV.