My dealer is offering me to buy a "demo BV4-50" from 2007 to a fair price... The set is not up in the store but packed and stored. I have unfortunately not the modelnumber. But he says it's from 2007 with BS3 and has 1366x768. I have no reason to disbeleive him, but just want to be very sure since I have not come across this configuration before. All the ones that I've seen with 1366x768 has been with a BS2. 

I need your help to confirm that this is correct for sale in 2007

I have seen that in the Broschure from 2006/2007 that this is correct that the BV4-50 here in Nordic supported 1366x768 but in the broschure for 2007/8 it went to 1920x1080. Unfortunately I have not the broschure for 2007.

Which year did the Nordic retaílers switch actually to sell the BV4-50 EU supporting 1920x1080?

Thanks

gcccc

The EU version of the Beovision 4-50 has been produced in three versions as below:-

1366 x 768 is a Mark I version

1920 x 1080 Progressive  Mark II Type numbers 9039 to 9049 Introduced Sept 2007

1920 x 1080 Progressive  Mark III Type numbers 9115, 9050 to 9059 introduced Feb 2008 using D9 panel

1920 x 1080 Progressive  Mark III Type numbers 9116,9072,9074, 9080 to 9089 introduced March 2008 using D10 panel

Thanks Keith,

That was precise information!

Great news is that my trust in my dealer is still valid. I then of course like to know  if the Mark I came with Beosystem 3 and what the diferences between the Mark I and II and maybe also for the later ones also....

Regards

gcccc

I have seen plenty of MK1 panels paired with both Beosystem 2 and 3, although the latter arrangement is curious and IMHO should always be used with the later full HD panels.  What would concern me is the age of the panel - it is imperative you have the serial number and then can trace the date it was bought by the dealer to confirm whether it was in fact a 2007 purchase.  Good Luck!

Thanks,

Can anyone give me a short view of the differences between the Mk I-III in respect of functionality (not the obvious one, resolution) but more if VisionClear, Automatic Colour Management ( ambitient light compensation) functions that been added etc... or is NOT available for the Mk I

Kingsnake: Can you expand on the "I have seen plenty of MK1 panels paired with ... BS3 3, although the latter arrangement is curious and IMHO should always be used with the later full HD panels".

Thanks gcccc

Can I expand on this?  Yes of course.  At £5500 for a BS3 I cannot understand why anybody would pair it with a 720p BV4-50 panel, save for reasons of financial constraints and connectivity requirements - well there are two good reasons lol.  If you have got £5500 to spend on a BS3, then the 1080p capable panels are far more suited, source dependent of course.  Often I have seen dealers pair the BS3 with a MK1 BV4-50 because the customer just wanted to watch SKY HD and wanted to hit a price point, when in reality they should have been supplied with an HD Beosystem 2 at a tremendous cost saving IMHO.