Hey Greg, I've had my BV-22 for about 2 1/2 years now and I have to say its been superb. My old living room size was about the same as yours (4.5m x 4.5m) and I found my reduced size screen perfectly adequate for my viewing needs.

Superb features like the anti-reflect and auto adjust make the set a delight to use; its just I don't always appreciate it until I view a friends Sony!

/A 

Hi Greg,

I'm in the same configuration : my living-room is 5m x 4m, with a distance TV to sofa of approx. 2.5 m.

I have a BV6-26 (with the surround module, BL3, BL2 and BL6000) and must say I'm extremely pleased with it. The TV doesn't eat space, the picture size is perfect, as well as the surround set-up. I have the BV6 on the motorized floor stand and I can only praise for its integration, and picture/sound/design quality.

Philippe

Hi Greg,

we had a BV6-26 when it came on the market. The viewing distance was nearly 3m. Picture and sound (with surround) were really great. Due to some rearangement of our living room the viewing distance changed to 5,5m so we needed to upgrade. But the look of the BV6 was better IMHO as it has not dominated the room that much. Go for it!

Marcus

hi Greg,,I don't have BeoCenter 6-26 ( in fact I have never seen one in North America)!!, but I have 2  LCD  TV.In

one room- the bedroom - ( which is 5x4 m) I have a 19' LCD and in the livingroom (6x5m)  a 26' LCD. In fact I don't like to have big screen TV, which is by the way 'a la mode'   ,  and the 26' is more than sufficient for my needs ( a big screen would dominate the room also). On the other hand, if you are a movie watcher, I would go for 32-40' because it's a little bit annoying looking at a 26'!!!! Me, I'm looking only at documentaries movies ( PBS, National Geographic etc..------In fact I prefer not seeing a LION or DINOSAUR on a 65' screen  ___in my house I'm the king - I'm the big one)......... 

In your case, I would buy a Sony ( 26' for ex.) and see if I'm happy with it. If the size are acceptable ( 1-2 weeks are more than sufficient to arrive at a decision about the screen size) I would return the Sony and go for B&O once the decision is taken ( 26 or 32).... 

regards,

constantin

Greg:

Thanks guys. I think I already made the decision ;-)

Finally, one really simple basic question I should probably know the answer to, but don't.  If you're watching a DVD which has say dts surround audio, and of course you want to experience that surround on your beolabs via the surround module, how to do connect the DVD player - i.e. how does the surround/multichannel information get communicated from the DVD to the surround module in the TV?  If it's connected via DVI (for picture) and red/white phono plugs (for audio) then surely the TV only receives stereo audio, not 5.1?  So is that information communicated instead via pins on the SCART connector, so I would connect the DVD via SCART??

You simply have to connect a coax cable that will feed the BeoVision with your DVD 5.1 channel (providing your DVD player has a coax output, otherwise you'll have to buy an optical to coax adaptor). And then just tell the BeoVision which AV scart is coupled to this surround signal and that's it...

Really straightforward.

Philippe

Philippe:

Greg:

Thanks guys. I think I already made the decision ;-)

Finally, one really simple basic question I should probably know the answer to, but don't.  If you're watching a DVD which has say dts surround audio, and of course you want to experience that surround on your beolabs via the surround module, how to do connect the DVD player - i.e. how does the surround/multichannel information get communicated from the DVD to the surround module in the TV?  If it's connected via DVI (for picture) and red/white phono plugs (for audio) then surely the TV only receives stereo audio, not 5.1?  So is that information communicated instead via pins on the SCART connector, so I would connect the DVD via SCART??

You simply have to connect a coax cable that will feed the BeoVision with your DVD 5.1 channel (providing your DVD player has a coax output, otherwise you'll have to buy an optical to coax adaptor). And then just tell the BeoVision which AV scart is coupled to this surround signal and that's it...

Really straightforward.

Philippe

I have owned a BC6-26 since a couple of months. I use it as a second TV in the bedroom, with a viewing distance of around 3 m, which is the farthest limit in my opinion. We bought it because we wanted to have a device with both TV and a radio function. My experience with it has been that it is a very good TV set and the sound from the built-in speakers is excellent, especially the quality of the human voice reproduction. However, I would not buy it as a main TV for the home cinema because in my opinion the display appears too small, even if you watch it from a distance of 2 meters. Maybe I have this impression because I have a bigger Beovision as well.

What I don't particularly like is that the motorised table stand of BC6-26 has a quite big hole right under the bottom edge of the TV set (probably to attach another speaker like BL7-1), which is very visible.

If you decide to go for BC6-26 I would recommend you to take a dark grey version (this is the one I have and it has a very decent look).

beodim:

What I don't particularly like is that the motorised table stand of BC6-26 has a quite big hole right under the bottom edge of the TV set (probably to attach another speaker like BL7-1), which is very visible.

If you decide to go for BC6-26 I would recommend you to take a dark grey version (this is the one I have and it has a very decent look).

Greg:

Thanks Philippe, that does sound straightforward enough, I guess (looking at the BC6-26 reference guide) I plug the digital audio coax from the DVD into A1 or A2 on the TV's socket panel - and the video from the DVD has to be connected via SCART?

Exactly.

And about the 26" size, just trust your own opinion... If you feel 26" is good enough for you, go for it (it's not 32" or + owners who will watch videos at your home anyway ).

Ans as it's been put before, if one wants a true-to-life movie experience, you just inevitably need a projector and a big screen, because even a 32" or 40" screen can't do this job, and therefore it would end in a downsized home cinema experience.

Philippe

Philippe:

And about the 26" size, just trust your own opinion... If you feel 26" is good enough for you, go for it (it's not 32" or + owners who will watch videos at your home anyway ).

Ans as it's been put before, if one wants a true-to-life movie experience, you just inevitably need a projector and a big screen, because even a 32" or 40" screen can't do this job, and therefore it would end in a downsized home cinema experience.

Philippe