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Re: Avant now or later?

david707 — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 06:14:45 GMT

Good time now to trade up to a 32DVD - avoid the resellers/ebay and fantasy prices. Many B&O dealers P/X these for BV7 etc and need to move them on quickly. email around and see what turns up. Hope you're right about rarity value!

Re: Avant now or later?

richtoy — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 06:14:42 GMT

Graham

The sad fact is that very few of us recognise how good these sets are so I think their value will only fall. Only a couple of months ago I brought an immaculate BV3-32 (2001) on its stand from a private seller for only 400 euro. I was amazed that they had "upgraded" to a HD ready Phillips TV.

The picture on the BV3 is wonderful (once the brigthness, contrast & colour of the BV3 were changed back to the default values), especially from a RGB freesat source.

I have now been quoted 445 euro to upgrade to DTS (parts only) by my local dealer but I think I will wait and try and aquire another BV3 complete with DTS as it would probably cost about the same.

A further problem is that the picture quality of full HD sets has and will continue to improve whilst the price will continue to fall. I would not spend 1500ukp on a 5 year old second hand TV when I could buy a new HD TV with full 2 year guarentee with as good a picture as an Avant for about half that amount.

I suspect that the value of an Avant RF 32 DVD will eventually stabilise around the 350 - 450 ukp mark over the space of the next year.

Richard

Re: Avant now or later?

joeyboygolf — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 05:53:53 GMT

Where did you get this idea from Graham? It must be something to do with the air in cambridge!!!!!

Avant now or later?

Graham1982 — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 05:30:07 GMT

Hi:

I have a '96 VHS Avant at home which I love. The VHS has broken but I have a spare which I haven't gotten around to fitting in.

I would really like a 32" Avant DVD, but don't need it until the Avant I have currently breaks. I have been watching Ebay for the past couple of years looking at the prices of all variants of Avant and have noticed that since the credit crunch (coincidence) the price of 32 or 28 inch VHS systems is next to nothing whereas the DVD ones stay constant at around £1000 for a 28 and £1500 for a 32". What I am therefore wondering is, should I buy one of these now and source a replacement tube, putting both in storage until such a time as my current Avant breaks thinking that prices will go up as this is the flagship model, or do people estimate that prices will come down and that I should wait until I actualy need to buy one.

The hypothetical situation I want to avoid is in five years time DVD Avants being so rare that they command a £5k price tag. Is this likley?

Thanks

Graham