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Re: Bang & Olufsen goes OLED

moxxey — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:20:55 GMT

meandmyshadow:

BV8 40 will be around £3700 - £4000, Moxxey you're quite right about the BV10. While you might be quite right about LED backlight and not OLED, it was stated by B&O at a recent meeting that BV 7 55 will use OLED backlight - now this could have been a mistake on their part but it was said.

I'm sure Simon will be over the moon when he sees the BV10 :)

Yes, I guess that was a small mistake on their part. I'm sure it will use LED backlight technology which *will* improve picture definition as it gives a more even brightness across the screen.

Mind you, why that would be on a BV7-55 and not the BV7-40 is very confusing. I don't really want to trade-up from a MKIV BV7-40 to a MKV, for a long time.

Re: Bang & Olufsen goes OLED

moxxey — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:18:23 GMT

OLED != LED

Sorry, I meant that OLED technology differs from LED backlight technology. Different thing entirely. ie. it's not 'OLED backlight technology'.

Re: Bang & Olufsen goes OLED

Puncher — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:15:13 GMT

moxxey:

I don't think it's OLED backlight, it's just LED backlight technology, like they use across the Apple MacBook range.

Isn't that what I said??

edit: sorry Moxxey, I didn't realise the question had cropped up again since my earlier post.

I think Samsungs have LED backlighting at this size but I was really just speculating what he might have heard that could have been misconstrued.

Re: Bang & Olufsen goes OLED

meandmyshadow — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:07:30 GMT

BV8 40 will be around £3700 - £4000, Moxxey you're quite right about the BV10. While you might be quite right about LED backlight and not OLED, it was stated by B&O at a recent meeting that BV 7 55 will use OLED backlight - now this could have been a mistake on their part but it was said.

Re: Bang & Olufsen goes OLED

moxxey — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:55:37 GMT

The_Beonic_Man:

From what you have said we sound so similar as I absolutly loved the BV5.

I was told yesterday that the forthcoming BV10 will be somewhat styled on the old BV5. If that's true, this might be the TV you've been waiting for.

Re: Bang & Olufsen goes OLED

moxxey — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:54:45 GMT

I don't think it's OLED backlight, it's just LED backlight technology, like they use across the Apple MacBook range.

However, I was of the understanding that LED backlight technology would struggle to be implemented over a 30" screen, which is why the key pro Apple Cinema Display screens have yet to be updated?

Re: Bang & Olufsen goes OLED

koning — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:53:02 GMT

How much will the bv8-40 cost

Re: Bang & Olufsen goes OLED

meandmyshadow — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:36:43 GMT

I think some information is getting mixed up here, BV 7 55" is on its way and should be out by the end of the year. It is said that it will use OLED backlight technology but is still an LCD panel, and there are no plans to discontinue BV 9 at the moment, although you may question the need for such a TV. I do not know exactly what OLED backlight with LCD panel actually means technically but that is what is planned. It will be available with or without Blu-Ray DVD and will of course incorporate BS3 but I have no idea of the price. BV10 will also arrive this year and will be offered between BV8 40 and BV7 40.

Re: Bang & Olufsen goes OLED

halid — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:07:35 GMT

Hi again, sorry if I came with misleading information, that wasn´t my intention of course. I have checked with my friend once again and he is convinced that he heard OLED and nothing else, but maybe he is wrong after all.

Hans

Re: Bang & Olufsen goes OLED

The_Beonic_Man — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:01:02 GMT

Pushkin:

Simon - thanks for your advice, it confirms my thoughts. Sadly this store almost put me off B&O. I have no desire to use this forum to judge dealers but the dismissive attitude and serious lack of product knowledge I have encountered in this store is something to behold. I am lucky there are a number of excellent dealers in London and will support those who are proud to represent this wonderful brand.

The the BV front, I am half tempted to go for a BV5 HD in the interim and let B&O sort out the BV range. Was really hoping the new brochure would shed some light on new products.

From what you have said we sound so similar as I absolutly loved the BV5. Let me give you the benefit of my experience over the last 2 years, in brief, which I hope will assist you making a sound decision. Basically, I loved the BV5. I loved it more than any other product in the range, either current or past. I had my mind set on it. So, with all this said I am sure you'lll be compeltly suprised (as I was) to find out that I acutally bought the BV7-40 Mark III. Now, I don't necessarily regret that decision because the advice I was given from my dealer, particularly a guy called Alex, was invaluable, and he spoke a lot of sense. He was trying to give me the best advice possible in terms of picture quality and upgradeability and by all accounts he did, so I am happy. However, there is also a part of me that wishes I had of stuck to my guns and got the BV5, even if it was inferior to the BV7, why? Because it was what my heart was set on, and at the end of the day, its like love, we don't choose who we fall in love with, it just happens. In a nutshell then, my personal advice to you, from my own predicament and experience, would be to buy the BV5, especially if you can source an HD version which I believe was late 2005 early 2006. They weren't around for long. Expect to pay up to £4,000 for one, possibly a bit more, but any more than £4,500 I think give it a miss, but thats only my personal preference and I am sure others on here will argue that you won't find one for that price but I would always disagree. You just have to look, be determined and be good at negotiating. They won't hold on to their appeal for that long, so outlets will be looking to shift them on just as much as you'll be interested to purchase, but give it a couple of years and they'll be so old they won't be worth much at all I doubt, simply because they aren't up to spec and no longer competitive in the marketplace, not because of their design which is unique. At the end of the day, you know what something is worth to you. I try not to get too caught up with money. If I like something I buy it, its as simple as that. You make the funds available when you're heart is set on something. That's something that makes sense to me and something I do but not maybe something others do. Who knows, what does it matter either way? You get the point. Buy the BV5, its gorgeous. Don't be tempted, buy it and enjoy it. I think you have the perfect attitude, exactly as I would do, which is to look at it as an interim product, because realisitically, thats all it is. But my goodness will it make a statement! And lets not kid ourselves, part of why we like B&O is ego, we love it when people say, "Wow! What on earth is that thing?" And you'll get that with a BV5 more than any other B&O product guaranteed.

On the subject of the dealer, I am sorry if my post sounded rather negative - it did - but its also basedon fact and personal experience over the years and from your reply it seems you have had the exact same experience. It makes me laugh thinking about it because its so stupid. Its as ridiculous as the BeoSound 6, a complete contradiction. I mean, come on, you don't build the worst B&O dealer in the best UK location do you? LOL! Sometimes I wonder who is running B&O. Quite mad.

Anyway, follow your heart. I always say that with B&O because its a love affair. If you like it, consider it, if you love it, BUY IT! I reckon you'd get a good 5 years at least out of an HD BV5, possibly more, which wouldn't be bbad at all for the price you pay.

You coudl get a BV7 like me, great picture but nowhere near the same design statement that the beautiful BV5 makes.

Keep me posted as would be interested to know what you decide.

Bets wishes,
Simon.

Re: Bang & Olufsen goes OLED

The_Beonic_Man — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:44:59 GMT

moxxey:

The_Beonic_Man:

..I'd buy it straight away..

Simon, have you priced up an OLED 40" TV? I don't know if you have gold stashed away and unlimited funds from your current vocation, but it will be seriously expensive. Think many times the price of the current BV7-40.

The current 11" Sony OLED is nearly £3500 Simon. You do get carried away :)

Do I Chris?

Re: Bang & Olufsen goes OLED

Pushkin — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:15:18 GMT

Simon - thanks for your advice, it confirms my thoughts. Sadly this store almost put me off B&O. I have no desire to use this forum to judge dealers but the dismissive attitude and serious lack of product knowledge I have encountered in this store is something to behold. I am lucky there are a number of excellent dealers in London and will support those who are proud to represent this wonderful brand.

The the BV front, I am half tempted to go for a BV5 HD in the interim and let B&O sort out the BV range. Was really hoping the new brochure would shed some light on new products.

Re: Bang & Olufsen goes OLED

moxxey — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:50:14 GMT

The_Beonic_Man:

..I'd buy it straight away..

Simon, have you priced up an OLED 40" TV? I don't know if you have gold stashed away and unlimited funds from your current vocation, but it will be seriously expensive. Think many times the price of the current BV7-40.

The current 11" Sony OLED is nearly £3500 Simon. You do get carried away :)

Re: Bang & Olufsen goes OLED

The_Beonic_Man — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:43:49 GMT

Pushkin:

There seems to be more confusion than usual with dealers in terms of new products - I was told last week by my dealer (Knightsbridge main dealer) that the BC7-55 would be out by Sept of this year and the BV9 would stop being produced by Nov of this year (view is that the BV7-55 would wipe it out). Can anyone shed some real light on the next year for Beovisions? The reason is that I am planning my living room refurb around this.

I appreciate that Knightsbridge is probably your most local store but I have to say that I think its a complete let down as a representative for Bang and Olufsen. Considering the location, which arguably has to be the best in the United Kingdom, it is the tiniest and dullest B&O shop I have ever been in. How can B&O even allow such a ridiculous shop to exist in this location? I know they used to have the franchise in Harrods across the road, but since it closed they then opened this new dealer, but seriously, I think they need ti close it and open a much bigger one making a much bigger statement about B&O. My point is, go to another dealer!

Simon.

Re: Bang & Olufsen goes OLED

Pushkin — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:21:34 GMT

There seems to be more confusion than usual with dealers in terms of new products - I was told last week by my dealer (Knightsbridge main dealer) that the BC7-55 would be out by Sept of this year and the BV9 would stop being produced by Nov of this year (view is that the BV7-55 would wipe it out). Can anyone shed some real light on the next year for Beovisions? The reason is that I am planning my living room refurb around this.