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Re: Any news on a DVB-HD & Full-HD panel version of the BV7-32" (a Mk V?)

Bouncer — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 21:55:26 GMT

Just wondering if B&O will cater for small market in Hong Kong, we are using DMB-T

Could this module be retrofitted to older version BV7?

Re: Any news on a DVB-HD & Full-HD panel version of the BV7-32" (a Mk V?)

ToeKneeAus — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 07:54:00 GMT

Oh well - its not like Blu-Ray is a necessity internally - just hoping I could get a bit more added value ... i'll likely pair it up with one of the Panasonic Blu-Ray recorder & HDD.

I just need to start thinking if there's a market for a 12 year old Avant (tube is only 18 months old). No space in the house - guess its back to good ol' ebay or trying for a trade in - but i think thats flogging a dead horse (although B&O Aus did have a trade in a CRT deal at the end of last year).

Re: Any news on a DVB-HD & Full-HD panel version of the BV7-32" (a Mk V?)

koning — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 05:52:47 GMT

ToeKneeAus:

I'm definitely happy to get the BV7-32 as long as it also has DVB-HD & HDMI and from what I saw the HD (720) screen will suffice (didn't get to look at Blu-Ray comparison yet).

Is the May '09 BV7-32 model the one that also gets the Blu-Ray (or the upgradeable to Blu-Ray option) ?

Thanks for helping me decide ...

just .... got ... to ... wait ....untill ........May...

I've been told April?

Re: Any news on a DVB-HD & Full-HD panel version of the BV7-32" (a Mk V?)

meandmyshadow — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 05:19:02 GMT

The 32" will not get the blu-ray option.

Re: Any news on a DVB-HD & Full-HD panel version of the BV7-32" (a Mk V?)

ToeKneeAus — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 16:16:34 GMT

I'm definitely happy to get the BV7-32 as long as it also has DVB-HD & HDMI and from what I saw the HD (720) screen will suffice (didn't get to look at Blu-Ray comparison yet).

Is the May '09 BV7-32 model the one that also gets the Blu-Ray (or the upgradeable to Blu-Ray option) ?

Thanks for helping me decide ...

just .... got ... to ... wait ....untill ........May...

Re: Any news on a DVB-HD & Full-HD panel version of the BV7-32" (a Mk V?)

Anonymous — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 08:17:13 GMT

You don't have to scale so much?

That depens on what HD channel you are watchting.

There are several channels broadcasting in 1080i in Europe.

Re: Any news on a DVB-HD & Full-HD panel version of the BV7-32" (a Mk V?)

Tim — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 04:52:56 GMT

Full HD is only necessary if you use panels with 40" and above.

I have compared different TV's in this category and you don't see any difference between FullHD and HDready if the TV has a good scaler.

normal TV even looks better on the HDready panels because you don't have to scale so much.

Re: Any news on a DVB-HD & Full-HD panel version of the BV7-32" (a Mk V?)

meandmyshadow — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 04:06:39 GMT

The BV7 32 will not have a full HD panel, B&O have stated that it is not going to be necessary. However there will be a HD-DVB tuner released this year, expected to be around May time and a new chassis incorporating 2 x HDMI sockets.

Any news on a DVB-HD & Full-HD panel version of the BV7-32" (a Mk V?)

ToeKneeAus — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 03:06:54 GMT

I was getting really tempted at a shop demo version of the 7-32" today (with x% off!) , but I didn't realise that it only had DVB-T and wasn't capable of decoding DVB HD signals. Since thats heading the to be the norm (okay - its a way away - but we do have a few HD channels on digital terrestrial here in Aus) it would be a shame to get a TV that couldn't do that "out of the box"

Looking at http://forum.beoworld.org/forums/p/22391/167491.aspx it mentions of a possible May 09 release for an update to the BV7-32" that will give it :

Full HD panel
DVB-HD
Native HDMI (ie no need for an expander)

Anyone have any news on whether the above link was correct ? And whether the May09 timeline was realistic.

I did look at the 40" as it has all the bits that i'd like - but its just too darn big for our place ...