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If you have anything to say - please tell!enCommunityServer 2008 SP2 (Build: 31104.93)https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/40187.aspxTue, 21 Aug 2007 06:50:04 GMT41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:40187Tom0https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/40187.aspxhttps://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&PostID=40187<BLOCKQUOTE><div><img src="http://forum.beoworld.org/Themes/default/images/icon-quote.gif"> <strong>Britops:</strong></div><div> <p><img height="300" src="http://www.argos.co.uk/wcsstore/argos/images/5130016A63UC141844M.jpg" width="250" /><img height="360" src="http://forum.beoworld.org/forums/storage/13/39908/639c_1.JPG" width="270" /><img height="300" src="http://www.argos.co.uk/wcsstore/argos/images/69-5134335A67UC338753M.jpg" width="250" /></p><p>Beosound 9000 + Avant + Beosound 6 <img src="http://forum.beoworld.org/emoticons/19.gif" alt="Party!!!" /></p><p></div></BLOCKQUOTE></p><p>the only problem I see in this post is that the &quot;BS9000&quot; and the &quot;Avant&quot; are B&amp;O originals and these products are copies, but for the &quot;BS6&quot;, it is B&amp;O who are copying as of what I have heard so far. </p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/40136.aspxMon, 20 Aug 2007 20:48:13 GMT41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:40136Dave0https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/40136.aspxhttps://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&PostID=40136<p>What&#39;s worse is Grundig took the credit and&nbsp;received&nbsp;plenty of praise for it&#39;s &quot;different&quot; design.&nbsp;<img src="http://forum.beoworld.org/emoticons/34.gif" alt="Super Angry" /></p><p>Even by looking at the picture, you can see that it was a pretty cheap and nasty design using cheap plastics.</p><p>I remember that when i first showed my partner a picture of the Avant, he said, &quot;what&#39;s a Grundig tv doing with all that B&amp;O gear?&quot; lol The picture quality of his aunties Xentia is actually very good for the price however and Grundig used to be a very highly regarded electronics brand.&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.homecinemachoice.com/reviews/hccreviews/CRTTVs/Grundig/GrundigXentia82.php">Home Cinema Choice Review : Grundig Xentia 82 television</a>&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/40093.aspxMon, 20 Aug 2007 15:23:36 GMT41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:40093Alex0https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/40093.aspxhttps://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&PostID=40093<p>I'm not sure of the details of what happened, but somebody who's been in the AV business for a very long time told me that was in fact the TV which killed Grundig.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/40068.aspxMon, 20 Aug 2007 14:11:32 GMT41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:40068®0https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/40068.aspxhttps://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&PostID=40068<p><img src="http://www.argos.co.uk/wcsstore/argos/images/5130016A63UC141844M.jpg" /><img height="360" src="http://forum.beoworld.org/forums/storage/13/39908/639c_1.JPG" width="270" /><img src="http://www.argos.co.uk/wcsstore/argos/images/69-5134335A67UC338753M.jpg" /></p><p>Beosound 9000 + Avant + Beosound 6 <img src="http://forum.beoworld.org/emoticons/19.gif" alt="Party!!!" /></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/40059.aspxMon, 20 Aug 2007 13:28:47 GMT41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:40059Craig0https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/40059.aspxhttps://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&PostID=40059<p>It may look like an Avant, but you would soon notice the difference when you turned it on.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Craig<img src="http://forum.beoworld.org/emoticons/01.gif" alt="Smile" />&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/40055.aspxMon, 20 Aug 2007 13:14:19 GMT41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:400559 LEE0https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/40055.aspxhttps://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&PostID=40055<p><img src="http://forum.beoworld.org/emoticons/58.gif" alt="Laughing" /><img src="http://forum.beoworld.org/emoticons/58.gif" alt="Laughing" /></p><p>Never seen that one before!</p><p>Maybe David Lewis has a twin brother he doesn&#39;t know about that designed it from scratch..&nbsp; Or, perish the thought - Grundig shamelessly copied it! <img src="http://forum.beoworld.org/emoticons/07.gif" alt="Unsure" /></p><p>If they did copy it though, what kind of job satisfaction did the guy that &#39;designed&#39; this get?&nbsp; I&#39;d feel such a fraud if it was me.&nbsp; Nothing more soulless than ripping someone elses ideas off..</p><p>Lee&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/39908.aspxMon, 20 Aug 2007 00:45:11 GMT41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:39908Dave0https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/39908.aspxhttps://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&PostID=39908<p>This TV looks so much like an Avant i am wondering how Grundig were allowed to produce and profit from this TV!</p><p>http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Grundig-Xentia-82cm-Flat-Screen-Television-with-Stand_W0QQitemZ250155969023QQihZ015QQcategoryZ116871QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem&nbsp;<img /></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>