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Re: BV 7-40 Mk III Countdown- who get the first one in EU...?

Flappo The Grate — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 11:14:28 GMT

i bet you're too blown away to reply

from the JAWDROPPING spec i',m not too surprised !

can anyone think what to fill the 4 , yes FOUR hdmi's up with !?

very impressive stuff , bno

Re: BV 7-40 Mk III Countdown- who get the first one in EU...?

Doc — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 05:44:38 GMT

Anyone else received their new BV7 today?

Re: BV 7-40 Mk III Countdown- who get the first one in EU...?

Beolab — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 21:14:46 GMT

My BV 7-40 MK III Full HD Dark Grey has arrived to my dealer today!!!!

But sadly i´m in Borås at my girlfriends place over the weekend, so i can´t pick it up until Monday sadly

I´m going to put upp some pictures and if you have some questions about the new BV 7-40 Full HD! Don´t be afraid to ask me!

I´m going to compare the two screens! The old MK II aginst the new MK III =) It´s going to be a very interesting test!!

(My dealer asked me if i wont the new Bo5 remote ? I have the Beo4 remote today and i´ts works fine to navigate the BV 7-40 i think.. I don´t have a "Beoliving" at home either.. My dealer didn't recommend the Beo5 because they have had many difficulty's to program it and more and more.. So i don´t now..)

Re: BV 7-40 Mk III Countdown- who get the first one in EU...?

DiaBandO — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 09:40:16 GMT

My dealer confirmed that the MKIII will be here in week 41. It is also in the new catalogue / magazine.......

Re: BV 7-40 Mk III Countdown- who get the first one in EU...?

TerryM — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 03:06:11 GMT

Flappo The Grate:

plasmas tend to be heavier , have huge glass fronts , use more power and suffer from image retention despite all the latest 'fixes'
lcd is the future , or a derivative of lcd - organic lcd is worth googling
even bno are making more lcd than plasma tvs as plasma is an old technology

With the latest high quality Plasma panels,screen burn is really a thing of the past,as is image retention-witness Pioneer's 8G panels.

With all due respect,old does not necessarily mean inferior.

Why would Pioneer solely manufacture Plasmas(just read the reviews of the Kuro range) ,and Fujitsu concentrate on Plasma TVs,and introduce the high end Aviamo model?

Why would Panasonic in 2006 produce 3.4 million Plasma TVs,and open a new plant this year doubling capacity?

With regard to B & O,one will in due course be able to conduct a side by side comparison between the new BV7,and the BV9.

Then we will see how the "old" technology fares.

Re: BV 7-40 Mk III Countdown- who get the first one in EU...?

Flappo The Grate — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 02:16:34 GMT

plasmas tend to be heavier , have huge glass fronts , use more power and suffer from image retention despite all the latest 'fixes'

lcd is the future , or a derivative of lcd - organic lcd is worth googling

even bno are making more lcd than plasma tvs as plasma is an old technology

Re: BV 7-40 Mk III Countdown- who get the first one in EU...?

David — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:52:37 GMT

My dealer emailed me today.This is what he wrote.....

Morning David,

I did promise to let you know as soon as I had more information on the new version of BeoVision 7/40, I'm pleased to say our sample is due in on the 20th of this month!

It was unveiled at the recent Bang & Olufsen conference in Berlin & the picture is simply amazing & I believe, unrivalled!

The pre-release information received today is as follows:

During the conference held in Berlin we demonstrated the new BeoVision 7-40 using the BeoSystem 3 chassis. This exciting upgrade offers a number of key benefits to the customer.

Firstly, the new chassis offers significant picture improvements. The detail and natural rendition of colours are enhanced to offer a truer, real to life picture experience.

A new picture improvement technology called Wide Colour Gamut is also being applied. This feature enhances the red, green and blue colours to offer a rich, vibrant picture. Bang & Olufsen then applies a skin tone correction feature to ensure that skin tones are not artificially enhanced and so maintain their true, natural colour.

The display has also been changed to Full-HD (1080 lines) and is a 'High Gloss' panel. This new High Gloss panel offers the customer richer, deeper blacks in daylight viewing conditions. The television maintains the anti-reflex coated contrast screen that you are familiar with.

All of the connections that you currently have in the BeoSystem 3 chassis will be available with the new BeoVision 7-40. Otherwise, the style and design of the television remains unchanged.

It has been decided to make DVB-T a standard feature of BeoVision 7-40 following this upgrade, offering the customer a complete, future proof solution.

We have removed Beo4 remote control from the packaging, giving the customers the choice of Beo4 or Beo5 remote control. We would recommend that Beo5 is offered where possible. In addition to our normal allocation, there are sufficient supplies of Beo5 to sell one with each BeoVision 7-40,.

The upgrade means the trade price has increased by the price of the DVB-T module. Bang & Olufsen UK has absorbed the price increase of the new Full-HD screen and BeoSystem 3 upgrade. Please find below the new part numbers and trade prices. You may place your orders on the system from Wednesday 3rd October on a first come first served basis.

I do hope that you will be able to drop in and take a look & do please let me know if you would like any more info.

Best regards, I hope you are keeping well,

Re: BV 7-40 Mk III Countdown- who get the first one in EU...?

Bingo — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 13:56:41 GMT

Plasma has more problems? I beg you pardon??

The retentionproblem now is solved as far as I know and the horizontal resullution is my moving parts in the picture (TV often moves) so much higher than LCD can give. Do you realise how less resolution is left on an LCD when there are movements? You would be shocked :-)

Re: BV 7-40 Mk III Countdown- who get the first one in EU...?

Beolab — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 13:32:50 GMT

Peter:

DVB-T is standard - the price will be slightly higher to reflect this.
Are we not going to complain about the DVD player not being Blu-ray?

Do you no if DVB-T are about to be standard in Swedish models or extra ? Because it is no price change at all here in Sweden for the new BV 7..

(We did have a slight price correction with 15% in June this year.)

Fredrik L.

Re: BV 7-40 Mk III Countdown- who get the first one in EU...?

Flappo The Grate — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 11:38:19 GMT

i certainly don't have a problem with lcd , i've got two bravia's and from the bno's i've seen , they're more than up to the job

plasma has more problems than lcd imo - partic. the burn in that lcd will never suffer from

you should be rejoicing with me over the fact that bno have finally come into the 21st century with their rear conections rather than finding fault in the technology they're using which to no fault of their own is the predominant and financially most probable choice

viva bang & olufsen !

Re: BV 7-40 Mk III Countdown- who get the first one in EU...?

TerryM — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 08:04:37 GMT

Let's not get too carried with euphoria.

We have yet to see the PQ(picture quality), and whether,as an LCD,it overcomes that technology's shortcomings-black levels,motion handling,viewing angle- versus Plasma.

Re: BV 7-40 Mk III Countdown- who get the first one in EU...?

Flappo The Grate — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 03:15:58 GMT

with 4 hdmi's you can attach a ps3 ( blu ray ) , xbox 360 ( hd dvd ) upscaling freeview box ( second dvb-t input - for pip etc ) and STILL have 1 free for your mac mini / imac / macbook pro so you can surf in the living room at full hd res

UTTERLY AMAZING SPEC - I'M BLOWN AWAY !!!!

and that remote is SOOOOOO cool - who needs the ipod touch anyways ?? :D

Re: BV 7-40 Mk III Countdown- who get the first one in EU...?

Peter — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 03:08:47 GMT

DVB-T is standard - the price will be slightly higher to reflect this.

Are we not going to complain about the DVD player not being Blu-ray?

Re: BV 7-40 Mk III Countdown- who get the first one in EU...?

moxxey — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 02:56:56 GMT

wtlc2zpx:
Yes, It is going to be hard to find anything to moan about this TV.

Even better....the price in the UK doesn't change! I wonder, if someone bought a BV7-40 in, say, August, how peeved they are going to be when they see the same TV, for the same price, with a much higher spec, weeks later?

I didn't ask if the UK price includes the DVB-T though.

Re: BV 7-40 Mk III Countdown- who get the first one in EU...?

PhilLondon — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 02:53:18 GMT

Yes, It is going to be hard to find anything to moan about this TV.

With an all digital chassis, for picture and sound, DVB-T/S module, Digital Surround 7.1, Brighter Full HD panel, 4 HDMI, Many other analog connections, Cinema module, ICEPower speakers, beautiful design, this is a hell of a TV.

A product without compromise - exactly what we expect from B&O.