As has been mentioned before,the Chinese are perfectly capable of producing high quality,high spec products. In fact I am typing on an HP Laptop,resting on a Logitech Speaker Lapdesk,both of which are high quality,and made in China. One would expect B & O to be exercising a stringent QC regime over one of it's third party suppliers. If one feels

[quote user="Hungedu"] I've had my 7-55 since early August of 2011, and it's been a great TV. Wonderful contrast. The only fault I've seen is in some really dark movies with sparse lighting, you can see a little "cloudiness". This effect is because the local dimming is trying to precisely illuminate just a few places

I recently had a demo of the revised BV7-55. The dealer's set up was utilising a BL7-6 as a centre speaker in a surround sound system in which BL3s formed the front R/L speakers. Both in a surround sound configuration,and as a stand alone stereo speaker,I remained underwhelmed by the BL7-6 which,to my ears, sounded tonally thin. We then switched

After a very long time of the head ruling the heart,with a further recent demo,the heart won,and I have ordered a BV7-55,BL7-4,and a pair of BL3s. Delivery in about 3 weeks. It's going to be a long wait.

[quote user="moxxey"] [quote user="CJM1"] ....presumibly with better picture quality... [/quote] I do think we're getting a bit an*l about picture quality. My two year old BV7-40 MKIV was decent and my brand new BV10-46 (with the latest panel) is marginly better. Marginly being the keyword there. People forget that "picture

Having read the online User,and Set Up,Guides,I am unclear if the BV7 incorporates an automatic aspect ratio switching facility for both the inbuilt Freeview tuner,and Blu-Ray player,ie will it automatically detect,and switch aspect ratio,for say a 4:3 input?

It is very easy to become seduced by new technology,but given that problems associated with LCD/LED have not been solved,how does one know that one is not going to substitute a new set of problems for an existing set. For example,with OLED,has the differing life expectances of the RGB colours been resolved,and if so,what is the expected total life expectancy

To place the pricing into context,the Panasonic VX300 monitor costs approximately £8000. As a technology,Plasma still has much to recommend it over LCD/LED,especially in the area of 3D. One thing I have never understood with B & O Plasmas,viz,for those who are unable to wall mount,the non provision of a table top,or floor,stand.

[quote user="Paul Winn"] I agree with DrDimitris! This little Panasonic has been getting the most amazing reviews for a few months now. Whilst the Oppo is supposed to be excellent although very expensive, buying a disc system is very much buying into yesterday's formats so the Panasonic probably makes the most sense at no more than 200Euro

www.avforums.com recently tested the Panasonic 65" VX300 Plasma Monitor and for the first time in three years awarded a 'Reference' rating. LCD/LED TVs always look better than Plasma TVs in a brightly lit environment,so comparison in a shop environment will always favour the former. However the problem with the mainstream TVs,whether LCD