I have had an AV 5 for some years and it played back VCD like a charm. Besides from the short palyback time of the CDV format due to the used encoding (MPEG1) I can only but recommend the set. Do play around with the formats settings some though when burning your CDVs: there are encoders that offer additional compression and features like chapters etc

This may sound like a weird question for the professional - though I wonder: What's the screen resolution I see when feeding RGB into my non-HD BV 5? Reason for asking is that the picture appears so much better when fed e.g. from AppleTV (via component-RGB bridge) than SD television ... therefore I wonder whether the screen would make use of the

Hello Keith, Thanks for your reply. OK - here's the story: the electrician did not call me when he ran out of masterlink - but used a powerlink cable (4 wires) instead for the kitchen. (Needless to say I found out about that when all flooring was laid and walls were done) Now that's bad - but since I only want to have an MX in the kitchen, I

Since in our kitchen a wrong cable has been put into the wall I have to do with less than the required 7 wires. Now looking at the specification I noticed that two wires I will definately not need for my Beolink Video: The sound FROM the TV to the Beocenter. Does anyone know whether this pair is called OUTPUT or INPUT in the Masterlink Handbook? And

Audio 50% iTunes Store, 50% ripping CDs, both accessed through Mac->Beoport->Beocenter2 Video Actually still buying DVDs, very few shows from AppleTV and the vast majority is simply timeshifted TV from Sky+ or free-to-air HDR1.

Labs: 8000er, 5000er, 1er, 6000er Video: BV5, Avant DVD, Beocenter AV5, MX Serie Audio: BC2 (mochte ich erst gar nicht - jetzt liebe ich's), Beosystem 7000 weiss, Beosystem 7000 schwarz, Ouvertüre wie man sieht, finde ich die Acoustic Lens alles andere als "schön" ;-)

Thanks for the detailed reply. Now it seems that the BV5 unfortunately is neither like the 7 nor the Avant: I could add an IR blaster to the BV5 - but I have no chance of asigning this to a piece of hardware connected to the HDR1 ... In the connections menu I have three entries (for each scart sockets one): Vtape, AV & Decoder. Under Vtape it reads

Peter : The RDS is actually pretty poor as it only appears in the blue screen but none the less, I would go for the 7000 as it is the newest. Just got mine back and very pleased with it. I have heard that complaint about the placing of the RDS info quite a lot - and I agree that it is not the best of options - but when you have lot of stations to tune

This will not be the answer you eventually look for - but how about operation that while the BL7000 stays on the charger?

I am using the UK version in Germany with no problem, by the way (but that doesnt say you should try with an EU version in the US :-)