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Chris Townsend: Having phoned our trustworthy local dealer I received a reassuring phone call to deal with my little friend. Question, if a spider can climb inside the space between the panel and glass what's going to stop dust/sand etc from doing the same over time? Anyone experienced this?
Having phoned our trustworthy local dealer I received a reassuring phone call to deal with my little friend. Question, if a spider can climb inside the space between the panel and glass what's going to stop dust/sand etc from doing the same over time? Anyone experienced this?
You'll be surprised how easy it is to get the glass/case off the front of the BV10. My dealer had to perform a mainboard upgrade and simply lifted off the front - made it look easy. It's not vacuum sealed or anything. It just slots on and off!
Having seen my BV10-46 without the front, my guess is that the spider could easily get in the back, come through the front speaker area and crawl up behind the glass. As I said before, it's not vacuum sealed or anything. There's a couple of mm of space.
Tonker:I guess we all still imagine there is a sealed unit like a CRT. Not impressed to be honest as this could easily be a possible future problem. I could see the space once the spider was in there!
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Never mind all the irrelevant trivia, how's the spider?
Tonker:Don't know as I've been away. Ironically I have just been listening to Kermodes review of the new Spiderman film and how it should look good on the big, and small screen! Tell me about it.
kokomo: how's the spider?
3d and looking well !
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Chris Townsend:Can anyone in the know confirm wether the panel does have something like foam, protecting it from dust or in my case spiders climbing around on the inside of the glass.
No, as I've said above, the glass-fronted case simply slides on and off and there is definitely some space between the panel and the glass. But the case itself surrounds the entire TV, from top to bottom. It covers the speaker area, provides the glass and half of the frame.
From what I remember, there was no "foam" on the inside of the front frame. I doubt they would add that anyhow, as it could easily decay. It was just a plastic case, mental frame, glass panel. Nothing special.
You can take the front off yourself, if you want! My dealer simply lifted it off and slotted it back on again - twice. Granted, it takes some doing, but you simply remove the back panel, unscrew from the back, lift off. Easy.
There is a movie on YouTube About the making of the beovision 10.
koning: There is a movie on YouTube About the making of the beovision 10.
And you can see the front (half) frame being added at 1:20. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSbSvjQtbsg
Slot it on, push down. Hey presto!
Tonker:Can anyone in the know confirm wether the panel does have something like foam, protecting it from dust or in my case spiders climbing around on the inside of the glass. I have seen the video of the glass being bonded to the front of a 7, and imagined rather naively that a £9,000 10-46 would have had sort of protection at least.
Chris Townsend:Not impressed really.
I must admit I did think the glass front was vacuum sealed on the panel, much like the BV7. When my dealer simply popped it off and it was standing there in my front room, I was a little surprised how easy it was to take off.
And mine has been off twice so far, due to B&O intervention. Dust settles on the panel (under the glass) very easily.
The screens are also ventilated by small intakes at the rear. Sadly, small insects can easily get in through this entrance.
Maybe a fine mesh over the intakes is necessary to stop this happening in future?