No longer an easy decision to make, buying your new TV is now a major financial investment. If you are going to spend what could be considered a small fortune or at the very least a large amount of money then it would be prudent to try and make the correct decision at the outset.

Given the speed and rapidity of technological advances nowadays think carefully about whatever purchase you make and try and ensure within reason the future compatibility of your TV with industry standards.

Television over the years has taken a great number of forms from the old days of analogue Black and White, through the launch of colour television to the latest technologies known as Digital Television (DTT). With DTT, viewers are limited to whatever channels the antenna picks up. Signal quality will also vary.

With this article the aim is to take a look at what is on offer with the latest generation of Flat Screen Televisions and in this case the B&O Beovision 8.

The Beovision 8 is a 26in LCD TV and the prices for these would be in the region of 1800 pounds sterling or 2900 US dollars. The resolution of the screen is 1366 X 768 and with regards to being HD Ready the answer is yes. The Beovision has 2 (2 RGB) scarts and the type and number of Multimedia interfaces the Beovision 8 uses is HDMI and 1. The type of Tuner for this TV is Analogue and the Beovision is available from specialised outlets only.

All these points being taken into consideration, how would we view the B&O Beovision 8?

Well to start with our score for the picture quality is 8 out of 10, next we would look at the sound quality and our view of this would be 8 out of 10. Taking a look at the number of relevant connections and their availability, our score would be 6 out of 10. As far as overall features are concerned we would give it 6 out of 10 and the final individual verdicts would relate to the ease of use and overall value for money and our scores here would be, 4 out of 10 and 6 out of 10 respectively.

The overall verdict would be this is definitely one to consider if you don't mind paying a huge premium for the appearance and looks.

With the wide range and variety of makes and models available for you to choose from it is unlikely that you will not find something to suite your taste or satisfy any budgetary constraints that you might have.

The important thing to remember here is that with regards to the B&O Beovision 8, this is only our opinion and an independent view and does not imply an official endorsement of the [keyword]] either way, good or bad.

Please be aware that the prices quoted in this article are taken from a number of leading e-commerce websites and as such should be taken as guides and indications of prices rather than absolute quotes.