Ok yeah this is a real killer both in gadget but also point of view...

All I can say dont judge it before you have seen and try it

I love Apple and iPhone nice interface etc etc

BUT BS5 is expanding interface and use....

I have iPhone and I like it BUT it get grease

BS5 does not....

I think that you pilot it even faster than a touchpanel

Why have B&O make this panel no touch

Ofcourse they want a product that always is as a "hotelroom" when you check in.....clean😕

my two kronors.....🤒

moxxey:

B&O are still producing a computer the size of an old 1990's desktop PC?

B&O uses the same form factor as Beovision 9 have a space for the Beomedia 1 and the Beomaster 5 will fit in there.

p.

I don't care in the slightest about the BV9. I have a BC2 and the socket box is huge - almost a metre wide. Any designer in 2009 should be able to design and produce a box that can manage and spool audio no more than 15cm wide. It needs to be cutting edge. Where are we supposed to hide the BM5 if you do not own a BV9 (ie. the majority of users)?

It's amazing how we justify this kind of design. It's rather pathetic, really. Most of the logic should be handled behind the BS5 screen, whilst the BM5 should be little more than an external stackable/connectible hard drive.....and we know how small external hard drives can be designed.

wtlc2zpx:

Isn't that failry counterintuitive though? Clearly, from the restrictions of the BS5, some potential customers may decide not to upgrade.

 Not sure that is the most long-term efficient marketing solution (not that I know much about marketing).

Seems to me that you don't want to alienate faithful customers by producing an item that is unuserfriendly.

clearly, the advice that was given "keep the ouverture" doesnt bid well for the BS5.

tIRED:

The BM5 (which has these connections) look exacly like a BM1 and does need to be in a cabinet.

Pardon? I have a Mac Mini from 2005 which is about 20cm-ish wide. It is very capable of spooling audio and non-HD video. If in 2009 - when the BM5 is due for release - B&O are still producing a computer the size of an old 1990's desktop PC?

It's the curse of being in bed with tired, old Microsoft, Moxxey.

I juts hope that B&O has "flat" (for under carpet routing) cables for attaching BS5 to BM5.

I want a floor or table stand for my BS5!

Barry

Ok...

 1. If you have a Beovision 7 TV and you hardly ever play CDs as you download most things then Bm5 & BS5 should be right up your street. Pop your CD in the TV and go or let BS5 intelligently make up an endless playlist.

2. If you still love your CDs and own any B&O (or non-B&O TV) then hook up a BM5 plus a Beosound 4 or Beocentre 2. On screen interface of all your digital music plus the functions of CD, old style radio.

3. If you love you iPod and apple spend your £/$/Euro's in a neater way - instead of a £15K budget for a £8.5K BV7-40 HD-TV, £4K BS5 digital interface hifi thing, and £3-5K BL3/BL9speakers...

... install a multi-room Apple set-up with BL5's in your main room and a couple of BL3's in other rooms for the same price!