The number of sites I have seen stating the BeoSound 5 is 'quite ridiculous' a remote control is plain embarrassing. I think these kind of sites in general tend to be highly inaccurate about pretty much everything and anything however.

MOTS resides on the BeoMaster 5, as does all of the 'processing' etc...

As for making it wireless, I don't see how this could work when DVI (the cable used) requires a bandwidth of 3.96 Gbit/second, and wireless technology still struggles to get up to 0.0054 GBit/second even at close range. DVI/HDMI transmitters are all large, incredibly power hungry and produce very stuttery, low-frame-rate images which would be useless for the BeoSound 5. On top of that.

The BeoSound 5 is not a remote control in the same way the BeoCenter 2 isn't a remote control.

Puncher:

I'm not even sure we yet have the answer for where the clever MOTS software resides - does it run in the BS5 or the BM5?

I think it is pretty obvious that the BS5 contains nothing more than a display panel (DVI) and a HID class USB device (the controls), probably emulating either a keyboard or a pointing device. It probably has no more intelligence and processing power than an optical mouse. It would be fun to plug it into a computer and see...

I agree with this.  Using DVI tells me that the UI is generated entirely by the BM5.  As such, all of the processing would be done in the BM5, making the BS5 a "dumb" display.  Basically, the BM5 does all the work and the BS5 just shows it off and sends feedback control - much like a standard computer monitor that has a USB hub built into to connect your mouse and keyboard (a USB cable runs back to the PC box along with a separate display connection).  There's nothing wrong with that, but it does indeed place serious obstacles in the way to offering a wireless version of the BS5 as it is currently constituted.  There's nothing saying though that they couldn't offer a different wireless 2-way remote solution using a "smart" display.  In that case, data could be transferred back and forth over the network and the remote could either run an optimized browser or host a custom app that transmits data back and forth (think Sonos' Controller or Logitech's Duet remote).

Jeff

Jeff

I see people's frustration at present - I too would like to see a good remote control system which provides feedback in link rooms, and there is no doubt in my mind that B&O will be producing one... at some point. Don't expect it soon however, they've got heck of a lot on their plate at the moment and they're better off focusing on the present products than releasing new ones.