mr_5F00_anders_5F00_son wrote:

Only floor option...like old Avant/BV5/9

Maybe it will have bits of wood on the side like the old kit ?

From what I heard of some Bang & Olufsen dealers, I can add the following:

- The new TV is UHD (which was already 'known')
- New remote (also already 'known')
- Available from 6995 euro for the 55" version.
- It will have 3-channel stereo
- Immaculate wireless sound will be integrated
- Access to Spotity, Deezer and internetradio

The latter is part of a new software update for the BV11, V1 and BV12. Which is planned to be released April 30 (today). This software update will include Deezer (in the same way Spotify is accessable today, but via AMEM source), a Digital Media Renderer (required for DLNA-streaming), the ability to select specific speaker groups per source (i.e. different groups for Radio, TV, Spotity, etc.), 30-sec screen off function for music sources, and visual updates to the EPG.

I like the picture of the living room and see it as a teaser, rather like Rolex do just before Baselworld. I think there are several clues here as to the design of the new tv and remote particularly.

See post on the previous page:

Thanks MJ,

this last part might be off-topic in this post, but it is something that was not posted elsewhere untill now.

Just did a SW-search on my V1 - nothing new yet.

Maybe tonight with the automatic update function?

IMO -  this will be a great update/upgrade indeed!

'Digital Media Renderer' - this means that we can 'throw' what we want to listen to/see from an app (will there be an update for the BeoRemote?) to the BV instead of scrolling through a long list of titles. I have several thousand (music)albums on my NAS, and with no search function I have given up on using the 'HomeMedia' source for music.

'The ability to select specific speakers group per source' - oh, have I longed for that! Mysteriously this untill now was only possible with 'Radio' as source. Great :-)

'The 30 second screen off function for music sources' will come handy - not everybody wants to look at the Spotify screen' when listening to music. End of 'List' and 'P-Mute' :-) Just hoping that this will be a specific (for each source) and not a general setting. 

P.S. And 'Internetradio' too - who needs an audiosystem now?

Is that only for the V100/Avant, or part of the update?

And where is the Netflix app - the Avant will need that for 4K streaming?

MM

I am not sure, what '3 channel stereo' is supposed to mean?

In older days this was the function that - from a (video)stereo source - made a center channel of the internal speakers, if you had external (front) speakers connected.

It might also mean, that the Avant speaker is built as a stereo set of of speakers (the moveable ones) with a shared woofer unit (in the middle).

Would be nice to know more about this - and how it sounds.

Bv7Mk3 wrote:

I hope,not only 3 channel stereo only? As in one post but had the full monty in sound????

No, I think I've mentioned at least three times my dealer thought the sound was the weakest part (for want of a much better description) as it's provided via a thin speaker which hides behind the screen when not in use - you can't have amazing sound *and* no cabinet space!

But this should be improved by the addition of a sub and/or satellite speakers. Guys, remember this is EUR 6995. You can't have everything (a much-reduced price, superb panel, large panel and full monty sound)! A BV7-55 was EUR 17K not long ago!

Let's be fair to B&O here, they are giving you a superb panel and good audio, at a great price, with the option to improve the audio experience via additional B&O speakers.

No problem for me - I would have external speakers anyway.

But it is wellknown that many BV buyers go for the 'only-tv-solution', and therefore it does matter, if the sound is good (enough).

I was just curious what the '3 channel stereo' could mean.

MM

I presume given the mechnical moving speaker that it will be a motorised stand TV as opposed to wall mountable?  Will be interesting to see if the bigger screen size versions have a bigger speaker and better sound.  Is the 55" the only size available at launch or are they going to launch the bigger screen sizes at the same time?