The Beo4 uses a different range from other remote, so I am not sure. But if you have a STB-C that does not have the Apple TV codes, you can use another code, and let the Apple TV learn it.

I do not have an Apple TV so I could not test.

If anyone could try and post here... 

Sounds really good!

I played around with the AppleTV, and it definately was nice but i didnt like the following:

1. 90% of the options on the ATV are for you to buy stuff, I.e. the search doesnt search your library, just itunes etc etc.
2. You cant get a preview of your photos, just slideshow, I spent a month travelling from Moscow to Hong Kong on the train, What happens if I want to show some a photo of an event in between? Splitting the album isnt an option... there are too many albums as there are!
3. Your Music and Videos are only shown as an extremely boring list!!! However all the new purchases are shown as really beautiful grids, which is exactly what i want!!!
4. 160GB HD is rubbish!

In this sense, B&O is light-years over it, providing a better user interface, from what we've seen of the BS5. I hate paying a premium for items, ATV costs 200 odd quid for a network card, hdmi out and a hard drive, and the majority of stuff is made in order for Mr. Jobs to force us to sign up to itunes with a credit card, so next time he makes this 'key' speaches, he can tell us all how many million users have credit cards connected to their accounts.

Dont get me wrong, I have 2 macs (imac 24 and mac mini, ipods and the lot) but the ATV still has a bit more to go. The only thing i like about it (not even the design) is its ability to sync my stuff from my imac (photos, videos and music).... i really wish there was a proper solution that would do this that work with B&O and had a great UI.

So far, the only options i see is: BeoSound 5 (not sure about that), BeoMedia 1, AppleTV and PS3. Each has their advantage and disadvantage, there is no ideal solution here, regardless of the money...

Hmmm. My Apple-TV sees all the content on my other servers in the house, which means it has access to 3TB of stored music and movies.

I get the cover-flow action from Front-Row with it. And I would probably never travel with it - I travel with my MBP, and that can be used to do what you have in point 2.

As to the ts.

Add a DVD (or BlueRay player) and a DVB-T tuner to their Apple TV. Allow the Apple TV to be connected to one of their sleek monitor. They would have an incredible solution there: Digital, Media player, CD, DVD, BlueRay player, DTV and possibly PVR. Multi room over wifi. Unique remote.

My Apple-TV plays my DVDs, stored on harddisk. When I want to play one off a disk, I use the Mac mini that is attached to the same TV, which also gives me web-access for browsing, etc. The combo of the dirt-cheap Apple-TV and the very inexpensive Mac mini, gives me everything I need - including multi-room, two-way, multimedia.
The newest generation portable Macs are rumored to be checking for HDCP-connection to third party screens, which means we can expect Blu-ray implementation soon as their ORs are supposed to be able to read BD-disks, requiring only a software change. Apple-TV already has such sign-off protocol implemented for stored HD-content.

marcus:

If Apple TV can learn other remote controls, does this mean that we can teach it about Beo4 and use it to control AppleTV?

Having download the new update, I went in to the remote learning option on the ATV but it wouldn't recognise any button presses of my Beo4.

B&O remotes operate in a different frequency than that used by every other IR in the world. You need a unit that takes your B&O IR signals and translates them into universal IRs, then you can use that function from the update. irTrans has such units, for instance.

kokomo: