This sounds pretty interesting to me. Having this kind of interesting partnership will be great. No Samsung logos and stuff just a sticker on the back of the TV and some kind of media browser with a variety of media support. Maybe the beomedia will be finally done right!

I just got an image in my head of turning on a nice new b&o telly and the first thing I see being a big intel logo with a corus of people singing bom, bom-BOM-bom-BUMMMM 😎

On a serious note it sounds exciting though and good to see B&O in a partnership with someone as big as intel... Lets hope it is not a competing standard that loses the race though!

Step1 wrote:

bom, bom-BOM-bom-BUMMMM

😂😂😂😂

Seriously, this sounds very exciting! 🤒

From Intel... this is apparently similar, if not identical to what they have done w/ Google, Logitech, and SONY. I wonder how B&o will slot into this from a cooperation standpoint? Or, is this just going to be a rebranding deal?

Interesting!

Intel has just released some wireless technologie which allows to stream directly from the a portable/PC to  a screen. The technology is build into it's latest chipsets.. So basicly a large percentage of portables will have this at the end of 2011.

burantek wrote:

From Intel... this is apparently similar, if not identical to what they have done w/ Google, Logitech, and SONY. I wonder how B&o will slot into this from a cooperation standpoint? Or, is this just going to be a rebranding deal?

Nope.. completely different. With Google/Logitech you need an additional box. Intel 's streams directly from your computer to your TV.

Karel Uyttendaele wrote:

burantek wrote:

From Intel... this is apparently similar, if not identical to what they have done w/ Google, Logitech, and SONY. I wonder how B&o will slot into this from a cooperation standpoint? Or, is this just going to be a rebranding deal?

Nope.. completely different. With Google/Logitech you need an additional box. Intel 's streams directly from your computer to your TV.

Glad I used the term: similar 🙂

I *think* the concept of Intel's "Smart TV" initiative is not being fenced in w/ just additional black boxes like Google TV as you point out. I believe it is just a general term regarding the new wave of TV-NET empowerment. My take would be that B&o is looking at incorporating the technology into their sets regardless of streaming or wired. If an additional box were on the menu, then it would make sense that the technology may filter to the BM5 and/or the new "BeoNet." At the core, though, why would Intel reinvent the wheel w/ regards to the inroads they have already made w/ Smart TV, though its reception has been lukewarm so far?

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This post sounds like my wavelength OVER HERE.

Step1 wrote:

I just got an image in my head of turning on a nice new b&o telly and the first thing I see being a big intel logo with a corus of people singing bom, bom-BOM-bom-BUMMMM 😎

Wouldn't be out of the question....there are a few DVD1/2 owners who are welcomed by a large Philips logo on screen when turning the unit on from standbye...😮

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