Great to see B&O trying to find solutions to Next Generation Home Entertainment. Working with Intel seems strange to me. Just as the world seems to be moving to ARM or Tegra 2 architecture, in jumps B&O into yesterdays game. Same happened with the BS/BM5. Even Microsoft has now jumped ship. I'm guessing they are using the Intel SmartTV platform reference architecture. http://www.intel.com/inside/smarttv/

I clearly don't understand why this would be intresting and relevant for B&O.....the only thing Intel provides today - and to be frank - is outstanding silicion/chipset for large format/screen devices - but the digital/convergence is not going to be won on the silicon for B&O - but in SW, interopability/connectivity/form factors - pretty much everything else than what Intel does today (i know Intel is trying to break into this area but for crying out loud; Intel are not the big gorilla in this room)

It would be a great event to have whoever runs strategic alliances and the platform/digital roadmap for B&O to come in one day to the beo-world members and host a key-note presentation (without NDA info) and share the vision of where they are going.....could indeed be an intresting session and reality calibration

All attempts to keep up with the game should be applauded IMO. A quick look at CES2011 is enough to appreciate how quickly the TV product area is accelerating. Many (most?) already have DNLA, access to network and internet content, wired & wireless networking, SmartTV etc. Some are showing almost frameless panel designs which look cool but make the panel almost "designless", meaning the design elements are relegated to the base/stand. Others are speaking of a 42" OLED screen sometime this year.

I'm fully supportive of B&O "going for it" - at some point you need to pick your direction and then pedal as hard as you can - riding in circles waiting to see what will happen to others is a non-option, the rate of advance isn't going to slow any time soon and is all likelihood will increase.

Study hard, make you best forecast, and then be positive and back it with cash and resource to try and make it happen.

I'm much happier to see this than a product road of more and more (increasingly dated looking) BV7s.

 Others are speaking of a 42" OLED screen sometime this year.

does this mean that in 1 a 2 years the oldfasion BV7 lcd t.v's are nothing worth anymore🤔

Puncher wrote:

Study hard, make you best forecast, and then be positive and back it with cash and resource to try and make it happen ...

... and don't be the first guy to blink

mawheele wrote:

http://www.intel.com/inside/smarttv/

I had already skimmed that link, but you prompted me to dig deeper especially into the media releases section where I uncovered a range of related youtubes:

By When ?

[View:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LLA8T6u3JY]

This fall ... Christmas ? ... No, this fall !

I make that 9 months away.

Like How ?

[View:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_eh6vyEIOM]

*groan* media wheels

*GROAN* media wall

*sigh* peel back the live TV skin

So What ?

I think the 9 month wait will be a good thing !

This won't change the fact that they are a fantastic TV!

If they suddenly halved in value I would buy one to replace every TV in my home! 😂

Seem to cancle it:

http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/12/intel-may-be-giving-up-on-smart-tvs-ceding-market-to-arm/