Bang & Olufsen goes OLED

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Hi, heard from a friend of mine that B&O plans to release a 46" OLED before christmas 2009 ! It will be able to get with motorized floor stand and also wallmounted. I wonder what the price will be ??

The 7-52 that was planned for launch is stopped, therefor no 7-52 according to my sources.

The 7-series will also be the last product lines with integrated DVD/Blu-Ray.

Anyone with similar information ?

Regards

Hans

Your friend looks a bit optimistic... The OLED technology is just not mature enough to get this size of screen. Moreover, this technology still has a big problem of longevity : OLED screens don't last as long as LCDs.

As Sony, the leader in terms of OLED research, is having a lot of difficulties due to the crysis, it's just not possible to see a big OLED TV this year.

Your friend is a bit of a dreamer on the OLED front!

I have heard the plans for a 7-52 were scrapped shortly after Kalle's arrival, but who knows? Anything could happen.

I wouldn't be surprised if the BeoVision 7 is the last television to integrate Blu-Ray. I would rather have seen a BeoMaster 5 in it myself. 

 

Could he have mistaken OLED for LED backlighting???

What would/could be the reason for stopping this project (BV7-52)

Ye i would think it would be LED backligting.

If B&O stops putting in dvd drives into the BV-7 then it means once again they will loosing a one box solution which i thought was there whole design concept. Also means people will have to find a home for a beocenter 2 once they end production of the stand alone dvd player which could be difficult since the beocenter 2 won't fit under a tv.

when B&O go oled, I'll be back on board with their TVs.....better start saving now.....

In the meantime, I'll just keep my obsession for MXs going, bought a 7000 at the weekend to add to last weekends 4000 purchase...

Would love to get a Beocenter 1 at a reasonable price......

TripEnglish wrote:

Your friend is a bit of a dreamer on the OLED front!

I have heard the plans for a 7-52 were scrapped shortly after Kalle's arrival, but who knows? Anything could happen.

I wouldn't be surprised if the BeoVision 7 is the last television to integrate Blu-Ray. I would rather have seen a BeoMaster 5 in it myself. 

 

I agree here. Maybe even better a media player with MPEG2/MPEG4 support as well. Unless Beomaster 5 is not able to handle this. Connections should of course be Eternet (and also WLAN).

B R

Clakke

Is that true, have they cansled the BV7 -52"[:'(]

I have just sold my BV4 - 50" and one of the reasons was to buy a BV7-52" when it would arrive😡

For me the BV7 series are interesting because of the hole in one consept and offcause the design, so the BV7 without dvd/ bd - player is just not a good enough packed.   

Apple TV beats the lot in my opinion and controllable via Beo4 / Beo5!

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