It's close enough in appearance and functionality it would seem B&O could take legal action against the company. 

BeoBoy68 wrote:

Beep is a poor copy of the master BeoSound Essence ! 👎😜

I would not see that as a copy of the Essence.

First thing: they certainly started developing it long before the Essence concept was lauched.

Secondly:  it is a different concept - it is the attempt to make Chromecast avaible for 'only audio' (which to date does not exists).

It is an attempt to do for the Android devices what has been possible with AirPlay/iDevices for quite a while now.

The Chromecast SDK has recently been opened to all developers - the way for integrating 'cast' in the apps is now open.

Not that I am interested, but a lot of the Android users surely would appreciate the possibility to send wireless audio to an audio device.

This will (if they finish it) get a warm welcome from all 'Apple haters'.

MM

Jeff wrote:

It's close enough in appearance and functionality it would seem B&O could take legal action against the company. 

Or vice-versa! If you look back at their tweets and press coverage, they started discussing their new device in November 2013. B&O only mentioned the Essence in January 2014. Why do you assume that B&O would take the legal action?

moxxey wrote:

Jeff wrote:

It's close enough in appearance and functionality it would seem B&O could take legal action against the company. 

Or vice-versa! If you look back at their tweets and press coverage, they started discussing their new device in November 2013. B&O only mentioned the Essence in January 2014. Why do you assume that B&O would take the legal action?

I said it seemed they could, not that they would...reading is fundamental! 😐

Apple sure would take legal action in a similar situation. I'm betting B&O has prior art dated before the end of 2013 too, knowing how long their usual product development cycle is...

Millemissen wrote:

Hi MR 10Percent,

First of all:

The Essence will  - just like the Playmaker - support DLNA and AirPlay.

For AirPlay you will need an AirPlay compatible device (which you don't want!) to send the music to the Playmaker/Essence....

...or something that works the same way: Airfoil - which you don't like that much (neither do I).

And you don't want iTunes either.

 

For DLNA you need (in addition to the player - Playmaker/Essence - which is in that case a renderer) a DLNA compatible server and a ditto control point (a 'remote' software).

Means you can stream the music, that the server holds for you - nothing else, not  'your whole pc'.

That is NOT possible - DLNA doesn't work that way.

You can - as you know - use the DLNA function in the WMP11. But that is too 'clunky' as you have noticed.

There are a lot of other DLNA compatible progs for the pc (and the mac) - but they won't help you either.

 

The 'BeoMusic' app will be for iOS and (maybe?) for Android, but you won't get a Win-version of it. And it would not play 'your whole pc' anyway.

I am almost afraid to say that the new app won't solve your 'problem' ;-(

 

A lot of people want something 'not-Applish', that can do the same thing (for audio) as AirPlay (on iOS and Mac devices) does, but there is no such thing!!!

You will have to simply connect your Pc to the 'line-in' of the Playmaker/Essence-box.

If you can live with the lower quality that Bluetooth devices provide, you can connect a Bluetooth receiver to the Playmaker/Essence and this way stream all 'your pc'.

 

Or you will have to get used to Apple/AirPlay (at least untill something similar for Win turns up).

If you once have experienced how easy and smooth AirPlay works (on iDevices and Mac), I guess you would have to give it a try! ;-)

 

Greetings Millemissen

Ah! So what we have collectively established is a huge technical gap in what is available now and what B&O - should they choose to do could close-up for themselves.

I am still amiss as to why people think driving there system from a mobile device is a good thing? Maybe I'm too old and just no longer see the point.

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Mr 10Percent wrote:

I am still amiss as to why people think driving there system from a mobile device is a good thing? Maybe I'm too old and just no longer see the point.

Next week sees another hype

@Minuscat - the cats are gathering 🐯

MM

Mr 10Percent wrote:

I am still amiss as to why people think driving there system from a mobile device is a good thing?

Maybe I'm too old and just no longer see the point.

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Sorry - I can't see what that has to do with being 'too old'.

It is a matter of how you use/want to use your media - and trying to find the best way (for you) to do it.

By the way - every remote control is a 'mobile device'. Has been for ages now.

Only difference to a 'touch screen mobile device' is, that latter is versatile and can be programmed (the app) to do 'whatever' you want.

MM

Mr10Percent wrote:

I am still amiss as to why people think driving there system from a mobile device is a good thing? Maybe I'm too old and just no longer see the point.

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