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Beo 4 what an icon, in its day it was unbeatable.
Unfortunately it was a case , as seems usual from the mid 2000's, that yet again Struer rested on its Laurels.
The money they wasted on the development of the disastrous Beo5/6 (worst ergonomics EVER in an interface device) could have been put into refining the BEO4 into an even better version of the latest beoremote 1.
The Beo4 is dead, long live the Beo4!
Me too, it will never be beaten as a remote imo!
How many people still use a Beo4 today?
I have about 3 here gathering dust. Last used one about 5 years ago. Always used the BeoRemote.
Honestly, who uses a Beo 4 these days? Looks like a remote from 1995 😁
Honestly, who uses a Beo 4 these days? Looks like a remote from 1995 😁
Careful - those words are fightin' words! 😂
Location: San Francisco
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We use these Beo4's for daily use since 2008, if I remember correctly. Changed the keyboardpads once at all three.
These Beo4's were a "special" version prior to the PUC controller (introduced with the BV7), the STB-Controller.
The STB-C controller had only the option Sat-STB (later on DTV-STB) or VAUX-STB for controlling 2 third party settopboxes.
So, with these Beo4's you could directly choose these sources, instead of using the List function when you needed the VAUX source al the time.
Location: Utrecht
Here's a few of mine! All the main types covered 😁
Location: Warwickshire, UK
My B&O Icons:
It looks like you're collecting them, instead of using them 😁
Every "Go" button is still there.
There are another 1 or 2 other versions of the Beo4, special hotel versions, if I'm right.
Location: Utrecht
Beo 4 what an icon, in its day it was unbeatable.
The money they wasted on the development of the disastrous Beo5/6 (worst ergonomics EVER in an interface device) could have been put into refining the BEO4 into an even better version of the latest beoremote 1.
The Beo4 is dead, long live the Beo4!
I fully agree. BR1 display into a BEO4 will be the best choice with low development cost!
BR1 is not to bad but I prefer BEO4 !
Continuous press into arrows on BR1 sent always the same REPEAT code. Unfortunately Lintronic manage BR1 by the same way. All long press on arrow key will give you the same command. 😭
I always enjoy the way the Beo4 feels in the hand, it's a satisfying weight and not too wide, with nice button pushes. Although doing certain things with it was kind of a byzantinely complex thing at times, you could do a lot with it. To me, a backlit version that had a stand for recharging it would have been a more useful thing than the Beo5/6.
Kind of the end of the old era I guess, sadly in many ways. I have wound up with 3 Beo5s and none of them work, or ever did, while my Beo4s soldier on. Also really loved the power of the transmitter, no having to precisely point it at the system and hope it sees the commands.
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