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I only had time for a quick look but I thought it was OK for a sales pitch. Everthing loaded really quickly on my company XP laptop which only has the standard low-end built in graphics, but I am on the company network of a large ISP!
It's a shame if all the community stuff has gone though.
Simon
Mine would have got a 28kg kick up the backside if they had tried to pull themselves up on the DVD loader!!! 😉
I agree that more time should be spent on the little 'stories' that show just how much thought goes into the products. It's the little details like that which can be told to friends and impress them - it sets B&O apart from the crowd.
Imagine looking at a Sony Bravia casing and saying - well, that used to be 457 milk cartons, 1238 Dustbin bags, and a whopping 12380 empty crisp packets. It's also designed to withstand the weight of 3 layers of dust before toppling forward.. etc etc
Lee
LOL, the other one I found notable, was on the direction of the brushing of the Aluminium on the frame of the BV7. Designers wanted it to be in one direction, but that was not possible, so B&O created a machine to do it (we invested a small fortune...).
Frank
As some has commented: You really need broadband to get a nice experience. Tried at home on my iMac this morning and a 6 MB/s connection. Slow and boring. (Not the quickest of iMacs either)
At work this afternoon at a 100 MB/s connection. Very nice experience.
Have another 90% to experience 😕
/C
Location: Sweden
My B&O Icons:
Actually another 30%. The maximum you can get to on line is 40%.
My B&O Icons:
Are we all using Apple ???
Not yet, but B&O certainly does not make it easy for Apple users like me. B&O insists on using "flash" technology for its sites, for instance, and it is known that "flash" is a deprecated technology in the Apple world and utterly incompatible with iPhone and iPod Touch, for instance.
With regards to the BeoLounge, I spent some additional time with it last night. The good news is that it only froze my internet browser once.
The bad news is that BeoLounge is the new interface for the community! Meaning that if I want to download manuals (as I usually do before acquiring new B&O kit), I must:
1. Greet the store manager
2. Take one step forward
3. Choose a B&O avatar to guide me
4. Bear through her introduction, as she reads the teleprompter
5. Take one step right
6. Finally jump into the manuals area
Net/net, what used to be a 20-second routine to get to a manual is now a 10-minute tortuous process.
Look: let B&O maintain this thing, if they wish. But give me shortcut access to the community features!
Nice idea, not so good implementation. The highlight of the lounge is Grace Summers imho. I am an MCP, I know.
btw.. I learned the expression MCP when I was studying English in London in 1983. I hope it's still in use.
To get the user guides in a faster mode, please try this link: http://www.bang-olufsen.com/page.asp?id=119
Am I to understand that, even if you register, there is no way to bypass all that Barbie & Ken nonsense at the front end everytime you login? - surely even B&O's web designers can't be that lame!
I'm sorry people if I'm coming across a little sceptical here but I'm struggling with the whole concept of this site - If I wanted to find out about products and specs I would expect to find them at the main site, if I wanted to speak to like minded people (OK - maybe not in this case)😁 I would head toward a enthusiast community like this one. The lounge is neither one nor the other and is dressed up like some CBBC adventure game.
Oh btw.............schatzoy, yes you are a MCP😎😂
Am I to understand that, even if you register, there is no way to bypass all that Barbie & Ken nonsense at the front end everytime you login? - surely even B&O's web designers can't be that lame!
In my experience, the salesman is now welcoming me back to the store (so they know I've been there before), but is still asking me to choose a B&O guideperson. This might be a rational programming decision if they did not create any other vehicle for changing from the gal to the guy. But it is a poor choice vis-á-vis consumers.
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Am I to understand that, even if you register, there is no way to bypass all that Barbie & Ken nonsense at the front end everytime you login? - surely even B&O's web designers can't be that lame!
Yes there is, a "Skip Video" button on the right-hand side of the screen. A lifesaver.
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