I'm sure that everyone here can speculate, and some have in the recent past about a 4K update of some kind to the V1 (which has been discontinued).

Generally speaking, though, B&O keeps major designs in their collections for a LONG time, here's a rough rundown of some of their modern televisions:

Beovision Avant (David Lewis design) (1994-2005)

Beovision 4 (2004-2013)

Beovision 5 (2003-2006)

Beovision 7 (2004-2013)

Beovision 8 (2008-2011)

Beovision 9 (2007-2010)

Beovision 10 (2010-2013)

Beovision 11 (2012-present)

While I don't want to speculate, I'd say that the Beovision 11 design (to me, a classic ) is iconic enough to last a while, and from a manufacturing perspective, the interior should be able to be upgraded relatively easily for better screens, or beosystem processor. sort of hoping that in the future, this "chassis" upgrade can be something owners can order and have done to their televisions in their homes.

Having said that, the Beovision 11 is already on the fourth chassis design in the past three years. 

If you like the BV11 just go for it! It's a classic design. Like all technology it will always be out of date. My wife once worked in a radio and TV department and they considered  that  TV's and PC's sold today were superseded within 6 weeks.

My own BV11 (on a motorised hinge) is a superb TV and I have no concerns about it being outdated.

Graham

Tech wise BV11 is truly out of date - it desperately needs that 4K screen plus once you've seen OLED, the LCD next to it looks rather washed out. So maybe we'll see a new 4K BV11 replacement - it depends I guess on B&O's financial health.

Design wise, it's pure Marc Rothko which means that design can and probably will continue for the rest of BANG&OLUFSEN's days. Basically that design will last until holographic TV is with us (and I guess that's a long way away :)

Paul W wrote:

Tech wise BV11 is truly out of date - it desperately needs that 4K screen plus once you've seen OLED, the LCD next to it looks rather washed out. So maybe we'll see a new 4K BV11 replacement - it depends I guess on B&O's financial health.

Design wise, it's pure Marc Rothko which means that design can and probably will continue for the rest of BANG&OLUFSEN's days. Basically that design will last until holographic TV is with us (and I guess that's a long way away :)

But this thread suggests that OLED has a brightness problem! /forum/general-discussion-and-questions/oled-developments

There is a B&O large holographic display that frequently appears on eBay... I don't know whether it is just one that doesn't sell or whether there are several of them. Would there be any pleasure in watching a semi- transparent floating image?

Graham

I keep seeing that 'holographic' TV on eBay too.  It must be like watching something through a net curtain!  Constantly being able to see what's behind it would be awful.  For some communication devices I could see that it could be useful but not for enjoying films or TV.

All of these new technologies seem to become outdated really quickly - even 4K is now becoming an old and redundant idea and that's even before we have a lot of 4K content!  LED has problems, OLED has problems, Plasma has problems, LCD has problems.  There are always issues with these things that develop over time.

I saw a BV11 for the first time a few weeks ago in a B&O dealer and thought it was a great looking TV with a good picture.  If you like one, go ahead and buy one.  Yes, there may be a better solution next week but we just don't know yet.  Who knows what may come next and how accessible it is, the longevity of the tech or how affordable it will be?

I'm still thrilled with my BV7_55 especially with the new ATV4 which has really improved the picture quality somehow.

Dave. 

vikinger wrote:

Would there be any pleasure in watching a semi- transparent floating image?

Graham

If it is the new technology and it gets hyped (from the tech press), people will buy it - pleasure or not!

MM

Millemissen wrote:

vikinger wrote:

Would there be any pleasure in watching a semi- transparent floating image?

Graham

If it is the new technology and it gets hyped (from the tech press), people will buy it - pleasure or not!

MM

So true and at the same time, so sad!

Dave.

Paul W wrote:

....So maybe we'll see a new 4K BV11 replacement - it depends I guess on B&O's financial health.

I am not so sure about that anymore!

If it was that easy, it would already have been there, I am sure.

We more likely will see 'another kind of solution' in near future, when it comes to B&O and tv.

They have been talking quite openly of a 'cooperation' with another manufacturer for coming BV's.

Whatever that may mean???

Thinking of future tv's is not just a matter of using OLED displays or not, it is about implementing features

like HDR, WCG etc - for which there even isn't one standart yet, or a way to support multiple standarts of.

Tv business are dangerous waters for a small boat like B&O.

MM

My understanding from a dealer discussion is that there will be a new TV launch 'soon' or at least during early next year.  No idea of size etc but believe it will be 'more affordable'.  The features implementation will be key as MM says I think.  The screen and quality thereof are becoming much of a muchness these days but the installed features and connectivity of external devices will be key to the desirability of the sets.

Dave.