Hiort, your room never fails to impress me. I love it!

These BV11's look incredible! Works of art!

Does anyone have a photo of the matte finish BeoRemote One?

lundmark wrote:

Does anyone have a photo of the matte finish BeoRemote One?

I could easily vote that for the most beautiful remote control ever made. Not quite sure about best ever though, when I briefly used one I would've hoped for more tactile separation between the keys. Learnable, I guess.

I am considering replacing my old  B&O TV with a Beovision 11-40. Could you provide any insights regarding the following questions:

1) My dealer is saying that a BV11 cannot be delivered with a Beoremote One because it only comes with the new Avant, and I would have to buy a Beo4 However, some posts in this thread suggest that people got their BV11 with a Beoremote One. Is there still a way to order a Beoremote One?

2) I have some old B&O equipment, such as BeocordV8000, hooked on my old TV. I understand that BV11 has limited integration capabilities, e.g. lack of Masterlink and Scart connections. If I connect my BeocordV8000 to the BV11 via SCART-HDMI adapter, will I be able to control it through the TV with the Beo4?

Thanks in advance!

fredpert wrote:

I see that you have a Mac Mini, I aslo have one and am wondering what would be the best setup to listen to my music and wtch streaming movies. Is your Mac directly connected to your BV with an HDMI cable? Do you use the BV homemedia platform or an Apple TV? 

Yes, the Mac Mini is connected directly with a HDMI cable to BV11. Both sound and picture go through the same cable. I am using Mac Mini both as a living-room computer (for browsing etc.) and as a PLEX media server. Wireless Apple Keyboard and Trackpad are handy for living-room use, the Mac Mini is actually hidden in a cabinet.

I also have an Apple TV connected to the BV11 – I use it to rent movies from iTunes and as a PLEX media player, streaming movies wirelessly from hard drives. I could remove PLEX from the setup and use a DLNA server to stream movies directly to BV11's built-in media player. For that, a computer would not be needed – instead a Synology Server (or similar) alone could be the source. The PLEX / Mac Mini configuration is simply a choice of habit for me.

I have also used iPad (and iPhone) to stream photos and movies directly to the BV11's media player. It works beautifully in Full HD without Apple TV, so Airplay is not necessary, just a DLNA App on the iDevice or Android device.

So as you can see, there are really lots of options to play movies, photos & music on the BeoVision – it comes down to personal choice of what kind of media setup is most convenient 🙂  

lundmark wrote:

Does anyone have a photo of the matte finish BeoRemote One?

The matte version is actually called Silk version by B&O. The finish does not show fingerprints or any signs of use and it feels really great, in my opinion better than Beo4. Here's another shot:

beodim wrote:

I am considering replacing my old  B&O TV with a Beovision 11-40. Could you provide any insights regarding the following questions:

1) My dealer is saying that a BV11 cannot be delivered with a Beoremote One because it only comes with the new Avant, and I would have to buy a Beo4 However, some posts in this thread suggest that people got their BV11 with a Beoremote One. Is there still a way to order a Beoremote One?

2) I have some old B&O equipment, such as BeocordV8000, hooked on my old TV. I understand that BV11 has limited integration capabilities, e.g. lack of Masterlink and Scart connections. If I connect my BeocordV8000 to the BV11 via SCART-HDMI adapter, will I be able to control it through the TV with the Beo4?

Thanks in advance!

1) This has been an issue of some debate and different sorts of information here on BeoWorld. The official (?) word seems to be that BeoRemote One will be available as a separate item sometime in February/March. Yet some dealers in the world have been able to sell even the Silk version of BeoRemote One without an Avant, albeit on rare occasions. So it's obviously hard to get now, but will (hopefully) be a stock item later in the Spring. I am happy to say I got it, and that it works perfectly with BV11, including the "My Buttons".

2) Unfortunately I have no experience with legacy B&O products together with BV11, but I am sure somebody here will be able to answer this one 🙂 

Hi Beodim,

I confirm that I just ordered my BV11 and could easily ask my retailer for a Beo Remote One instead of the classic Beo4 without additionnal cost.

From what I understood, he even told me that starting this year (2015) Happy New Year by the way ;) all BV will be delivered with the BR One and you can choose either the polished or the silk finish.

Hope this helps

Thanks KMA and Happy New Year!

As you said, it's great to see that there is a lot of options It makes me think I did the right choice going for Bang & Olufsen! I might ask you for more advices when I will have my BV installed ;)

Talk to you soon