No I did not... I thought about getting some alu profiles cut to length and make a frame, but since I changed to a pioneer kuro, the display is now in the kids room (for the Wii), BS2 sold, I will not follow this idea.

But there should be some pics online (beoworld?) on how to remove the frame, breezel etc....

Ralf

To me, the issue is not mean dealers destroying B&O.  It is completely understandable that some people would try to rebuild and/or refine their products, but I cannot imagine any respectable brand knowingly participating in projects that undermine it.  

The scenario of being a "good dealer" and selling those parts, getting a lot of recognition as a "good dealer" on BeoWorld, and getting to explain that to B&O, is just not that appealling.  Sort of like a Porsche store selling 911 body kits to put on VW frames. (OK, you probably have to be (way) over 40 to recall that.  Sorry).  Why not just buy a used product that is appropriate?  Then you don't have to paint an asterisk on the wall beside your "Franken-Olufsen" product.         

look the only reason i want to do this is that i have a B&O sound sytem that im happy with and i love the look of the new BV4 - 65.

here in Aus we pay alot more for our products because of import fees and high taxs .

for me to buy a BV4 - 65' with a beosystem 3 will set me back $45,000 AUD thats like $48,000 USD.

i got the panasonic plasma for $1500 on ebay and $800 for the Beosytem 2.

I want to spend $2000 more to give it that B&O look.

the guy who gave me the price on the frame did not know that i wanted the frame to go on a panasonic plasma.

i told him that i want to change the colour of my BV4 65.

i am going to give it a go and i will post photo's up when i am done.

im not going to sell it to try and make a profit and rip someone off.

its just for me and my house .

Even if you're not embarrassed to ask about this, I'm embarrassed for you. Liking the look of something is not nearly adequate justification to try and fake it. Would you wear a fake Rolex because you like the look? Carry a picture of a woman you've never met and refer to her as your girlfriend because you like the look?

I repeat: enjoy your Panasonic. A Panasonic is what you can afford, a Panasonic is what you bought. It's not a bad TV, don't get a complex over it. Buy a second hand B&O screen when you can. Until then, a Beo 5 or Beo 6 can be programmed to issue commands to the TV directly or as part of a macro which should make the integration easier.

As far as I know the aluminium frame can only be ordered at Bang & Olufsen if you return the old one, or this must have changed.

TripEnglish wrote:

Even if you're not embarrassed to ask about this, I'm embarrassed for you. Liking the look of something is not nearly adequate justification to try and fake it. Would you wear a fake Rolex because you like the look? Carry a picture of a woman you've never met and refer to her as your girlfriend because you like the look?

I am not a native speakers, but I think this is being rude...
I understand the OP's effort - if you cannot afford, why NOT try to get original parts (!) to make it AT LEAST look like the display you desire?
He does not try to create something fake to take advantage of some other person etc. (I suppose most fake rolex are used to impress others...)

Ralf

PS: The "picture of a woman" part is just not the right "picture".

Time for me to chime in my two pence worth here, for what it's worth..

Okay. In principle, do i agree with putting a B&O frame on a Panasonic panel?    Well, no - it doesn't sit comfortably with me..

That said, there's a company who's been fitting B&O frames to Panasonic panels for a number of years now?  I think they are based in Denmark somewhere, possibly Struer.

Irony aside - and looking at it from B&O's perspective, the OP isn't defrauding anyone apart from himself!  It's his TV, he'd never buy a B&O 65" panel anyway - and B&O have made profit from the sale of a 65" surround and some spare parts.  The problem would only occur if he sold it on as a B&O product - which would then be fraudulent and frankly wrong on all levels.  

So - morally a grey area and technically just as grey.. which is why i didn't lock or pull the thread.

Lee

Go on with your project. As long as you don't sell it as a real BV4-65 but only keep it for yourself it's completely OK for me.

There are many who rebuild their cars to look like a Porsche or Ferrari, so why not a BV4? It must be much more simple.

There have been other projects here about making your own B&O (remember the wooden BeoVox 3?) and also some "fake" BeoVisions. Me and many more like these projects. Give us pictures!

exactly!!  while it is a rather grey area..... ( I don't think anyone is going to really want to buy a used Banasonic panel when he's ready to sell it assuming he doesn't run it dead) you can not fault the guy for wanting to modify his own screen to whatever he wants...... take this one for example 

Hi there,

Good luck with your project! I also used a Beovision 5 frame with a LG 42 inch Plasma panel in the past.

Now I have a 100%  original Beovision 4-50.