I think that if it never leaves his lounge room, then power to him. If he pays for something, he can do as he pleases with it.

If it shows up on ebay as a B&O TV, then the wrong thing has been done and fraud has been committed.

i will never be able to sell it as a fake.

its just a frame !

you look at the back of this thing and you will c a panasonic.

also how can you hate the gold .

its looks se*y and its B&O new colour so embrace it.

folkdeejay wrote:

For one thing - this is a HOBBYIST forum, for people who like the B&O brand ( in all aspects) ...this is NOT the official B&O website -where such draconian, holier-than-thou declarations would be more understandable - not because of any DK hubris, but because it is the "company line" that would (understandably) take priority.

But this is a fan site.  Lee(and others)  have previously re-coloured speakers and shown the mods here.  There are users here who make their own version of Beotimes, people who make their own version of cables, stands and who will "unoficially" use software to programme remotes.

All of which is fine....because that is what fan's do, and this is a fan site.

Well said 'Folky'. This is my first contribution on this discussion and I have enjoyed the energy it has provoked. It has also exposed some of the less desirable character traits and prejudices of some members which has been most illuminating (to me anyway!).

I always enjoy these type of threads. Some bloke who just wants to throw a bit of aluminium around a screen is subjected to a moral bashing by members of the community who are apparently above all others.

In reality, I (and I'm sure B&O) have better things to worry about than  a chap doing this. There are many organisations on a larges scale producing copies of B&O design and selling them for profit.

hilton wrote:

also how can you hate the gold .

its looks se*y and its B&O new colour so embrace it.

 

 

I don't hate it, but it wouldn't be my first choice also.

It's just a matter of taste, and I personally don't like it. No offence.

i have not seen any Gold B&O item up for Auction on ebay yet.

the beolab 8000s look soooo nice in gold.

my pentas and beo 4 did not go as well as i expected.

with my gold kit it look abit bronzie and not the yellow gold that i was after.

i might do a few more layers till it looks solid.

this is how i  did my penta's .

just like this guy in the video

[View:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d22TvyhtV0E]

I have not closed this thread because there are more comments and because I think it raises a number of thoughts.

I think an owner can do whatsoever he likes to a product he has bought. I confess to being the owner of the Beogram 4001 which is a fake - it is a Beogram 6000 which had been left in a damp cellar and was beyond proper cosmetic repair. It has fooled a number of people! I wouldn't sell it as a 4001 though!

I therefore have no problem with the OP doing whatever he likes with his TV. But to try to obtain a B&O frame by deception is not on and to then sell it as a B&O is also not on. He has assured us that he has no plans so to do as far as the latter is concerned.

I have also changed components in B&O products - I have replaced damaged woofers with new drivers not supplied by B&O. That would make them certainly not as B&O intended Would they be saleable?

Peter wrote:

I have not closed this thread because there are more comments and because I think it raises a number of thoughts.

I think an owner can do whatsoever he likes to a product he has bought. I confess to being the owner of the Beogram 4001 which is a fake - it is a Beogram 6000 which had been left in a damp cellar and was beyond proper cosmetic repair. It has fooled a number of people! I wouldn't sell it as a 4001 though!

I therefore have no problem with the OP doing whatever he likes with his TV. But to try to obtain a B&O frame by deception is not on and to then sell it as a B&O is also not on. He has assured us that he has no plans so to do as far as the latter is concerned.

I have also changed components in B&O products - I have replaced damaged woofers with new drivers not supplied by B&O. That would make them certainly not as B&O intended Would they be saleable?

Peter, I'm really surprised that you don't see our point of view on this. Altering a B&O product is one thing. Creating a fake is another. It's absolutely a big bright line and not a grey area. Of course I'd expect people to perform repairs that are outside spec and of course if you have an older piece and can refit it with available cosmetic parts, by all means do so. But the key difference in all the cases you mentioned was that your products were B&O to start with! You didn't outfit an Onkyo into a BeoGram 4002. 

People keep using "modding" as a red herring here when modding is not at all what the discussion is about. If he wants to buy a BeoVision 4 and paint zebra stripes on it he won't hear a peep from me and I doubt he would attract more than a few "whatever makes you happy" type comments, but he's looking to reproduce, as best he can, a gold BeoVision 4. He's backpedalled over the course of the thread, but he has been pretty clear about his intentions.