I too think the Avant is a great design. Two and a half years ago I replaced my sound sound processor, SSP, with a Beosystem 4  and a Transmitter1 with a number of Receiver1s (I was already using B&O speakers). My B&O rep thought I might want to get an Avant instead but I wanted the flexibility of a separate SSP, as I had heard about the new OLEDs coming to market. So I used my old HD CRT tube TV till last month when I bought a Sony A1E. I knew a new B&O OLED TV was being developed but suspecting B&O pricing would be extremely high I went with the Sony. I'm happy with my decision. The Beosystem 4 works quite well with the Sony TV as well as with a new Oppo UDP-203..

pjk561 wrote:

I too think the Avant is a great design. Two and a half years ago I replaced my sound sound processor, SSP, with a Beosystem 4 and a Transmitter1 with a number of Receiver1s (I was already using B&O speakers). My B&O rep thought I might want to get an Avant instead but I wanted the flexibility of a separate SSP, as I had heard about the new OLEDs coming to market. So I used my old HD CRT tube TV till last month when I bought a Sony A1E. I knew a new B&O OLED TV was being developed but suspecting B&O pricing would be extremely high I went with the Sony. I'm happy with my decision. The Beosystem 4 works quite well with the Sony TV as well as with a new Oppo UDP-203..

On August 30th, Bang & Olufsen will be holding a press conference in Berlin.
We are, of course, on the spot again and will visit B&O's stand! - link

Peter Pan wrote:

On August 30th, Bang & Olufsen will be holding a press conference in Berlin.
We are, of course, on the spot again and will visit B&O's stand! - Read here.

That is the worst mockup I've ever seen. Is it supposed to be a joke?

And what's the point of linking to a German-only website?

Etwas volk kann spreche Deutsch.

(please forgive me native speakers)

pjk561 wrote:

I too think the Avant is a great design. Two and a half years ago I replaced my sound sound processor, SSP, with a Beosystem 4 and a Transmitter1 with a number of Receiver1s (I was already using B&O speakers). My B&O rep thought I might want to get an Avant instead but I wanted the flexibility of a separate SSP, as I had heard about the new OLEDs coming to market. So I used my old HD CRT tube TV till last month when I bought a Sony A1E. I knew a new B&O OLED TV was being developed but suspecting B&O pricing would be extremely high I went with the Sony. I'm happy with my decision. The Beosystem 4 works quite well with the Sony TV as well as with a new Oppo UDP-203..

No, the Beosystem 4 is not compatible with 4K but the OPPO UDP-203 has an Audio Out only HDMI port which you can connect  to an HDMI input port on the Beosystem 4 for sound. The OPPO UDP-203 has a separate HDMI output that provides 4K UHD video to the TV. The Beosystem 4 HDMI output is connected to the TV as well. It handles all my other non-4K equipment (OPPO BDP-83 and a DVR) and provides a 1080p output to the TV.

Do you have to use 3 remote's: B&O (beosystem 4), Sony (TV) and Oppo?

I guess only 2 - if the OPPO 203 is PUC'ed, there is no need for the original remote.

Anyway the SONY has to be turned on and the input/OPPO-picture must be choosen.

Do you have a center speaker/BeoLab? 

Does that mean, that you use the SONY as a monitor only, or?

How about the internal apps on the SONY - how do you get sound from those on the BSys4?

MM