Image processing in the sound centre? I'm sceptical as well, especially if B&O have effectively closed that video department. Some basic pass through or input signal recognition or switching does not constitute image processing....As for GUI improvements, that would be most welcome - though I suspect will be relatively minor.
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Image processing in the sound centre? I'm sceptical as well, especially if B&O have effectively closed that video department. Some basic pass through or input signal recognition or switching does not constitute image processing....
As for GUI improvements, that would be most welcome - though I suspect will be relatively minor.
Possibly menu overlays etc.? I have no real idea.
Picked up the following intel:
- B&O will come with GUI improvements.
- Electronic curtain will come 🙂
- The soundbar include image processing for the sources that are connected through the soundbar connections. So there are
Well.. if this turns out to be true, I will come back to Eclipse camp. How much faith can we put in the Intel ? and any perspective on the timing ? Reason is that I am actively in the market for OLED Tv and was about to defect to Loewe side but if B&O turnaround on these things is a bit near future (6 month), I can wait and then buy Eclipse.
Sincerely appreciate any further details.
Any greedy seller would say this to sell more items. B&O has promised multi room on android and other features that hasn't worked out either. Right?And agreed, switching sources does not mean image processing to me either. rather just forwarding a source without any modifications whatsoever: a feature any cheap 50 usd switch can do too.Well.. if this turns out to be true, I will come back to Eclipse camp. How much faith can we put in the Intel ? and any perspective on the timing ? Reason is that I am actively in the market for OLED Tv and was about to defect to Loewe side but if B&O turnaround on these things is a bit near future (6 month), I can wait and then buy Eclipse. Sincerely appreciate any further details.
I suppose they could use the developers at LG to do the coding as opposed (outsourced) to their own department. That would still give the same result.
Even without seeing it, I couldn’t see how I could go from $4,850AU to $22,000AU for what’s effectively a very good sound bar on a fudged up LG panel. We have a BV11 55 and LG65 curved LCD in the house already and I decided just to pick up a basic LGC7 65 OLED (no need for E7, G7), plug it into the Essence using the headphone line in and run the audio through the Beolab9. It’s perfect. The acoustic lens are more than adequate for the ‘centre channel’ voices. The only thing missing is surround, but frankly, if I crank up the 9’s it doesn’t leave much wanting. I suspect that I will switch over to the Core Hub for an optical output from the TV when it’s available.
The LG OS on the C7 is much better than our 2 year old curved 65” 4K and the OLED image is much, much better than even the HDBV11 which frankly beat the 4KLG curved for image quality hands down. With the Essence I can access Spotify without interacting with the TV, which when it was on the BV11 was a pretty clunky affair if we are to be honest.
I wasn’t convinced my partner was going to appreciate the benefits and cost of going to the LGC7 so soon after the 4KLCD, but he seems very pleased with the benefits. I was hanging out for the Eclipse, and if it was 2-3 times the price, I might have gone there, but 4.5x for a B&O sound bar and dodgy interface, I am afraid not. At least the savings might help me justify the Lab50s more easily :-)
Thanks for your story. I'm considering options like these too. I also have BeoLab 9 as fronts and they do a good job. I have an Avant 55 and it works very good with all the speakers and speaker groups. It's extra fun to be able to juggle around speaker formations in software with a click and a stand that quickly swivels out to my favorite eames chair or kitchen, or couch. I would probably miss that. But then again not super necessary features. And I should spend more time at the gym than in front of my tv haha :).Even without seeing it, I couldn’t see how I could go from $4,850AU to $22,000AU for what’s effectively a very good sound bar on a fudged up LG panel. We have a BV11 55 and LG65 curved LCD in the house already and I decided just to pick up a basic LGC7 65 OLED (no need for E7, G7), plug it into the Essence using the headphone line in and run the audio through the Beolab9. It’s perfect. The acoustic lens are more than adequate for the ‘centre channel’ voices. The only thing missing is surround, but frankly, if I crank up the 9’s it doesn’t leave much wanting. I suspect that I will switch over to the Core Hub for an optical output from the TV when it’s available. The LG OS on the C7 is much better than our 2 year old curved 65” 4K and the OLED image is much, much better than even the HDBV11 which frankly beat the 4KLG curved for image quality hands down. With the Essence I can access Spotify without interacting with the TV, which when it was on the BV11 was a pretty clunky affair if we are to be honest. I wasn’t convinced my partner was going to appreciate the benefits and cost of going to the LGC7 so soon after the 4KLCD, but he seems very pleased with the benefits. I was hanging out for the Eclipse, and if it was 2-3 times the price, I might have gone there, but 4.5x for a B&O sound bar and dodgy interface, I am afraid not. At least the savings might help me justify the Lab50s more easily :-)
Picked up the following intel:
- B&O will come with GUI improvements.
- Electronic curtain will come 🙂
- The soundbar include image processing for the sources that are connected through the soundbar connections. So there are
Well.. if this turns out to be true, I will come back to Eclipse camp. How much faith can we put in the Intel ?
This thread has honestly lost the plot. It's like someone is coming here with #fakenews to encourage people there's a better Eclipse future than we realised.
One minute we're discussing that B&O has dropped their image processing department. Now we're saying they are adding image processing....to the sound centre?
This thread has honestly lost the plot. It's like someone is coming here with #fakenews to encourage people there's a better Eclipse future than we realised.
One minute we're discussing that B&O has dropped their image processing department. Now we're saying they are adding image processing....to the sound centre?
@Moxxey ....100% in agreement with you. I also feel that person who posted about the "Intel" is way off from the reality. There are rumors and then there is Fake news.
I am also not holding my breath on any major changes to Eclipse. BTW, My dealer just confirmed that he is not aware of anything more happening to Eclipse whatsoever....
Picked up the following intel:
- B&O will come with GUI improvements.
- Electronic curtain will come 🙂
- The soundbar include image processing for the sources that are connected through the soundbar connections. So there are
Well.. if this turns out to be true, I will come back to Eclipse camp. How much faith can we put in the Intel ?
This thread has honestly lost the plot. It's like someone is coming here with #fakenews to encourage people there's a better Eclipse future than we realised.
One minute we're discussing that B&O has dropped their image processing department. Now we're saying they are adding image processing....to the sound centre?
Exactly...how on earth can you do image processing NOT at the display level?
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