It has been suggested to them to make a premium portable player like Oppo, Sony, Pioneer and others do.

Not quite sure its a big enough market - others may have different views, and it would be a nice product in the portfolio for B&O i guess.

I'd still like a more fully featured and modern Moment like device, there are some cool things you can do with it.

But they won't - the Moment wasn't EOL'd for component reasons. Pretty sure Lyle made this point on the forum, pointing towards broader consumer preferences for using phones / tablets etc.

Unless they go all in on building strong software, and their own front ends, i suspect the future for controlling B&O devices is voice (using Alexa, GA, Siri) supplemented by the app if required. Its what i have been told is the strategic direction.

Which leaves the company making a bunch of audio products that can be used together, or mix and matched with other brands and controlled via a 3rd party voice protocol, or the app itself. 

I dont mind that outcome actually - as long as a TV can be integrated into that speaker ecosystem. 

Its not my preferred outcome, as i like the ways things work now (remotes are quick) - but i accept its the way the industry is moving.

Well MM, what you postulate, a speaker maker primarily, wouldn't be a bad conclusion, albeit not exactly what we might like truth be told, but a solid technical approach and business case could be made for it. However, making that decision, preferably before wasting time, money, and reputation with what they have been doing would have taken a manager with true courage and deep insights. The try and keep both feet in different markets that are going in different directions because you're either too afraid to change or because you've drunk your own bathwater and are fully in Candide mode, "all is for the best, in this, the best of all possible worlds," is a disaster.

Puncher wrote:

I have a genuine question - with the exception of the new plastic back, just how "stock" is the C7 TV used for the Eclipse?

For example - are B&O menus added as an overlay to the hmdi arc stream within the Soundcentre or are they in the TV firmware?

Someone mentioned the other day that they can connect to the Eclipse using the LG phone app - are any of the missing features or updates available when accessed by app rather than B&O remote?

I ask because I want to know what eclipse functionality can actually still be achieved with a new sound centre design for use with a generic (or selected from a limited range) of 3rd party, off the shelf tv's using HDMI arc. etc

Ban boring signatures!

Fidse wrote:

got shot down a couple of months ago, when i posted my thoughts about B&O’s tv future heading in a direction where a Soundcentre connected to any LG OLED via HDMI.

 

Seems the winds have changed😕

Exactly what I said in this very thred on 30th Aug 2017 - and I've been slated for being negative ever since!😂

@Fidse

Did you do the final test then?

Connecting your bedroom C7 to the Sound Center?

And how was the result?

MM

Millemissen wrote:

@Fidse

Did you do the final test then?

Connecting your bedroom C7 to the Sound Center?

And how was the result?

MM

There is a tv - and there is a BV.

Hello Everyone,

I've been following this thread for almost a year and i'm finally replacing my BV7-40 for an Eclipse 55.

I remember reading that some of you war experiencing issues with the Playstation pro  and the Dolby Vision with Apple Tv 4K. 

He's it solve by now ? 

Also someone recommended the Belkin fast speed HDMI cable , is it still the one to buy.

I apologize but even with the keywords search i couldn't find the answer.

Thanks in advance.

An Eclipse made after medio February is sorted out wrt 4K 50-60 Hz.

Any high quality / speed HDMI cable should work fine - check out this

Thanks a Lot Roger 👍