I went to see the new Eclipse and unless you're an avid movie fan and have a very keen eye i'm not sure the average person off the high street will notice a difference. To me the best picture quality is still the BV12NG with the deep vibrant colours. I would concentrate on the little things that make a TV a Beovision:A solid remote control with tactility, cool to touch. A blow your socks of speaker system. Seamless integration with Beolabs.Integration with other B&O products. Antireflective coating made from B&O's special sauce. Clean, easy on the eye GUI. B&O's electronic curtain. B&O picture optimisation engine that trumps the usual processing giving a more natural image. I'm not convinced that the Eclipse has these and from the TVs I've seen recently it seems as if B&O can no longer spend money on the above, but instead bolting on their speakers to LG TVs costing a third on the high street.
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seethroughyou knocked the nail on the head.
If you want to tick all these boxes, you will never ever buy a new B&O tv.
However, just imagine how many boxes will stay unticked, if you buy a non-B&O tv.
MM
Location: Flensborg————Danmark
I was informed that this week a new update will be released. Let's hope this will get the Horizon perfect.🙂
Thanks for the info. How does the Horizon compare to the V1-40? Comparable TV's, although the V1 is not produced anymore, but still can be found newish second hand/demo perhaps. Not sure 4K is useful for me, on a 40" screen.
Any news on the expected update?I was informed that this week a new update will be released. Let's hope this will get the Horizon perfect.
Not yet. The dealer was informed by Denmark after a contact about specific issues.
By the way. Shouldn't we be able to connect the Horizon with the B&O app in september as well?
I can remember the same date. However I'm not very optimistic anymore regarding further improvements for the software. I asked B&O about their future plans for the Android TV platform. The answer was not very positive: They have no plans to upgrade the platform version from 5.1.1 to the latest version 7 or at least to version 6. Android TV 6 was mainly a release to improve stability and performance. I have some doubts that it will be possible to fix all issues on 5.1.1.
B&O say that they will keep supporting the Android Beovisions. I certainly hope so. Unfortunately - in the light of recent developments (introduction Eclipse, BV 14 and Avant not produced any longer) - I see no reason to be convinced yet. An update that is promised, but not released yet. Interaction with the Beo Remote App; still used as selling point on the website (even after a year), but does not work yet.....
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