Where does this leave the folks that bought an Avant-NG or BV14?  To think, just as the on these sets are beginning to reach the state that it should have been in on DAY 1 they discontinue them.  It's a disgrace and they should all be ashamed.

it looks like BO attempt with Android TV was a flop. I bought 2 x BV14 in the past 10 months and they seem to work kinda OK, but discontinuation might mean that future software updates and improvements will not be developed. If BO can't maintain and support BV14/Avant NG Android platform they should make it open source.

It does surprise me that they stop producing the BV14 after one year.

It all boils down to economics of scale. If the TVs do not sell enough/slower than predicted then it does not make sense to keep on producing them. Stop production and cut the costs.

But.. as a BV14 customer I hope that they continue to support and update the BV14 software wise. 

Karel.

kuyttendaele wrote:

It does surprise me that they stop producing the BV14 after one year.

The irony is for me, it's still a stunning TV and much more balanced than the Eclipse. Shame there's no BV15 with OLED.

kuyttendaele wrote:

But.. as a BV14 customer I hope that they continue to support and update the BV14 software wise. 

Karel.

 

You are right. I think that if B&O neglects the custommers that bought a TV based on the Androïd-platform, they lose those custommers (to brands as Loewe for instance). I am not sure if B&O is currently in a position to have such an attitude. So I hope they continue to support the Androïd-platform. Keep in mind that the Androïd BV's improved, but are certainly not perfect yet.

Sorry for perhaps a dumb question (I'm still new)...  Does interchangeable panel indicate a customer's individual set would be upgrading to newer standards, or that B&O will iteratively rollout newer revisions of the same model?  If the Eclipse's included sound was good enough to ditch my other audio equipment & the video capabilities upgradable....  But I don't see how that would be possible.

Regarding discontinued products, how has this worked in the past?

• Do dealer & 2nd hand market prices drop?
• Is it safe to assume there would be no new enhancements, but there would be ongoing support for break/fixes?

moxxey wrote:

The irony is for me, it's still a stunning TV and much more balanced than the Eclipse. Shame there's no BV15 with OLED.

I'm hoping they'll do something like a BV14 MK2 and Avant NG MK2 with HDR and continue to fix the software issues (what's happening with that September release anyway?) but I would have thought they'd have said something about it if that were in the pipeline.

andy_js wrote:

I'm hoping they'll do something like a BV14 MK2 and Avant NG MK2 with HDR and continue to fix the software issues (what's happening with that September release anyway?) but I would have thought they'd have said something about it if that were in the pipeline.

You don't know that.  They haven't said why they're stopping production.  It's conceivable that they have stopped production of those sets and starting producing new ones.  That's what they did with the Avant NG.  They just started showing up in dealer's stores.