BV14 and Beovision Horizon - any feedback?

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To my knowledge no, TPVision provides HW and essentials, but custom BNO part is done in India. 

Sneak wrote:

That's what you get when you move your development to India - clear example with new BVs and Moment.

There is no 'development' in India.

B&O used (probably no more) software engineers in India to write the codes after the 'job' was done in Struer.

That is a time consuming task and was probably cheaper done in India.

MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

Millemissen wrote:

There is no 'development' in India.

B&O used (probably no more) software engineers in India to write the codes after the 'job' was done in Struer.

That is a time consuming task and was probably cheaper done in India.

No matter where the software is developed, it remains the responsibility of the B&O Project Manager and their Quality Assurance team to ensure the software meets minimum standards and is "Fit for Purpose"

All software will have bugs, BUT all the basic functions and usability must be "Fit for Purpose" which clearly the previous and this update are not. 

Location: Hampshire, England

Do we know yet how the backlight works on the new models? Is it just a one - global zone backlight on the new Avant 55? 

isn't it the same panel as the BV14-55? i.e. back lit with global dimming?

much as i wasnt wowed by the PQ initially, things have definitely got better with the update.......still stability issues, which have been well documented.....

Keith Saunders wrote:

Millemissen wrote:

There is no 'development' in India.

B&O used (probably no more) software engineers in India to write the codes after the 'job' was done in Struer.

That is a time consuming task and was probably cheaper done in India.

 

No matter where the software is developed, it remains the responsibility of the B&O Project Manager and their Quality Assurance team to ensure the software meets minimum standards and is "Fit for Purpose"

All software will have bugs, BUT all the basic functions and usability must be "Fit for Purpose" which clearly the previous and this update are not. 

You are quite right, of cource!

My post was just to state, that these things aren't 'developed' somewhere in the wild - but in Struer.

As I have understood it, there has been a change there - more of the SW-coding is now done in DK/Struer.

It is much easier to handle the 'problems', then.

I would not expect wonders yet, though - they have plenty of 'quality problems' to deal with for time being.

MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

There's no point in arguing about something you don't know. BNO uses outsourcing, some of the components are done in Struer, some major parts in India.

Sneak wrote:

There's no point in arguing about something you don't know. BNO uses outsourcing, some of the components are done in Struer, some major parts in India.

Bottom line.. the Quality Controle & Testing well below B&O's standards

My B&O Icons:

BeoCenter-9500.png BeoCenter-9500.png
Beoremote-Beo4.png Beoremote-Beo4.png
Beovision-11.png Beovision-11.png
Beosound.png Beosound.png
Beosound-Essence.png Beosound-Essence.png
Beosound-Emerge.png Beosound-Emerge.png
Beosound-Balance.png Beosound-Balance.png
Beoremote-One.png Beoremote-One.png
Beoplay-S3.png Beoplay-S3.png
Beoplay-M3.png Beoplay-M3.png
Beoplay-H9i.png Beoplay-H9i.png
Beoplay-Earset.png Beoplay-Earset.png
Beoplay-E8.png Beoplay-E8.png
Beoplay-A1.png Beoplay-A1.png

If the software was developed in India it would most probably work a lot better seeing as that is the global hotspot for talented programmers.

Actually, programmers there may be talented but nevertheless it often appears that the outsourcing does not work and not only B&O is an example. Maybe, communication is an issue somehow.

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