"Tech branding", bleagh.  If it *sounded* like a Meridian speaker I'd care.  My Magnavox TV (Funai) and General Electric dishwasher (Haier) just piped up and they both agree!  We'll see what the B&O dashboard speaker in the so-called "Mustang" Mach-E says when I talk to it...

Re (3)#1, LG's website doesn't mention protocol or frequencies, and I'm too lazy to look up the FCC filing.  Huge waste if they weren't the same as the sub's.  Re (3)#2, better than half-price there: included!  In return for the pain LG's remote brings to your eyes & your fingertips.   "Ugly" comes from (of course) Old Norse -- "uggligr", meaning "to be dreaded"!  But it works overall just as integrated with the TV, the speaker, and cable boxes, maybe even more so than B&O's remote requiring a downloaded app for the TV (when & if available).

Philistine that I am: I just read the Cliff's Notes for George Bernard Shaw's "Major Barbara" but still don't understand the Andrew Undershaft reference!  And I wonder, if B&O "flexed its muscle", wouldn't it just make a mess on the dashboard?

trackbeo wrote:

"Tech branding", bleagh.  If it *sounded* like a Meridian speaker I'd care.  My Magnavox TV (Funai) and General Electric dishwasher (Haier) just piped up and they both agree!  We'll see what the B&O dashboard speaker in the so-called "Mustang" Mach-E says when I talk to it...

Re (3)#1, LG's website doesn't mention protocol or frequencies, and I'm too lazy to look up the FCC filing.  Huge waste if they weren't the same as the sub's.  Re (3)#2, better than half-price there: included!  In return for the pain LG's remote brings to your eyes & your fingertips.   "Ugly" comes from (of course) Old Norse -- "uggligr", meaning "to be dreaded"!  But it works overall just as integrated with the TV, the speaker, and cable boxes, maybe even more so than B&O's remote requiring a downloaded app for the TV (when & if available).

Philistine that I am: I just read the Cliff's Notes for George Bernard Shaw's "Major Barbara" but still don't understand the Andrew Undershaft reference!  And I wonder, if B&O "flexed its muscle", wouldn't it just make a mess on the dashboard?

Undershaft proclaimed that it was legitimate to sell arms to anyone with the money. Major Barbara is a great movie but better play. 

poodleboy wrote:

trackbeo wrote:

Took 'em a while, but finally LG is selling their GX-matching soundbar.  You might argue about its "design language" (kangaroo pouch) versus the Stage, but I like it: identical width, matching edge profile & vertical close-mount giving an integrated look.  65" only, wallmount only (but that's the point of a GX).  Comes with a separate "wireless" "sub"woofer -- required, obviously, with that slim a box.  Haven't heard it myself since it's brand-new, but presumably it has a less-spacious sound than the Stage because it's a basic L/C/R speaker and the crossover to the woofer is going to be pretty high.  But to make up for that, it supports a true rear speaker pair; not clear if the wireless is built-in like the woofer or requiring their transmitter box.  From: https://www.lg.com/us/home-audio/lg-gx-sound-bar : 

This should go well. 

1. It is Meridian tech branding. 

2. It is 1/2 the price 

3. It has a separate sub (yuck) and WISA/Bluetooth for rear speakers?

3. It doesn't work with the BeoRemote. 

Weird that LG markets 2 "luxury" brands for their TV audio, plus their own. A bit like Andrew Undershaft.

Wonder if B&O has flexed its muscle over this? 

 

I am not sure there's enough Viagra in the world for B&O to flex it's "muscle" these days.

I like the looks of the LG bar, and if it supports a sub and surrounds...that's very cool.

As Uri Orlov said in "Lord Of War: "There are over 550 million firearms in worldwide circulation. That's one firearm for every twelve people on the planet. The only question is: How do we arm the other 11?"

I think LG will find out, arms dealers never go broke, and neither will they.

The Meridian branding is worth as much as B&O branding in HP Laptops..... Nothing

If I were B&O and would not care at all about this soundbar,

There is nothing special about it compared to the 100 other models from other brands.

The Stage just won the soundbar of the year in T3, and in my opinion the design, and craftmanship is much better than any other on the market.

But remember these are merely soundbars, not even B&O can get much sound out of a small box.

trackbeo wrote:

Took 'em a while, but finally LG is...

Well, they still haven't delivered the much-touted firmware upgrade to allow us to use the BeoRemote yet. Incredible.

Emil Jensen wrote:

The Stage just won the soundbar of the year in T3, and in my opinion the design, and craftmanship is much better than any other on the market.

I just wish it would work 100%. The occasional pauses appear to have been sorted out since the latest 2.0 Stage software upgrade, but the soundbar still (and very often) doesn't turn on with the TV. You have to turn the TV on and off again to get the Stage to turn on. This is very frustrating.

I know everything has slowed down at the moment - but is there any movement on the software upgrade of the TV GX/CX software to work with the Stage yet ?

Be interested to know when its available - then I might flick my CX 55 over to be controlled from a B&O remote (not a fan of the LG magic controller).

Mikipidia wrote:

Turn quick start off in the panel! It’s an lg thing where it doesn’t fully initialise all outputs when it’s in the sort of sleep state. C9 is fully functional but i suspect it’s because of the app overriding some of the LG things.

It's not an LG issue, it's the Stage. Since the Stage 2.0 software update it's completely fine now! Never had the issue at all, plus the intermittent pauses you'd hear in movies has gone, too!

ToeKneeAus wrote:

I know everything has slowed down at the moment - but is there any movement on the software upgrade of the TV GX/CX software to work with the Stage yet ?

No, nothing. I asked my dealer for an update and he replied:

"RE software update – it’s annoying, also effects our Harmony sales as we can’t utilise the GX without doing a rogue update, which we don’t advise."

As for things slowing down, this shouldn't affect software development as developer's can and do work from home, plus the support is already built in to the C9, so it really can't be that hard to add this support to the CX/GX!