Can it be right the man looks more on the couch than on the Horizon.  😕

Do you know which smart TV platform the BV Horizon will get : Android TV (Philips, Sony, Sharp,...), Firefox TV (Panasonic), Tizen TV (Samsung) or WebOS (LG) ?

I think it's android.

The future is looking interesting 

Do you think so Aussie Michael

Today, as little as 10.000dkk will buy you a flat screen with an outstanding picture quality.
So what do you get, if you put down the significant amount of extra cash, to bag the Avant
55? A sound processor, a PUC system and,- an immaculate remote control.

However, since the days of BV7-55,- 75% of the parts, functionality and the Danish
manufacturing, have been cut, in an effort to make the company profitable. Unfortunately, it
dint even really work, since most of the stores, are now long gone. The the ones left are left
without customers, since its properly a lot more appealing getting an up to date 6000kkr
surround receiver, for a cheap flat screen.

Not only a much cheaper combo, but with the benefit of getting an abundance of connections,
options and the latest and greatest in sound processing and decoding. The prestige that carried
the B&O brand, has been transformed into: " You have to be joking! I am NOT paying that
amount of money for a B&O TV!"

Peter Pan wrote:

. So what do you get, if you put down the significant amount of extra cash, to bag the Avant 55? A sound processor, a PUC system and,- an immaculate remote control.

Hi PP

Yes in terms of products i think.  Although it would be lovely to see Danish manufacturing, its a sad tale that if the price was competitive then it would have remained.  

How i looked at the cost of the Avant, was if i bought a high end screen of another brand, then had to buy a separate stand for that, then added in an AV receiver, and then had to add in another remote control and then, the price is not much different.  To buy a cabinet to put another TV on is expensive too.  And then there is the ease of use and the design language, and that's what sold me on the Avant.

So to have a similar prospect, and talk of the BV14, the Horizon, the new BeoSound system and another BL akin to the 90, i think the future is looking good.

I am thinking of a new BV and a pair of 20s, but there are a few "it depends" on.  

I have had the "cheaper" combo and for all the Bose, and other products i have bought, i  could have had a BV from the start and be done with it.  

Why many of the stores are no longer around is perhaps a different issue, but there is a disconnect between the feelings the customers have to return to the stores, and its not the look and feel, although they are important, it's how you feel as a customer and if you're looked after, then the purchasing decision is easy. 

I am a big fan of your posts and really appreciate how you take the time to put together solutions for multiple equipment - cant wait to see how these look in a new BV scenario.

Med venlig hilsen,

@Beogreg

The Avant speakers are good and the design is magic, like it would be expected from a B&O product!

But they are by no means extraordinary... especially compared to what really was extraordinary : The BL7 range of TV speakers.

A single BL7-4 boosts more power than the entire AVANT system...combined!

Ironically,  by integrating speakers into the TV, B&O more or less lost the option of bundling products, from the only remaining segment with a decent offering,- the active speakers...  

A clever move would have been releasing the AVANT as a monitor only. A package deal with a pair of BL18 would properly have been VERY attractive!

Any idea when the new Avant is available? I ordered one several weeks ago and is delayed awaiting the launch of the new model. The local dealership is very tight lipped, that is if I can get to speak to him! I've been given no indication of likely delivery time, which is pretty poor to be honest. My first experience of B&O and I expected better. 

BEOVOX141 wrote:

@Beogreg

The Avant speakers are good and the design is magic, like it would be expected from a B&O product!

But they are by no means extraordinary... especially compared to what really was extraordinary : The BL7 range of TV speakers.

A single BL7-4 boosts more power than the entire AVANT system...combined!

Ironically, by integrating speakers into the TV, B&O more or less lost the option of bundling products, from the only remaining segment with a decent offering,- the active speakers...

A clever move would have been releasing the AVANT as a monitor only. A package deal with a pair of BL18 would properly have been VERY attractive!