moxxey wrote:

PhilLondon wrote:

I doubt. B&O is moving away from SD distribution using a coax cable because it looks bad on larger screens.

I got around this with a simple powered HDMI splitter and a PUC. Works a treat. I can simultaneously display the same channel on both the BV11-46 in the sitting room and the BV10-32 in the kitchen, without the delay you had with masterlink. You get a HD picture and both TVs are controllable via the Beo4.

I can also mirror the content from the NAS drive to both TVs and an Apple TV is connected to both.

Job done. Who needs masterlink? :)

I have become quite disenchanted with my RF modulator solution - seemed workable a year or so ago, but something some where has deteriorated and I can't be bothered to track it done.

Your solution seems good enough - what HDMI splitter did you get ?

And I presume the PUC cable is just super long ? (i.e. not amplifier along the way)

Well I think B&O should start looking into making loudspeakers like this. Cheap to built but cheerful to look at.

http://www.avantgarde-acoustic.de/zero1/_en/zero-einfach.html

I believe that form should always correspond with function so as to easily inform. I think the upper range of B&O equipments should be built with more luxurious materials whereas the lesser performing ones should be built with cheaper materials but no less chic. 

PS. I think Avantgarde might have taken my idea for this product. Because I did shoot them an email regarding an idea for the exact same product last November and hey this active loudspeaker is launched in May. ( I just checked my email outbox to confirm this)  

So why would that high-end audio brand take my idea and B&O seems to never respond? 

You don't really mean that, do you 😕

They may sound good, but...

..,if I had to have them at my place, I would certainly hang a curtain in front them - pfui!

And before you stick your nose to high in the sky (sorry moderators, I had to write this), please concider, that the development of a loudspeaker/loudspeakerconcept takes much longer than from 'last november till may this year'.

I doubt that your email had any influence on the Avangarde product - just me 2 cents.

And by the way - let os stick to the theme of the original poster: "New products in the next 6-12 month". He asked for facts, not fiction.

Grrr! Millemissen

wonderfulelectric wrote:

So why would that high-end audio brand take my idea and B&O seems to never respond?

elephant wrote:

Your solution seems good enough - what HDMI splitter did you get ?

Good question. Was recommended by B&O. It's this one: link

elephant wrote:

And I presume the PUC cable is just super long ? (i.e. not amplifier along the way)

Yeah, quite a few metres. I think that was there before, as the TV needs to handle the remote control (as I always had a second Beo4, solely for the old BV8). Now I have a BV10-32 on the wall, where the BV8-26 used to be located) and that simply uses the existing PUC and the hdmi replaces the masterlink.

wow..... just wow....😉

wonderfulelectric wrote:

Well I think B&O should start looking into making loudspeakers like this. Cheap to built but cheerful to look at.

Cheap to build: probably
Cheerful to look at: seriously???

Back to the topic: really wondering what the next music system will be like... With regard to TVs... BV7 probably going EOL... So maybe a replacement? Or is Stuer going for BeoPlay 1 / BV 11 / BV4 ? 

Those speakers look like traffic lights made of melted ice cream. 

TripEnglish wrote:

Those speakers look like traffic lights made of melted ice cream. 

😁

kuyttendaele wrote:

Back to the topic: really wondering what the next music system will be like... With regard to TVs... BV7 probably going EOL... So maybe a replacement? Or is Stuer going for BeoPlay 1 / BV 11 / BV4 ? 

 

@Karel: yes, this is the big question - what can they do after the BS/BM5-combo? The BS5e wasn't the hit it could have been.

This thread was a bit difficult to read/follow, so I am sorry if this info was already posted earlier: The BV12NG / BS4 is about to get released, and the biggest news seem to be the topaz grey color and the price reduction compared to the BV12/BS3 combo. The new topaz grey color will please those that find the current shiny edition of the BL12-3/-2 looking a bit like those mirrors found at the Tivoli. The stand is close to identical to the 7-55 floor stand, but the back panel looks very good – as it appears now, you will have to order the BV12 as a wall or floor edition and you cannot (easily) convert between floor/wall later on. Next year they will release the floor stand with mechanical links: it will move itself away from the wall as the TV turns. Also, they have another TV coming with a speaker that sits below the screen and will rotate out of view when turned off.

On the audio side they have plenty of new products lined up for the next year, and the “new” BL8k will create some traffic on this site with its ALT lens and the wood-panels-in-a-fan-shape at the front (replacing the current cloth design).

Not sure when the top-of-the-line speaker, as mentioned by Peter, will be released – but it may be a long way from production still. It is massive (prototype) and can move a lot of air, so you will need a house with friendly or no neighbors to take full advantage of them. Also, on the audio side, is the new Playmaker – finally it will lose its not-so-exclusive-look and be replaced with new hardware in a much more classy wrapping. I guess the new technology that they will release on the speaker side making them wireless (still need the power cord) is of more concern to interior designers than beoworlders.

Roger