Isnt it time for a new beosystem with some current tech (4k; HDR; more than one HDMI output)? I want to build a home cinema setup but Bang&Olufsen don't really have a good option at the moment! With the Beovision 7 it was no problem, but the current generation TV's don't have an output anymore, which is annoying. Maybe create something like the Beosound core, with future software keeping the product up to date. Am I the only one interested in a new beosystem, or is there an actual market for it?
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I think there would have been before smart tvs became really smart. Even Apple are still making plastic boxes that you have to buy and fit, when my new Loewe can do exactly the same thing with its built in Netflix Amazon apps and 1tb hard drive. Why can’t I just stream Apple TV?A few years back imagine if the Beosound 5 was touch screen, and could stream and store ALL your media including 4K. I’d have bought that in a flash, but unfortunately I think the days of great looking legacy gear are now long gone.Then again..... Login to view image
I guess the op is asking for a replacement for the BSys4 - something that in other threads was named ‘BeoSystem 5’.
For a home cinema solution it sure would be fine - however, will people want to pay the price, that B&O would have to charge for it.
Nowadays - with bigger and bigger displays - most people would want such a system for a tv of their own choice.
With the current disbelief that B&O can make anything right, I see little ‘market’ for such a device....
......at least amongst the Beoworlders ;-)
MM
Location: Flensborg————Danmark
One wonders why it has to be as expensive as say the Beosystem 4. I can buy an AVR with amps, Audissey auto setup and mic, and video processing, for less than a thousand dollars.
One wonders why it has to be as expensive as say the Beosystem 4. I can buy an AVR with amps, Audissey auto setup and mic, and video processing, for less than a thousand dollars.
Because it is built with the Dane's long tradition, craftsmanship and "Bang & Olufsen" on the nameplate, my good man! 😐
I guess the op is asking for a replacement for the BSys4 - something that in other threads was named ‘BeoSystem 5’.
For a home cinema solution it sure would be fine - however, will people want to pay the price, that B&O would have to charge for it.
Nowadays - with bigger and bigger displays - most people would want such a system for a tv of their own choice.
With the current disbelief that B&O can make anything right, I see little ‘market’ for such a device....
......at least amongst the Beoworlders ;-)
MM
I think there is a market, why wouldn't there be? Also, the "Sound Bar" of the Beovision Eclipse is, at least to my understanding, basically a Beosystem capable of HDR and 4k, so why not take the technology and put it in a box and sell it for 3000€-4000€?
@Beosince98
It sure is possible - but as I wrote above, will (enough) people want to pay the price?
Reading Jeff’s comment to this, there will be little understanding why a ‘BeoSystem 5’ should be different from an ordinary AVR....and why B&O would have to charge more.
MM
Location: Flensborg————Danmark
The Beosystem 4 included Video and Audio engines. Given that B&O has given up with TV engineering and pictures processing in favour of off the shelf TV's from LG then the Beosystem 5 need only be the Audio engine.
There could be several versions - 1 with central speakers as per the existing Eclipse unit but not permanently affixed to the TV. A second version could be the audio engine only, without internal speakers or amplifiers. This would in essence be an audio DSP in a box with inputs and outputs.
My understanding of the Eclipse "soundbar " from a video perspective is that it merely adds a video overlay to the incoming video signal (passed through from the TV) for the purpose of dedicated menus etc. and that it has nothing to do with any of the TV performance properties (4K, HDR etc). Can anyone confirm or refute this?
The Beosystem 4 included Video and Audio engines. Given that B&O has given up with TV engineering and pictures processing in favour of off the shelf TV's from LG then the Beosystem 5 need only be the Audio engine.
There could be several versions - 1 with central speakers as per the existing Eclipse unit but not permanently affixed to the TV. A second version could be the audio engine only, without internal speakers or amplifiers. This would in essence be an audio DSP in a box with inputs and outputs.
My understanding of the Eclipse "soundbar " from a video perspective is that it merely adds a video overlay to the incoming video signal (passed through from the TV) for the purpose of dedicated menus etc. and that it has nothing to do with any of the TV performance properties (4K, HDR etc). Can anyone confirm or refute this?
It would actually be quite interesting if someone could put the HDMI output from the Eclipse "Soundbar" into an ordinary TV to see what happens
@Beosince98
It sure is possible - but as I wrote above, will (enough) people want to pay the price?
Reading Jeff’s comment to this, there will be little understanding why a ‘BeoSystem 5’ should be different from an ordinary AVR....and why B&O would have to charge more.
MM
I think there are many people that appreciate the one remote concept and the general B&O ecosystem. I think if they can make it relatively affordable, lets say 3000€, there would definitely be people buying the product. If the Eclipse Soundbar does what I think, they would simply have to repackage the electronics, which could be done at a reasonable cost!
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