I would like to see a BeoSystem 5 as a connection hub for devices, with PUC, menu overlay, and support of Dolby Atmos and other 3D sound standards. At this point, we really don't need B&O interjecting its own video processing. We just need a video pass-through. There have been some disasters with B&O trying to process video. I recall the horrid super-saturation of color of the AV7000. Also, remember how the BeoSystem 1 would only accept 1080i video and not 720p? Finally, I shudder to think of the ghostly, blurred imaging that B&O used with the BeoSystem 1 for fast motion. 

Millemissen wrote:

I am sure you are right on that one.

We’ll have to wait and see.

The reason why I found the question (connecting an x-tv to the SoundCenter directly) interesting is,

that I have seen someone making obscure calculations of what a SoundCenter (solo) cost.

He simply subtracted the price of a standart LG-C7 tv from the price of an Eclipse....

.....and concluded, that the SoundCenter is veeery expensive.

http://www.hifi4all.dk/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42140&PN=1&TPN=52

Telling people that the LG-part of the Eclipse is not a standart LG-tv did not impress them much.

Making this experiment could prove them wrong (I suppose)!

MM

There is a tv - and there is a BV.

.....and for completeness' sake, can you give the AUS price for the LG C7?

@moxxy.

I'm chuckling at your absolute certainty in your comments. Do you have access to B&O's product management department which we don't know about?

Anyhow, IF it is made, it would be an elegant solution to an exit out of TVs and into supporting devices for whole home audio/video and home automation.

Contrary to what you say, there would be no need for any picture processing as that would be done at the monitor anyway - just switching would be enough. Also, Your comment on development costs holds no water as you have no idea how much it would cost (unless, you DO have access to their PM department) and flies in the face of the comment from a B&O dealer mentioned above about it being outsourced.

As for sales numbers - well, it seems that not only you have access to their PM group, but also their marketing group!  Sorry if this seems overly sarcastic, but I think just because you don't need one, it doesn't mean others won't - as I've said, I'd buy 3 (notional) BS5s to replace my BS3s - I'm not bothering with the BS4 as it adds nothing for me. Maybe I'm atypical, but it would solve an issue about the ever rising cost of B&O's TVs against the ever decreasing cost of the south-east asian manufacturers' TVs. Pair a BS5 with a TV and a consumer would be able to update their screen at a much lower cost and still use B&O features (as mentioned above) - with a caveat about HDMI version upgrades etc.etc - which some could anyway be handled in a BS5 firmware update potentially.

frog wrote:

@moxxy.

I'm chuckling at your absolute certainty in your comments. Do you have access to B&O's product management department which we don't know about?

Anyhow, IF it is made, it would be an elegant solution to an exit out of TVs and into supporting devices for whole home audio/video and home automation.

Contrary to what you say, there would be no need for any picture processing as that would be done at the monitor anyway - just switching would be enough. Also, Your comment on development costs holds no water as you have no idea how much it would cost (unless, you DO have access to their PM department) and flies in the face of the comment from a B&O dealer mentioned above about it being outsourced.

As for sales numbers - well, it seems that not only you have access to their PM group, but also their marketing group!  Sorry if this seems overly sarcastic, but I think just because you don't need one, it doesn't mean others won't - as I've said, I'd buy 3 (notional) BS5s to replace my BS3s - I'm not bothering with the BS4 as it adds nothing for me. Maybe I'm atypical, but it would solve an issue about the ever rising cost of B&O's TVs against the ever decreasing cost of the south-east asian manufacturers' TVs. Pair a BS5 with a TV and a consumer would be able to update their screen at a much lower cost and still use B&O features (as mentioned above) - with a caveat about HDMI version upgrades etc.etc - which some could anyway be handled in a BS5 firmware update potentially.

@Frog

I agree 100% with everything you just said.

Yes,it would be nice to have Beosystem 5.But,there is obviously strong reason why B&O does not want to make something like ALMANDO.

OldJack wrote:

Yes,it would be nice to have Beosystem 5.But,there is obviously strong reason why B&O does not want to make something like ALMANDO.

 

Almando isn't even close to what a BeoSystem is. B&O has had an AV processor as part of its product portfolio for 25 year: AV 7000, BeoSystem 1, BeoSystem 2, BeoSystem 3, and now BeoSystem 4.

And all 4 Beosystems now outdated

I agree there is no need for a video engine.  Give me up to date surround system, a video switch and puc and i would buy ne in a second.

frog wrote:

@moxxy.

I'm chuckling at your absolute certainty in your comments. Do you have access to B&O's product management department which we don't know about?

Anyhow, IF it is made, it would be an elegant solution to an exit out of TVs and into supporting devices for whole home audio/video and home automation.

Contrary to what you say, there would be no need for any picture processing as that would be done at the monitor anyway - just switching would be enough. Also, Your comment on development costs holds no water as you have no idea how much it would cost (unless, you DO have access to their PM department) and flies in the face of the comment from a B&O dealer mentioned above about it being outsourced.

As for sales numbers - well, it seems that not only you have access to their PM group, but also their marketing group!  Sorry if this seems overly sarcastic, but I think just because you don't need one, it doesn't mean others won't - as I've said, I'd buy 3 (notional) BS5s to replace my BS3s - I'm not bothering with the BS4 as it adds nothing for me. Maybe I'm atypical, but it would solve an issue about the ever rising cost of B&O's TVs against the ever decreasing cost of the south-east asian manufacturers' TVs. Pair a BS5 with a TV and a consumer would be able to update their screen at a much lower cost and still use B&O features (as mentioned above) - with a caveat about HDMI version upgrades etc.etc - which some could anyway be handled in a BS5 firmware update potentially.