Maybe Flappo, but just to prove you the contrary he will go for it anyway.

The die hard fans get the first products so the crowd can have good MK2 versions 6 months later.

The real bargain will be to buy pre-used MK1 under warranty in 6 months.

Untill then the rock solid danish and sleek BV11 is the tv to keep.

Maybe the last of its breed.

Came home today and my tv is driving me INSANE! It's only one thing that is bothering me now but it is so f-----g annoying.

The backlight level switches all the time. Not softly but from perhaps 60% to 45% and then back. It goes bright and drops to darker just like that after a few moments and then back again after some time. This continues the whole time.

I'm in a dimmed room and the software seem to have a lot of trouble understanding this. My V1 works as usually very good in the bedroom in this kind of light.

I have paused now on Silicon Valley episode 1 at 16 minutes in where the "geeks" are walking and they zoom in on them and a bright walkway. There you clearly see how it adjust the light differently about every 10-30 seconds. Make up your mind stupid software. 😁

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It does the light adjustment in every scene all the time and I just can't watch more. Turning it off now and writing B&O tomorrow (with the usual "change your settings" response in return I am sure).

I have the tv in the usual adaptive mode and I refuse to have to set it to a fixed mode. My 2011 samsung adjusted the light levels extremely good and you did not notice it at all.

Hmm...

Maybe now that the production of Avant is on hold, in the meanwhile B&O can churn some extra BeoRemote Ones for retail 🙂

At the moment it seems to be the best part of the new TV 😮

Bno really needed to come off the blocks like speedy gonzalez on this one , instead they seem to have crashed and burned.

New avant ? give me a break

KMA wrote:

in the meanwhile B&O can churn some extra BeoRemote Ones for retail 🙂

yes ... and I even tried buying one on Saturday - but they had no part number by which to order

(should be a shelf item !)

I like it, but I wish it was as "solid" i.e. heavy / hefty as the Beo4

SWMBO is concerned she won't find the right buttons in the dark ....

elephant wrote:

yes ... and I even tried buying one on Saturday - but they had no part number by which to order

(should be a shelf item !)

I like it, but I wish it was as "solid" i.e. heavy / hefty as the Beo4

SWMBO is concerned she won't find the right buttons in the dark ....

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There actually is a part number for BeoRemote One, but the dealers' ordering system prohibits sales of the remote separately.

Now that at least BV11's software has been updated to support BeoRemote One, it's a pity they don't sell it.

I heard that there might be a steel version of the remote. Steel is heavier than aluminum, so perhaps customers will eventually have the option to choose which feels better: a lighter or a heavier version.

I want it first and foremost for the new & handy way it handles sources and functions: I have 14 sources as of now in my setup (including separate audio systems), and I dislike the prenamed buttons of Beo4. They don't have the right names for the sources. With BeoRemote One, it's possible to have the correct names for sources as any source can be renamed. It does not bother me that they'll be soft-buttons behind TV and MUSIC.

Since Beo5 is a pain to configure & modify, while waiting for BeoRemote One, I'm mostly using PolyMote for iPhone (for BV11 & connected sources), together with the controls of music apps I use for AirPlay through BeoPlay A8 and Playmaker.

So effectively, iPhone is my all-in-one remote until B&O releases BeoRemote One, which I'd much rather use — hopefully soon.

To get this back on topic, I envy the early adopter Avant users for their superb new remote 😕

My dealer rang me today to confirm that they could for $15K and that it includes a free TV for good will 😁

He also mentioned that there is now a second version of the remote. I thought he said "silk" or "sheen" which did not make sense - but "steel" does ... I think I might like that one