The Beonic Man wrote:

Daniel wrote:

The logic of the new remote is great, but I miss sitting laidback in the coach with "The Power" in my hand and using it without lifting my arm.

Good point. It's strange how I seem to hold the Beo 4 90% of the time when watching TV or movies! Perhaps we will get used to it and it will be the same? Practice makes perfect! I do like that the new remote is lighter, although some say they miss the weight so we can't all win!

I really hope so. I did some practice during the soccer games yesterday, but it's hard. I started with my thumb on the OK button,  but my unsensitive finger just slides over the plastic.

One good thing is turning the stand. When I change position in the coach, I turn the TV after. Just one press up to the right on the remote, and then arrow left och right. No problem in the dark and much easier then on Beo4, just two clicks.

Millemissen wrote:

Why are we chasing higher resolution/more pixels/4K?

We should be chasing 'better picture quality'.

MM

Absolutely agree, and y'all know I've said it before. Pixel count is way down the list of things that improve image quality. What seems to happen is that marketing works, and brightness works, so that everyone buys LCDs and ignore plasmas which are going away. For the present, plasma is the best combination of affordability (mature technology) and video performance.

OLED has great potential, but it hasn't dropped in price or increased in size as rapidly as I'd have hoped. There are production yield and longevity issues with OLED that are not yet sorted out perfectly, and may never be. Either inability to mature the technology will hit, or it will take them so long that everyone will be obsessed with the next marketing fad, and we will only have substandard sets to choose from.

This thread is going a bit off topic. However, today I installed an SSD in my Avant! It works well but the interface for time shifting and recording could be better (I still don't understand how to jump out of time-shift, haven't given the manual a try yet - it should not be necessary if the interface was designed from a UX perspective). 

It´s a pity that recordings cant be read from another device - I would like to be able to store some recordings from it (like when I was in the audience at a soccer game a few days ago). 

Michael VIMEO is now accepting 4K AND some videos allow you to download the uncompressed 4K original. Here's an example... A massive 2GB compared to the 1080p of 180mb!!!!!!!!

https://vimeo.com/99523009

Enjoy

I wonder if you can retro fit a hard disk to a bv 11 ?

@ Elephant: Thanks for sharing. Say more about how it went and what you thought of the new Avant in person etc?

@ Michael: You sure putting that SSD their is a good strategy? Isn't it going to get too hot? Especially since users have commented how hot it gets at the back already. It's not blocking any vents is it?

elephant wrote:

Today's The Day .... at least in Melbourne !

 

Beoworlders Andy, Cliff, Ed and SWMBOs and sons were present at the official Melbourne launch

 

 

 

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Thanks Annie, James, Terry and others for a great night

 

And even i'm in the photo in my beige jacket and pink shirt :-) lol

btw i loved the launch and the television.  I also love the remote, it's actually smaller than i thought, and i loved how it felt: modern and very user friendly. 

Can barely see you Michael right at the back their! Glad you like the new TV and remote though! I like the table stand the most. Did they have it on show?