Rauber -  Ready for that Avant now ;-)

mawheele wrote:

Rauber - Ready for that Avant now ;-)

jvezina wrote:

Most commenters predict that the new format will be a failure. Only time will tell. 

Good reading,

Jean

Of course only time will tell!

However the UHD/BluRay is relatively futureproof (if we can talk about futureproof at all).

With the right tv/display - which are yet to come - it will bring us unmatched picture and sound quality.

If you don't have or intent to buy one of these tv's, you are very well served with the standart/HD BluRay!

Everyone can buy a UHD/BluRay-disc and pop it in. Not many will (for years to come) be able to stream or download content in the same quality.

Whether the UHD/BluRay will be a success or not, depends on the wishes and needs of the consumers - do they want the high quality picture and sound experience or are they happy with less?

I guess the UHD/BluRay will be more of a niche market product - but I don't doubt, that it will survive.

MM

Raeuber wrote:

B&O should jump on this train because UHD Blurays will provide DTS:X, Dolby Atmos, and Auro-3D sound formats. They could sell so much more Beolabs and that's why they should develop a sound engine supporting these sound formats.

Regards

Räuber

That is not as easy as it seems.

If you use the audioengine of the current tv's, the UHD/BluRay players would have to decode these audioformats (to PCM), because the audio engine does not support these formats.

However this is not part of the standart - these format are supposed to be decoded in a preamp/amp and will be transported as bitstream audio.

Whether the audioengine of the Avant at some point will be capable of this/whether B&O want this, I don't know.

My guessing is that this won't be possible, untill we see a new BV.

MM

Millemissen wrote:

That is not as easy as it seems.

If you use the audioengine of the current tv's, the UHD/BluRay players would have to decode these audioformats (to PCM), because the audio engine does not support these formats.

However this is not part of the standart - these format are supposed to be decoded in a preamp/amp and will be transported as bitstream audio.

Whether the audioengine of the Avant at some point will be capable of this/whether B&O want this, I don't know.

My guessing is that this won't be possible, untill we see a new BV.

MM

There is a tv - and there is a BV.

With these specs, 10K EUR for a 55incher is a justified price. Solid investment into next 10 years of happy watching. :)

It just doesn't make sense B&O putting a 4K blu-ray player in a TV - not in todays market/generation. Plus for people who want this format, surely it's nice to choose a brand that appeals to you (OPPO, Pioneer, Panasonic, Marantz) - remember B&O fitted damn Samsung blu-ray players to their TVs and be truthful, if you had the choice, would you REALLY buy a Samsung player? I hear 99% saying no!