The adjustments of the sound aquires a menu/an interface.How would you have that on a speaker?

And what should PUC and IR funcionality do on a speaker? Please explain!

MM

You could but won't since you ideally sell a TV as well.

People buy 200$ shirts and 400$ sweater at Barneys or whetever yet they balk at 3000$ for a TV.

For brand to work it has to remain a fashion luxury status item, you cant compete on good sound alone.

I think with the headphones and portable speaker they play this out nicely

jk1002 wrote:

I think with the headphones and portable speaker they play this out nicely

+1

MM

@Lano

Do you really expect that people, who buy budget tv's ('the Beo's are too expensive'), would invest in a B&O Play-bar with these functionalities (which cost) and a BeoRemote One???

MM

Millemissen wrote:

The adjustments of the sound aquires a menu/an interface.How would you have that on a speaker?

And what should PUC and IR funcionality do on a speaker? Please explain!

MM

I think I posted on this a long time ago.

Motorised soundbar able to carry TVs/ panels by others. PUC in the soundbar to control the TV using a BeoRemote.

Graham

@Graham

I must repeat my question from above.

I see no (mainstream) market for an expensive product like that.

Who should buy it?

MM

I find that the concept of a "soundbar" just does not fit for B&O. When I think of a "soundbar" I think of manufacturers trying to sell an "all-in-on-speaker" to a budget-minded consumer to generate phantom surround sound. That makes no sense for a company like B&O that excels in loudspeakers. What we need is a proper center channel speaker. Or at least something like the BeoLab 7.1 family of speakers that can provide stereo OR serve as a center channel speaker.

Agree on the first part.

On the second - no!

When you say, that 'we need a proper center....', you assume that we also would have a B&O-tv without built-in speakers.

But we don't - and it does not seem to be, what B&O want at the moment.

The BV's have speaers and are ready to use...without fussing with external gear.

MM

Millemissen wrote:

@Graham

I must repeat my question from above.

I see no (mainstream) market for an expensive product like that.

Who should buy it?

MM

In my view the motorised hinge or stand accounts for a lot of the value in a B&O TV. A motorised soundbar (or, for that matter, a centre speaker) would also enable the upgrading of screens/ panels at low cost. But, I would agree that it still would not appeal to the average TV buyer, still being too high in cost however it was done. The average buyer might spend £200 or £300 extra on a cinema system, but no more.

Having said all that, there are very few motorised hinges/stands/ brackets on the market, and the few that are are very expensive and terrible looking contraptions with no real design appeal.

Graham