This was expected, after the announcement of the WiSA Ready solution in september:

Indeed, useful as an option for more limited setups i.e. an LG TV supplemented by a few B&O speakers.

Otherwise we will have to wait for whatever comes from B&O with respect to sound centres / sound bars / Beosystem 5's etc etc.

At times i think i should change my screens to 4k HDR, but mostly i don't feel any great hurry at all.

I'm well served by what i have at the moment.

Aussie Michael wrote:

If it means more speaker sales to these customers that buy LG TVs - afterall LG ship huge numbers of TVs then that’s a good thing.

 

I guess this USB device would effectively be like a sound processor ? Obviously more details to come.

1: However, I doubt that many of those will go for the B&O speakers....too expensive!

2: It is a software solution in the (LG)tv’s, that hands over the channels (up to 8) to the dongle - the dongle wiill establish the WiSA/wireless connections.

I can’t imagine that it will he much more than basic multi channel processing - nothing like we know from the audio solution in the BV’s/BeoSystem 4.

We’ll see soon.

MM

Millemissen wrote:

Aussie Michael wrote:

If it means more speaker sales to these customers that buy LG TVs - afterall LG ship huge numbers of TVs then that’s a good thing.

1: However, I doubt that many of those will go for the B&O speakers....too expensive!

Interested costumers will probably go for LG’s own coming WiSA enabled speakers instead.

Ask around.....what the h**k is B&O 🤔

MM

Millemissen wrote:

1: However, I doubt that many of those will go for the B&O speakers....too expensive!

2: It is a software solution in the (LG)tv’s, that hands over the channels (up to 8) to the dongle - the dongle wiill establish the WiSA/wireless connections.

I can’t imagine that it will he much more than basic multi channel processing - nothing like we know from the audio solution in the BV’s/BeoSystem 4.

We’ll see soon.

MM

There is a tv - and there is a BV.

Aussie Michael wrote:

Many LG customers I’m sure could afford Beolabs. They just choose not to afford a Beovision. Many people think that a beovision is a waste of money but will happily spend on other speakers.

 

 

Look at all those people who have speakers worth double and triple what b&o costs. I’m sure they don’t have beovisions.

Yup. Speakers last far longer than TVs. Since 1997 when I got my Beolab 8000s, I've owned 5 different TVs, and still have and listen to the 8000s.

Jeff wrote:

Aussie Michael wrote:

Many LG customers I’m sure could afford Beolabs. They just choose not to afford a Beovision. Many people think that a beovision is a waste of money but will happily spend on other speakers.

Look at all those people who have speakers worth double and triple what b&o costs. I’m sure they don’t have beovisions.

Yup. Speakers last far longer than TVs. Since 1997 when I got my Beolab 8000s, I've owned 5 different TVs, and still have and listen to the 8000s.

I wonder how many years i will have my BL3 for.  Hopefully as many. They are a pleasure to look at. 

Aussie Michael wrote:

You never know anyone’s financial position.

Many LG customers I’m sure could afford Beolabs. They just choose not to afford a Beovision. Many people think that a beovision is a waste of money but will happily spend on other speakers.

Look at all those people who have speakers worth double and triple what b&o costs. I’m sure they don’t have beovisions.

That is for sure - wish I really knew my own 🤔

I can’t afford an Eclipse myself - luckily I am very pleased with my BV Avant/2014, so no big deal....

....and I would not change that for an LG tv!

The problem however is, that those who could afford the BeoLabs (you’ll need several for a multichannel setup), have no idea of the existence of Bang & Olufsen.

And if the do - they know that the ‘make expensive design speakers’! Nothing for people ‘with speakers worth douple or triple of what B&O costs’.

I guess most people who do care a bit for better than ‘flat sound’ (and want to spend money there) will go for those that LG soon will offer........probably a ‘wireless soundbar/sub combination’.

When time comes we will see how much impact on the sale of new/newer BeoLabs these WiSA Ready LG tv will have - I have my doubts.

Maybe a new soundbar/soundcenter from B&O will bring more cash into the B&O pockets - but that is another story.

MM