WORST 10 designed Bang & Olufsen products ever

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evman140 wrote:
Just thought I would add, as far as colors go, anything in green is kind of... well... just plain terrible.

+1

Don't agree with BeoCom 2, BeoVision 7, or BeoSound 5, but to each their own. Here's mine in no particular order:

1. AV7000 - useless

2. BeoSystem 1 - barely useful, huge

3. BeoVision 8 - ugsly

4. BeoVision 10's Hinge Wall Bracket - wtf

5. BeoVision 9 - worst sequel

6. BeoCom 5 - most likely to become a verb (Boy, they really BeoCom 5'd it!)

7. Serene - never worked, launched right before iPhone

8. BeoPlayer - need I say more

9. BeoSound 3 - no aux input? seriously?

10. BeoSound 6 - too little, too late.

The Beo1 remote.

Martin

Beomaster 8000 (controversial! 😂 ) I include the 6000 in this as well - the huge heat sink was necessary but always put me off. It did however show B&O why powered speakers were the way forward so that the heat sinks no longer interfered with the design.

My B&O Icons:

BeoCenter-9500.png BeoCenter-9500.png
Beoremote-Beo4.png Beoremote-Beo4.png
Beovox.png Beovox.png
Beovision-11.png Beovision-11.png
Beotime.png Beotime.png
Beosound-Stage.png Beosound-Stage.png
Beosound-Moment.png Beosound-Moment.png
Beosound-5.png Beosound-5.png
Beosound-2.png Beosound-2.png
Beoremote-One.png Beoremote-One.png
Beoplay-Portal.png Beoplay-Portal.png
Beoplay-Earset.png Beoplay-Earset.png
Beomaster.png Beomaster.png
Beolit.png Beolit.png
Beogram-400x.png Beogram-400x.png
Beocenter-2.png Beocenter-2.png

bm8000 ? have you been drinking ?? :)

that's one of the most amazing dsigns of all time ever !!!

 

personally i'd cite the completely awful bv8 and it's dust trap design as the worst bno ever , utter disaster in every way , looks cheap as anything too..eeeurgh

Are we forgetting the BeoMedia 1? No wifi and 10 times the price of an Apple TV!!

Location: London

evman140 wrote:

Don't forget the beocom 2!

Oi!

 

Flappo The Grate wrote:

bm8000 ? have you been drinking ?? :)

that's one of the most amazing dsigns of all time ever !!!

Got to agree with you Flappo! Whenever people visit my flat, all they want to do is touch the BM8000 and ask if they can see it working. This is from non-design/non-AV people too. There's something about the whole system set out in a line, as the designers intended, that is just awesome 😐

Bluddy hell look at you lot!

these are all just opinions and they clearly all differ.

 

I love the serenata design, BV8 design, BV9 design, beo1 design, BV3 yellow colour, green beolabs, bm8000, only things i would concur  with are the beo 5 and the beosound 5 (but the BS5 just because it's a piece of shi* to setup.

I's also nominate the DVD1 HDR1 etc etc boring black boxes ..

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