Forum Replies Created
-
In my old setup I had B&O speakers connected to a Marantz AV system, with 3 game systems and other HDMI cables connected in a cabinet bellow. It was a hot mess of cables and a major pain to change anything. It was all hidden though including the cables.
When I got the theatre I decided to get rid of the cabinet and get the floor stand instead. The problem was I still needed to connect 4 HDMI devices like: Apple TV, XBOX, NINTENDO, PS5.
So I put all those HDMI items in the closet behind the couch and listening position. I use a Hue Sync box as well which all the HDMI devices input to and then I run a single Optical HDMI cable through concealed floorboards to the theatre. Everything turns on and off through HDMI control, I never have to interact with the HDMI devices unless I insert a DVD game. It amazingly has worked perfectly since day one, all of it.
In your case you can put the AV system tucked away somewhere and just run the one cable to the TV.
https://www.cablematters.com/Blog/HDMI/how-do-active-hdmi-cables-work
And you can wall mount your Apple TV somewhere hidden:
https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B07BPX8KL8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1
But honestly I just recommend the theatre. It’s rather glorious visually and the sound is amazing as well. I do suggest a Sony TV over the LG G2/3 though. Sony has much better picture processing.
This is my previous AV setup with everything in the cabinet:
This is the cabinet removed and all the cables required:
This is after the theatre and all HDMI devices in the back of room. I was using a black cable hide temporarily.
And in the end I hid them with some white cable hiders:
Hope that helps
Imagine someone in Japan or ANY non-english country trying to use a B&O product with the word “GO” for play.
How does “go” even apply to playing music? its such a disconnect. Instead of “go” it should be the universal standard of the right facing triangle.
Why do they have a button with a circle and one with a red bar? How does one mean power and the other something else? Whats wrong with the universal icon for power thats used on every other electronic product?
I think the biggest problem is that there is no logic or prioritization in the button layout. Everything is just a grid to make it look nice.
All those 3rd party remotes are horrid looking but they all do have more logic than the layout of the Beoremote 1 which is a masterclass of the worst designed remote ever made possibly by anyone. I dare anyone to feel their way around this remote or use it in the dark.
On my iPad it looks this way.
Of course that looks different due to the different form factor.The previous version looked full screen and proper on iPad.
As of today my Theatre is on 3.2.1(150) from September 11. Which version is of that you mention as ‘new…today’?
Here is the “New today” version.
“Bug fix and support for beolab 8’s.”
So you can run iPad apps on your Mx Mac which is normally what I do with the B&O app. It used to work fine but with this new official release it looks and functions like a total disaster.
