Keith, if this is of interest for the community, would you care to post in the thread. p.

Seven: I absolutely adore Ventura's "the watch", designed by danish Bo Hansen. Very B&O-ish :-) I've got this watch! Love it... Got it 15 years ago! Unfortunately I do not wear watches since I have a mobile phone. Rosendhal has a similar one designed by a a designer that you may have heard of... Jacob Jensen!

Manuals are available for download on this site, but you need to be a paid member. p.

B&O does not do touch screen, so there is going to be some compromise... non?

I'll go for a mix Beosound 5 that has an integrated BluRay/DVD/CD and FM and DAB radio. It should be able to rip CDs without a computer, and the Beomaster 5 should double as a video recorder. Of course it should come with a 2 way remote!

Beosound 5 is sold with a black box called Beomaster 5, which when connected to the TV can display video, according to the specs. No one has seen it working as shops I have visited have not connected the Beomaster 5 to a TV yet. Supported formats include WMA, WMA Lossless, MP3, WAV, ASF and AAC, together with internet radio streams in WMA, MP3, ASX

Shift + Text = Menu

You have 2 ways to play a track, pressing Go quickly or pressing Go long time. If you press go long time it adds it to the queue, when the queue is finished, you get MOTS. However, according to the manual, if you press Go for a short time, it should play the song and then continue to the next... But I have not tried... p.

Beomedia 1 has its own operating system, you cannot change it. However you need to transfer the music to it. For this you can use a mac or a PC. p.

sorenfelden: (even iTunes socalled LossLess is quite compressed and therefore not true lossless). Let me rectify this common misunderstanding. The music sold on the iTunes music store, is not sold in a lossless format, it is compressed using a lossy format call AAC. On iTunes, however, you can rip you own CDs using a lossless format called "Apple