Sorry to read about your disappointment, Scognamiglio! I'm also a BV8 owner (26" version), and I'm very pleased with the set. I wonder whether it could be your signal? Or else a faulty set? For reasons I won't touch upon in detail, I had a world of reasons to really dislike this television (B&O never liked any of the suggestions

You shouldn't have long to wait, now. The people behind iRed and irTrans have the solution you are looking for. When iRed 2.0 is out of beta shortly, you'll be able to control hardware with that software and irTrans, through a Mac computer. People who have used the 1.x version of iRed to control B&O are most pleased with the solution. The

Thanks Puncher - just learned something new!

I've both downloaded the manual and searched the Philips site. There are no lists of the brands it's specified for. Just wondered whether the original poster had direct experience.

Anyone know whether B&O is in their preprogrammed list of controlled brands? I see they're doing 455 IR, but would be nice to be certain.

Lots of absolutely valid points. One quibble: BeoVisions is actually a shorter word than Bangvisions, and truer to the brand you're lauding!

scognamiglio: thank you to everybody! Please post your pictures of your installation of Beovision 8! Don't you think is a new classic? I need another advice, I used a 3mt scart cable to hide the Sky set top box... but the image was terrible.. so now I have the set top box near the tv and it's a mess... any advice about a good (gold) cable to

Henry: Actually, the B&O in the catalogues must sound rubbish, they're never plugged into the mains! That's a product I'd pay real money for: invisible cables.

leepie: Anyone with an airport express needs to check out salling clicker, it turns your phone into an itunes remote with the ability to browse your full libary it is amazing! I have it on my N95 and it connects using my networked imac in my office upstairs and I can browse and play all of itunes. Yes, I've been using Salling Clicker for several

Henry: I always think the same when browsing through B&O's latest catalogues. The sound in such hard (AKA dry) and empty rooms must bounce around like mad. Could BeoLab 5s even adjust to such a room? No. The BL5s adjust the bass pressure, relative to the volume and absorption characteristics of a room; but the slap-and-tickle sounds that would