One thing that CONSTANTLY gets overlooked within the "tech savvy" community is the value of good software. It really chaps my ass to see people making a "spec" comparison between the iPhone and others when at the end of the day the average consumer is buying this not because of whats more than likely under utilized under the hood

I'm thinking of having mine painted with a soft touch black paint to match my Lab 3's! Lee: If you read this can you post a picture of your black one so I can be envious again??? Man that thing was sweet!

Unfortuantely, there are no tricks. The standby button is just about all you'll get any use out of. Lee sent me one a while back (thanks again!) and it just kind of sits there in my living room looking very pretty and embarassingly phallic.

Samsung and B&O collaborate on more than you'd think. The LCD panels in BV7 are sourced from Samsung, obviously they manufacture Serene & Serenata, B&O (apparently ... I still don't believe it) designed that cheap Bluetooth Earpiece Samsung released a few months back and it was actually in the last quarterly report that all upcoming

I'll buy one! By the way everyone's reacting, it may just end up being one of those kinda rare collectors items (a la BeoLink 7000 Wall Bracket & Floor Stands) that people pass up and then a decade later pay more than they would have paid new for one.

How many gold members are there? I see our my odds of taking home a prize getting smaller and smaller by the day!

Yeah I was actually one of the squealing salesmen The guy who wrote the article, Michael Spector, is actually one of our clients here and when he told us he was getting a BV-7 to review none of us could pass up the opportunity to get a first look (keep in mind most of us here in the US haven't even seen a BV-7 before besides in pictures!). Then

I did a little bit of reading about it ... sounds like it's going to be quite the product! It's actually going to be the first B&O component with HDMI outputs and the first with Component RCA outputs. It also has optical AND S/PDIF outs ... It's almost like it BELONGS in the US market ...

Nicholas: With regards to the Beo5, did I read correctly that it is able to learn commands from other remote controls? No! Nicholas: If so this will mean I can finally say good buy to my Apple remote. Yes! From the way it's been described to me, the Beo5 will have a PUC just like the BeoSystem 3, BeoVision 9 and BeoVision 7 for customization using

benjarys: The thing is: I don't own a B&O product! My parents do, that's how I became a fan :-) And don't you have to be a citizen of the UK? You dont need to be a UK citizen ... in planning for the site, I know for certain that Lee has come to agreements with dealers around the globe to distribute prizes to members! It's not much