I have a Linux VDR box working as a hard disk video recorder, and it does a good job at that. Still, I would like to get rid of the generic remote (from a broken STB) and use my Beo4 for this as well. Technically, all ll I'd need to do would be to replace the current IR receiver with a TSOP7000, no problem with that. However, I can't make up

(prologue for the UK readers: yes, we still have the good old teletext service in the digital age here in Finland - my STB rebuilds the old fashioned VBI data and sends it over embedded in the composite video output) My MX6000 (later IT version, sw 3.1) has had problems with teletext since I got it. Half the rows are missing or come from a wrong page

Steve at Sounds Heavenly: What a shame B&O didn't go for blue LED displays in the 9000 and the corresponding white speakers - this would have given a really distinctive finish. Whilst I applaud the styling of the new range, the lack of internal modifications does annoy me, as a little extra effort could have made this a REALLY desirable special

BeoBoyLit: On the other hand, I use since 1996 DameWare and other VNC based softwares to remote control/share xga(1024x768) and even wuxga PC desktops from notebooks via wireless and almost realtime ; so don't see a real challenge here. So do I (and I hate the user interface lag however small it might be), but you miss the point: then you have a

mor: That's bulls***** There's plenty of wireless display technologies ... amongst which there's even wireless DVI adapters e.g. from Addlogix B&O just took the easy and cheap route ... have a look here: http://www.golem.de/0602/43070-wpr.jpg I see a picture of a huge ugly dongle with no mention of its capabilities. I googled a little

Dave: Beo5! Excluded in the original charter Fly-by-wire, I suppose... Well done, Peter! I managed to think VCRs, but not long enough... Even my VX5000 (-> 1990) has a couple of still picture adjustment knobs - in the rear panel!

Puncher: Do I take it that the rotary "knob" of the MCP6500 doesn't count?? I specifically excluded them Under the hood, it's nothing more than a glorified up-down rocker switch (a clever idea making one look like that, unfortunately the feel for volume control isn't too great). Anyway, Jeff and Steve pointed out the product line

Puncher: As an absolute minimum I would have expected wireless communication between the BS5 and BM5, where the data being transferred is control data only, there being no need to stream realtime audio data between the two units. You're forgetting the display data - from what I understand, the BS5 is basically just a TFT display and some controls

Looking at my collection, I came to wonder when the last B&O product with a conventional, rotating knob - for any function - was made. By conventional, I mean forget the fly-by-wire control plates and rings of MCPs and later products that don't actually rotate anything mechanical. My entries so far would be knob: Beomaster 1600 ( -> 1973

Regarding the 4000, this might be an interesting item for someone living at a driving distance from Bielefeld, Germany: http://cgi.ebay.de/BEOVOX-4000-m-6-er-Hochtonwuerfeln-v-BANG-OLUFSEN_W0QQitemZ330289234081QQcmdZViewItemQQptZDE_Lautsprecher_Martin Maybe not a bargain, but the cube in view seems to be one of the nicer specimens. Most I see look like