[quote user="beojeff"] I'm quite uncomfortable with Trip's line of reasoning. If (when?) B&O adds Apple Lossless or gapless AAC playback to the BeoSound 5 and they try to charge me $1000 to "activate" such a feature, B&O will forever lose me as a customer. [/quote] You shouldn't be. This is a very rare and isolated

The PUC list is pretty big at this point and I don't know if it being published in print anywhere, but your dealer can certainly confirm the support for any device. The good thing about Blu-Ray players is that they tend to recycle remote codes within brands. So Sony, Panasonic, Pioneer, Samsung etc. are all generic codes that operate any blu-ray

I'll respond two ways: A) I'm not advising, nor is anyone as far as I'm reading, a pull-back from any market segment. I'm advising broadening how each store does business and local networking in the design community is something that each store owner or manager has to undertake individually as each local community functions differently

Please understand that I'm not applying a value judgement to this move upscale, but I'm also not a wish-thinker. The material reality is such that developing local relationships with architects and designers and cultivating a strong referral network in these trades is a 100% necessity to staying profitable on a store by store basis. I am not

If you read my post above you'd see that the matrix is a cost-effective cabling & peripheral management solution, not a luxury. For the cost of the cable, baluns, peripherals, and man hours invested in multiple televisions you very quickly begin to see an overall savings with the matrix. How this is an affront to good sense eludes me.

Stores that rely on retail traffic will continue to have a bleak outlook. Stores that develop relationships within the architectural and design communities will continue to grow. There aren't enough iPod docks in the world that can save a shop that still relies on walk-in traffic. Whether those owners take down the brand, their market, or just themselves

[quote user="Puncher"] [quote user="PhilLondon"]It is a great feature. Strange that they charge for it... [/quote] Really? Seems on par to me - charge people (too much) for everything (updates that correct faults etc.)! [/quote] Actually makes good sense. The feature cost a lot to develop and it didn't seem fair to charge people

It's available on the BeoVision 10 as well.

[quote user="csmager"] [quote user="TripEnglish"] Even better: the source names can be changed in the BeoSystem 3. The latest software allows you to re-name sources so that TV could be Cable or Dad DVR. V.MEM could be Apple TV. [/quote] I'm aware of that (I've got that version on my BV7-40) - but you say for HDMI Matrix you're

[quote user="csmager"] [quote user="TripEnglish"]The way it works is that only a single input is used on the BeoVision and a signal is delivered to the matrix prompting it to change sources. The actual command string would be V.AUX2 + the number of the input on the matrix. V.AUX2 is always used for the matrix.[/quote] I would assume