I think if it's done judiciously it can work. It can really bolster our company image in that most of the people who are only vaguely familiar often think of us as a design-only company. Having a strong technology portfolio licensed among other top tier manufacturers wouldn't be such a bad thing.

I'd probably go ahead and get the BeoLab 5s just to be on the safe side

My gut tells me it's garbage. I'm sure that technology will sort out the issues of watching without glasses (exists today, but with viewing angle & distance limitations), but I'm more worried about how the actual content creators will utilize the techniques. Everything from scene blocking up will have to be re-evaluated to either make

That's exactly the sort of idea you get when inmates run the asylum. First of all, it's stuck in there and not actually docked, which would require a different mechanism and would be awkward to do sideways. Even if that could be overcome, the inevitable question would be: "I can't see it from my seat! How do I know what I'm navigating

Active Kit: Has an input for a local source. As mentioned, you access it by pressing PC. There is no control of attached device. Passive Kit: No option for local sources BeoPort: Modified Active Kit connects to PC or Mac and can stream content and issue basic commands such as track up & down, playlist up & down, and sort type

Good points, all. But people are much likely to add a new piece to their collection that has updated features than replace an existing items with another version of itself.

Chris, A well thought out list, but you're asking for updates on products that won't even be around in a few years! -No sense in updating the BeoSounds & BeoCenters to work a certain way with BeoPort when all will be retired. -Same GUI on TVs is a priority. New video engine will make this a reality. -Re-designing existing speakers for ICE

I think the Lintronic box does that.

Might I suggest that there's a more important question as to whether B&O can keep pace with the rest of the industry, and that's whether we can keep pace with ourselves. In the old days it seems that the "torture chamber" was sufficient to ready a product for market. I suppose if it could withstand a 4" drop and cigarette

Lady GaGa will never exist outside the cloud. That is all.