Hello Desmo, I own both combinations, Beolab8000+Beolab2 and Beolab1+Beolab2. It depends what you mainly use the speakers for. Do you listen to music are do you watch movies? If you mainly listen to music in a not too big room I would prefer the combination Beolab8000+Beolab2. Set the settings switch to position 2 and beolab2 will match perfectly the

Did you check the IR-emitter with your handy Camera?

Instead of using beoport, I would consider using a Second Life bm1. It is allways up and propably the Sound Card is better than the One in your Server. Hfat

Probably your BEO4 has an older SW. For the moment, i'm afraid, I have no clue. hfat

Hello, I think you should try to use a different audio config for the beo4. Setting A.Mode or V.Mode configures the device how it responds to IR commands and not the BEO4 which commands it sends: Standby+List select Config select Audio select Basic. It's worth a try. (BEO4 guide, page 14) hfat

You are right about the TT455. If you dont't want to use BM1 by pressing a single button you can forget about the TT455. In this case you would set the overture to A.Mode 1 and configure the BM1 to listen to V.Aux command. You first press A.Aux to start Overture, then you start BM1 with V.AUx command. hfat

B&O has no own hardware. You have to use a 3rd party hdmi switch, which is on the PUC list. The gefen works fine for me. hfat

take a look at this: http://forum.beoworld.org/forums/p/39863/330923.aspx#330923 hfat

You could check the speaker levels in the sound setup menu. Maybe the levels of front and rear are set to high. hfat

Yes, You could use Beomedia 1 with your Panasonic TV. But you have to use additional equipment. I personally like the minimalistic style of BeoMedia1 more than iTunes. You cold make it work, with an additional IR-eye and a lintronic TT455-RT-238 box.Configure the BM1 as it is done with older B&O TVs which do not support the PC command. Connect video