Expectations for the 2008/09 financial year

Product portfolio 

 " A new audio concept designed to set new standards for enjoying music in the home. The
concept is an important step in the new way of living with, and experiencing, music in the
converging digital world. The product combines the very best from Bang & Olufsen’s long
tradition of producing sublime audio systems with the digital world of the present and future.   
 
 In the second half year, the BeoVision 8 family will be increased by a 40 inch version.  
 
 Towards the end of the financial year, Bang & Olufsen expects to build on the BeoVision 4
family by launching a new product, which in size and functionality will set new standards
within Bang & Olufsen’s video portfolio.  
 
 Towards the end of the financial year, Bang & Olufsen will launch a new concept for land line
telephony"

1. Beosound 5 - I do hope it is as good as advertised.

2. BV8-40 - will finally have a surround sound module so can be used as a main set.

3. BV4-103" - I can't see this troubling the scorers in my house!

4. Don't know about this one! 

 

Hi mr anders son,

 

thanks for sharing this news!

 

I think product development is in the slow lane. In report 2006/07 the new audio concept (for us the beosound 5) was promised before summer 2008.

The new land line phone is good news)

 

Regards, Robert

What I find interesting is that they do not give a detailed time frame for the BS5. They just say it will come, but not when while for the remainder of the product launches they do.

According to investors presentation BS5 will be launched october/november 08.

So you haven't heard of Mr I. Gessitt, the man in charge of 'New Product Launch Dates' then?

 

9 LEE:

So you haven't heard of Mr I. Gessitt, the man in charge of 'New Product Launch Dates' then?

Where is this room at your shop LEE? Have I missed that passage with the curtain....or is it the curtain at your shop with the new hidden products "under construction sorry for the delay"?

Regards, Robert

-multimedia Robert-:

Where is this room at your shop LEE? Have I missed that passage with the curtain....or is it the curtain at your shop with the new hidden products "under construction sorry for the delay"?

Regards, Robert

I'm afraid i only get old products through my shop - not the new releases.

However, i can tell you without question that the launch date for BeoSound 9000 is to be some time in 1996, and the BeoLab 5 is due for release in the spring of 2003. How's that ?!!

Lee 

 

BeoSound 9000 discontinued end of 2008!

Peter :

1. Beosound 5 - I do hope it is as good as advertised.

2. BV8-40 - will finally have a surround sound module so can be used as a main set.

3. BV4-103" - I can't see this troubling the scorers in my house!

4. Don't know about this one! 

 

I heard rumours about the phone (number 4). It will be called Beocom 5 and it has a speaker. Don't know anything else about it...

Interesting news about the new landline telephone concept! I only wish the BV8-40 was scheduled to be released sooner, especially if it, as rumoured, has more than one HDMI and a DSS module! I will probably be getting a BV8 around Oct, the 40" may be a better option than the 32" if it had been launched. Oh well, we'll see in time I guess!

Robert. 

Well if you want some form of date for BeoSound 5, this is what ol' Torben said in an interview with The Times in early January of this year. My dealer has suggested a more believable early 2009 lauch date. I am pretty sure B&O would have already made a big hype about BeoSound 5 if it was coming before Christmas.

 "We have so many ideas, the difficulty is selecting them. The next thing we are working on is how to merge computer technology into your living room without an ugly PC in there. Within 12 months we will have a product you’ve never seen before which can navigate your entire collection of music, and you’ll hear music you’ve never heard, using neural intelligence to take you to music."

The BeoCom 5 is probably something to keep us happy in the meantime

If we could shy away a little from the word 'concept' when they mention a new telephone, and try and think replacement for BeoCom 6000...

Lee

 

BeoLad:

BeoSound 9000 discontinued end of 2008!

 

Expect also huge drop in prices for Beosound 3, Beosound 6, Serene and Serenata…..up to 40%......

and price increase for all speakers....

I can't really believe that the BS9000 will be discontinued and the BS3200 not. Seems strange. Nothing really new though for the rest.

:-)

9 LEE:

If we could shy away a little from the word 'concept' when they mention a new telephone, and try and think replacement for BeoCom 6000...

Lee

 

I was more hoping that it would compliment the much loved Beocom 6000.
The only improvement I could make to the 6000 would be a speakerphone.
Please B&O, can you make it compatible with our existing 6000 setup?

A dock to connect your cell phone to the Beocom base would be nice. Maybe Bluetooth like the docks in most new cars so it could work with any phone.  Then you could really get rid of your land line?

That they stop the BS9000 is shocking to me. That is the the product that reflects what B&O should be. It just needs a facelift.

 

Thank god I have one ........ 

It's been 12 years since launch.  That's a long B&O life span.  Of course the fading CD is not helping.

 

Dear All:

What's the source of the information?  

I am looking forward to the new sound system.   The margin for error is very thin on this one.  

Dario 

Dear All:

 

How's the BV 8 different from the BV 7?

 

Thanks,

Dario 

They sell very, very few BS9000! At least in Denmark. I think they need to launch new audios not only BS5. 

Who would buy a BS9000 when at the same time a BS5 is offered ? Nobody ! BS5 will give us so much more opportunities to search and store our music ,far beyond of a BS9000. But They should kick out the BS 6 , wanna mp3 player first ! This is so crap , the crapiest screen ever seen , even a 70 eur mp3 has a better screen resolution. People just laughing about it. Totally destroying the brands iamge

B&O is worried about having missed one generation of customers in recent years, and by stating that they will launch a new concept for land line telephony they must be eager to stress that: Young people do not sign up for "land line telephony" in this millennium.

It's like ignoring the fact that "the missed generation" use their mobile phones for various tasks, and the smallest of them being actually talking over the phone, and then launch mobile phones that only focus on this task (sound quality, comfort while talking etc) and ignoring the rest. There is more than hype behind the success of the iPhone (compared to the failure of the Serenata to sell in any numbers at all).

Roger