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Re: Some news from the dealer conf in the french forum

wonderfulelectric — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 12:58:14 GMT

Beosound 5 sounds hot! However, 500gb only? I have come to realize that many new harddisk players are looking very high-tech indeed; maybe because of the colour touchscreens? Anyways I just bought the new Olive which was introduced just weeks ago. I am so glad I found an affordable good-looking harddisk player. The interface on the Olive could be improved though since it is lacking download support for Mac and support of WPA2 wifi. http://www.olive.us/home.html . This is my first harddisk player and the fact that this has just been released I have no idea how Olive compare to the many others out there.

Alexander

Re: Some news from the dealer conf in the french forum

Russ — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:46:22 GMT

darioazul:
Dear All:
Just in from sheep invested pastures & smoked, darkened labs with over abundance of 'winking', Beosound 5/Beomaster 5, in combination with Beo5 will not only let you control, see, rearrange, link, and more your music, some video, & internet; but, restore the confidence of the world markets, bring clean water to the masses, & last but not least, calm middle east & russian tensions with the west. And all you have to do & sit patiently & go shopping at the 'right' time. Stay tuned for more news from Denmark & company...

Dario

I think those features were reserved for the BeObama 8, having slipped their original delivery date (typical B&O) with the discarded BeoAl 2000.

Russ

Re: Some news from the dealer conf in the french forum

Russ — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:42:11 GMT

Beolab:
The BS5/BM5 will only support Audio and pictures like the old beomedia! So no Video support !

That really ought to surprise no-one (save the 'Dude' perhaps), since the name is BeoSound 5, not BeoCenter 5. Be glad that photos are supported!

Russ

Re: Some news from the dealer conf in the french forum

Beolab — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:43:29 GMT

The BS5/BM5 will only support Audio and pictures like the old beomedia! So no Video support !

B&o have instead made a relation with the media brand Tvix as Video suplier...

Regards

Re: Some news from the dealer conf in the french forum

Russ — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:40:20 GMT

I think that many of us here will remember that a couple of photos of the BeoCenter 2 were secreted out of the Dealer Meeting prior to its launch. B&O were said to be furious at this 'betrayal' by the dealers, and have taken measures since to prevent even that sort of leak. I know that dealers were shown a physical mock-up of the BeoSound 5 as long ago as last year, and a few close-up photos were used in the holiday marketing campaign last year. Those photos are reproduced here in other threads.

Too bad Tolga Tuncer isn't still hanging around with us!

Russ

Re: Some news from the dealer conf in the french forum

darioazul — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:37:15 GMT

Dear All:

Just in from sheep invested pastures & smoked, darkened labs with over abundance of 'winking', Beosound 5/Beomaster 5, in combination with Beo5 will not only let you control, see, rearrange, link, and more your music, some video, & internet; but, restore the confidence of the world markets, bring clean water to the masses, & last but not least, calm middle east & russian tensions with the west. And all you have to do & sit patiently & go shopping at the 'right' time. Stay tuned for more news from Denmark & company...

Dario

Re: Some news from the dealer conf in the french forum

jk1002 — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:26:46 GMT

I didnt think that the last leaks for Apple were intentional. They pretty much gave it all away and dint have much to show to begin with.

I think we know actually a lot about the BS5. Its

all here including

Re: Some news from the dealer conf in the french forum

tournedos — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:12:50 GMT

Further to that, I think 95% of all "leaks" nowadays are intentional. Perhaps B&O just doesn't want to market that way?

Re: Some news from the dealer conf in the french forum

Sal — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:05:20 GMT

Well, I'm sure the reason for the lack of any images is that B&O and David Lewis Partners are tight and small. B&O keep all mfg in house, all mockups are probably tightly held and maybe only a few dozen people know what things look like... Much easier to control leaks.

Apple, on the other hand, when the behemoth gets close to marketing, has all of it's infrastructure and logistics (companies in China, accessory makers, etc) ready to supply at the launch date... Thousands of people probably know what an item looks like.

When was the last time B&O launched a product and it was available the same day?

-Sal

Re: Some news from the dealer conf in the french forum

Beofan2 — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:47:45 GMT

BORING for ages!!

Re: Some news from the dealer conf in the french forum

Alex — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:27:14 GMT

beoberlin:
One simple question: How long do us "normal" folks have to wait for (even unofficial) photos of the notorious bs5/bm5. Im dying here.

beoberlin

So boring here !!!!! No Photoshop images ????? nothing ??? Boring.... If this would be the apple community we already had seen some amazing stuff.

Re: Some news from the dealer conf in the french forum

beoberlin — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:58:14 GMT

One simple question: How long do us "normal" folks have to wait for (even unofficial) photos of the notorious bs5/bm5. Im dying here.

beoberlin

Re: Some news from the dealer conf in the french forum

jk1002 — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:37:31 GMT

>>It could hold doors open, keep papers from blowing away, prop up table legs, really the possibilities are endless. <<

If that is how a product ends up that was introduced 2006, they need to rethink their venture into the digital world. Price it like a Ipod then.

Re: Some news from the dealer conf in the french forum

TripEnglish — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:55:44 GMT

End of the line? I don't know about that. It could hold doors open, keep papers from blowing away, prop up table legs, really the possibilities are endless.

Re: Some news from the dealer conf in the french forum

linder — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:47:20 GMT

TripEnglish:
The BeoMedia 1 and the BeoMaster 5 are identical until you look at the back. Then the inside. Sorry.

This of course make sense. However I will ask the question differently. Can a Beosound 5 be attached to a Beomedia 1 instead of a Beomaster 5? I guess this would mean that the Beomedia 1 would have a software upgrade.

If this is the end of the line for the Beomedia 1, it will certainly go into the list of the worst products from B&O.