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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>General Forum</title><link>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/13.aspx</link><description>The main Meeting Place for BeoWorld members, and the place for General Questions, Answers and things to say! 
If you have any questions about anything Bang &amp;amp; Olufsen related - please ask. If you have anything to say - please tell!</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008 SP2 (Build: 31104.93)</generator><item><title>Re: beoworld logo</title><link>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/19778.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:46:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:19778</guid><dc:creator>Puncher</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/19778.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=19778</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://forum.beoworld.org/Themes/default/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;9 LEE:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Well...&amp;nbsp; it&amp;#39;s a brotherhood of sorts (along with the odd sister)&amp;nbsp; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br class="khtml-block-placeholder" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;However, if it&amp;#39;s some kind of Da Vinci code - i&amp;#39;d be happy to sell the rights to the book and film in order to fund the Prize Draw and pay the loans off.. &lt;img src="http://forum.beoworld.org/emoticons/emotion-61.gif" alt="Laughing" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br class="khtml-block-placeholder" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Beovision 9 for 1st Prize anyone?!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br class="khtml-block-placeholder" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://forum.beoworld.org/emoticons/emotion-61.gif" alt="Laughing" /&gt;&lt;img src="http://forum.beoworld.org/emoticons/emotion-61.gif" alt="Laughing" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I do think its a bit off calling our Beosisters &amp;quot;odd&amp;quot;&lt;img src="http://forum.beoworld.org/emoticons/emotion-4.gif" alt="Stick out tongue" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: beoworld logo</title><link>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/19774.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:39:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:19774</guid><dc:creator>Craig</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/19774.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=19774</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://forum.beoworld.org/Themes/default/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;britops:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;p&gt;I saw this on a van and had to look twice if it was a Beoworld van. &lt;img src="http://forum.beoworld.org/emoticons/emotion-4.gif" alt="Stick out tongue" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img height="107" src="http://www.accountability21.net/uploadstore/cms/images/barloworld.jpg" width="228" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;They do Forklifts not B&amp;amp;O. They are one of our customers at work.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Craig&lt;img src="http://forum.beoworld.org/emoticons/emotion-2.gif" alt="Big Smile" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: beoworld logo</title><link>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/19769.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:32:13 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:19769</guid><dc:creator>9 LEE</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/19769.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=19769</wfw:commentRss><description>Well...&amp;nbsp; it&amp;#39;s a brotherhood of sorts (along with the odd sister)&amp;nbsp;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br class="khtml-block-placeholder" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;However, if it&amp;#39;s some kind of Da Vinci code - i&amp;#39;d be happy to sell the rights to the book and film in order to fund the Prize Draw and pay the loans off.. &lt;img src="http://forum.beoworld.org/emoticons/emotion-61.gif" alt="Laughing" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br class="khtml-block-placeholder" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Beovision 9 for 1st Prize anyone?!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br class="khtml-block-placeholder" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://forum.beoworld.org/emoticons/emotion-61.gif" alt="Laughing" /&gt;&lt;img src="http://forum.beoworld.org/emoticons/emotion-61.gif" alt="Laughing" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: beoworld logo</title><link>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/19762.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:13:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:19762</guid><dc:creator>Puncher</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/19762.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=19762</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Perhaps it&amp;#39;s a Da Vinci like code where various companies are fronts for a Priory of Sion&amp;nbsp;like shadowy uber organisation whose members encode secret messages using a system of broken, concentric circles???&lt;img src="http://forum.beoworld.org/emoticons/emotion-3.gif" alt="Surprise" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps we are unwittingly funding an ancient brotherhood, out to discredit all that we hold dear??&lt;img src="http://forum.beoworld.org/emoticons/emotion-8.gif" alt="Indifferent" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Or am I being paranoid??&lt;img src="http://forum.beoworld.org/emoticons/emotion-18.gif" alt="Huh?" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: beoworld logo</title><link>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/19751.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2007 13:57:59 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:19751</guid><dc:creator>Jandyt</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/19751.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=19751</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Good job &lt;a href="http://www.beuworld.com/"&gt;THESE &lt;/a&gt;people haven&amp;#39;t got a circular logo&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Andy T.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: beoworld logo</title><link>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/19733.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:26:44 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:19733</guid><dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/19733.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=19733</wfw:commentRss><description>I thought Seagate is subsidiary of beoworld, due to the logo :)&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: beoworld logo</title><link>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/19732.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:25:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:19732</guid><dc:creator>®</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/19732.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=19732</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;I saw this on a van and had to look twice if it was a Beoworld van. &lt;img src="http://forum.beoworld.org/emoticons/emotion-4.gif" alt="Stick out tongue" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.accountability21.net/uploadstore/cms/images/barloworld.jpg" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: beoworld logo</title><link>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/19730.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:22:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:19730</guid><dc:creator>9 LEE</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/19730.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=19730</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Now - that one is scarily close... &lt;img src="http://forum.beoworld.org/emoticons/emotion-8.gif" alt="Indifferent" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A Prize for the person who finds an exact replica of our logo on another site!!&amp;nbsp; It will add a moment of light-heartedness just before we get sued..&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://forum.beoworld.org/emoticons/emotion-61.gif" alt="Laughing" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: beoworld logo</title><link>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/19706.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2007 09:25:59 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:19706</guid><dc:creator>gorissek</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/19706.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=19706</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;This seems to be a really popular idea for a logo : ) I posted this one from Seagate a while back on the old forum, when i saw it on a portable disc drive. I assumed they used it for their portable drive series, but it&amp;#39;s actually their company logo ( too ). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img alt="seagate logo" height="48" src="http://www.seagate.com/ww/images/top_nav/logo_home.gif" title="seagate logo" width="142" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I still agree you shouldn&amp;#39;t change it, especially when it costs so much. You more than make up for it with those prize draws ; )&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: beoworld logo</title><link>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/17197.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2007 11:08:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:17197</guid><dc:creator>symmes</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/17197.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=17197</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;XXX XXX, internationally known for their corporate design, sold very
similar looking corporate graphics to a Scandinavian and a Thai oil
company. Imagine the surprise of the Scandinavian management when they
arrived in Thailand for a conference and saw numerous gas stations that
looked uncomfortably similar to their own - and imagine their fury when
they found out the same design company was behind both profiles. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I worked for a multinational company that had the similar thing happen.&amp;nbsp; The two have very similar names, but not similar business interests. What the consultant might not have anticipated was a shared US geography.&amp;nbsp; Wonder if the high-paid, international, corporate branding company is the same, or is that just the state of creativity these days?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: beoworld logo</title><link>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/17187.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2007 10:15:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:17187</guid><dc:creator>GuyHui </dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/17187.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=17187</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;IMHO, leave it that way, that&amp;#39;s just fine.&lt;br /&gt;Guy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: beoworld logo</title><link>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/17181.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2007 09:22:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:17181</guid><dc:creator>soundproof</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/17181.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=17181</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;XXX XXX, internationally known for their corporate design, sold very similar looking corporate graphics to a Scandinavian and a Thai oil company. Imagine the surprise of the Scandinavian management when they arrived in Thailand for a conference and saw numerous gas stations that looked uncomfortably similar to their own - and imagine their fury when they found out the same design company was behind both profiles. &lt;img src="http://forum.beoworld.org/emoticons/emotion-14.gif" alt="Devil" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(Yes, I&amp;#39;m protecting the guilty above).&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the case of the Healthcare Commission logo I think it&amp;#39;s a result of identical thought processes in &amp;quot;erasing&amp;quot; sections of the circles within circles. Wouldn&amp;#39;t worry if I was Lee.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: beoworld logo</title><link>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/17144.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2007 05:11:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:17144</guid><dc:creator>Wings</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/17144.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=17144</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://forum.beoworld.org/Themes/default/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;britops:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:12px;"&gt;&lt;br class="khtml-block-placeholder" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:12px;"&gt;Oops my mistake, wrong website &lt;img src="http://forum.beoworld.org/emoticons/emotion-2.gif" alt="Big Smile" /&gt;&lt;img src="http://forum.beoworld.org/emoticons/emotion-2.gif" alt="Big Smile" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img height="72" src="http://www.healthcarecommission.co.uk/_format/_images/gifs/department_logo.gif" width="139" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:12px;"&gt;&lt;br class="khtml-block-placeholder" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:12px;"&gt;This is getting confusing.. &lt;img src="http://forum.beoworld.org/emoticons/emotion-7.gif" alt="Tongue Tied" /&gt;&lt;img src="http://forum.beoworld.org/emoticons/emotion-2.gif" alt="Big Smile" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://forum.beoworld.org/emoticons/emotion-5.gif" alt="Wink" /&gt;&amp;nbsp; Psst!&amp;nbsp; Hey, buddy!&amp;nbsp; Ya, you!&amp;nbsp; If you can&amp;#39;t tell the difference between the logos, come over into this&amp;nbsp;dark alley.&amp;nbsp; I want to show you these&amp;nbsp;ten A-8 earphones clipped to the inside of my Burberry trench coat.&amp;nbsp; I can give you a real good deal.&amp;nbsp; They&amp;#39;re authentic B&amp;amp;O from China.&amp;nbsp; Trust me, I&amp;#39;m a lawyer.&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="http://forum.beoworld.org/emoticons/emotion-2.gif" alt="Big Smile" /&gt;&lt;img src="http://forum.beoworld.org/emoticons/emotion-61.gif" alt="Laughing" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: beoworld logo</title><link>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/16571.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2007 13:46:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:16571</guid><dc:creator>Craig</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/16571.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=16571</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;As they say. If it isn&amp;#39;t broke don&amp;#39;t fix it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Craig&lt;img src="http://forum.beoworld.org/emoticons/emotion-2.gif" alt="Big Smile" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>