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Re: New Beosystem 3

Razlaw — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:26:46 GMT

It is my understanding that AST is not yet available. It will be added to and enabled on BS3s sometime in the future.

Re: New Beosystem 3

Beocomplete — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:16:05 GMT

HI! How much cost for update extra RAM. When i doing sound adjustment, Showing on menu is AST Off . And i have no way to turnd on. Is it my beosystem 3 do not have the functions?

Re: New Beosystem 3

erg4000 — Wed, 20 May 2009 03:10:11 GMT

The big difference was in resolution of still photos. The resolution of the projector was way better when connecting the MacBook directly. Surprisingly some spots on the pictures turned out to be birds in the sky. There must be a bottleneck in the Apple TV/ Beosystem 3 setup.

Re: New Beosystem 3

Alex — Wed, 20 May 2009 00:48:29 GMT

The reason you're seeing such a big difference is because all Macs have their own colour profiles built in - which is incorrect. It may have looked brighter/more vivid, but did it look more natural?

B&O has always tried to reproduce the most natural image possible, not the most 'wow' image...

Re: New Beosystem 3

Alex — Tue, 19 May 2009 17:12:50 GMT

erg4000:

There seems to be an issue with the picture quality of the Beosystem 3. I had the opportunity to test the Leica Pradovid D-1200 at home. I connected the projector in two different ways:

- To the Beosystem 3 over DVI

- To a MacBook Pro over DVI

The Leica Pradovid showed an outstanding quality for digital pictures. But there was a huge difference between both connection types. I looked at the same photos over the MacBook and Apple TV connected to the Beosystem 3. The pictures were much better when I connected the beamer to the MacBook. Obviously the signal from the Beosystem 3 seems to have lesser quality. I don't know if this is caused by Apple TV or the video processing of the Beosystem 3.

Keep in mind that there's probably a number of similar picture enhancements built into both products. You'll see some other similar anomalies when you connect a BeoSystem 3 to say a Pioneer Elite or Runco television that also have their own video processing going on internally. It's to be expected and has nothing at all to do with the picture quality of the system 3.

Also ... correct me if I'm wrong, but HDMI 1.3 from what I understand with the exception of Deep Color (which isn't really supported by any home A/V sources) doesn't really offer much more in terms of "picture quality." The majority of changes between the versions happened on the audio side of things.

Re: New Beosystem 3

erg4000 — Tue, 19 May 2009 16:10:03 GMT

If there is an upgrade for the Beosystem 3, my wish-list is as followed:

- Add some digital audio autput connections for the BeoLab 5

- Improve picture quality by adding HDMI 1.3

Re: New Beosystem 3

erg4000 — Tue, 19 May 2009 16:06:14 GMT

There seems to be an issue with the picture quality of the Beosystem 3. I had the opportunity to test the Leica Pradovid D-1200 at home. I connected the projector in two different ways:

- To the Beosystem 3 over DVI

- To a MacBook Pro over DVI

The Leica Pradovid showed an outstanding quality for digital pictures. But there was a huge difference between both connection types. I looked at the same photos over the MacBook and Apple TV connected to the Beosystem 3. The pictures were much better when I connected the beamer to the MacBook. Obviously the signal from the Beosystem 3 seems to have lesser quality. I don't know if this is caused by Apple TV or the video processing of the Beosystem 3.

Re: New Beosystem 3

Alex — Tue, 19 May 2009 11:01:12 GMT

Razlaw:

Is it also possible to retrofit a BV7 MKIII? Does AST function once the extra RAM and internal components are fitted?

No ... the AST function is going to be enabled on a future software update. As of right now it's still greyed out in the menu.

Also, as far as I know any BeoSystem 3 based product should be upgradeable.

Re: New Beosystem 3

Alex — Tue, 19 May 2009 11:00:55 GMT

Razlaw:

Is it also possible to retrofit a BV7 MKIII? Does AST function once the extra RAM and internal components are fitted?

No ... the AST function is going to be enabled on a future software update. As of right now it's still greyed out in the menu.

Also, as far as I know any BeoSystem 3 based product should be upgradeable.

Re: New Beosystem 3

Razlaw — Sat, 16 May 2009 07:25:36 GMT

Is it also possible to retrofit a BV7 MKIII? Does AST function once the extra RAM and internal components are fitted?

Re: New Beosystem 3

Alex — Fri, 15 May 2009 17:15:20 GMT

It's a RAM update necessary for the new AST and that's it!

I have one in my store ... there's absolutely no difference besides the extra RAM and maybe some different internal components. Also, just as an FYI "older" units can be retrofitted.

Re: New Beosystem 3

mbee — Wed, 13 May 2009 03:30:07 GMT

It also appears on the french version : this seems to confirm that some important changes will be made on the BS3, otherwise the FAQ would not have been different. Really interesting!

Re: New Beosystem 3

Corvin — Tue, 12 May 2009 20:52:56 GMT

I can't find this on the English version but also wish to know the specs of the new BeoSystem 3.

Re: New Beosystem 3

MikaelB — Mon, 11 May 2009 14:36:03 GMT

In Danish - but you get the mening

Re: New Beosystem 3

raveny — Mon, 11 May 2009 13:59:45 GMT

If you go to "Contact us" on the B&O site I selected under Product category Video ---> BeoSystem3 and then you can choose between MKI and MKII...

I don't know how to post a screenshot!