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Re: My wishlist for 2010

andreabang — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:39:26 GMT

Beocenter 2 with BluRay capabilities.

Beosound 9000 with 1disc dedicated to DVD/Bluray player

these could be simply cash cow.

Re: My wishlist for 2010

jk1002 — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:37:09 GMT

>> integration will be better served by companies like Logitech that master the one and a half year product lifespan<<

The idea behind the apple ipod connector was that it would stay fairly constant to allow for example integration into cars. The phone, I admit changed that a bit since new functions were required, i.e. to deal with calls while plugged into a third party device.

If you look at the car integration solutions, these are often more expensive then the Ipod itself and it is not something you can easily upgrade so I think there will be some sort of stability.

That said, i don't think it matters much for B&O customers that they can plug their Ipods into their home system. For example people who have the phone, would probably prefer to keep it close by. Also, the Itunes library should be available - producing somethinf that sync's with Itunes would have been a better idea. Beomedia? Doe snot really do that that well since it doesn't support all formats.

I wonder how many 3rd party Ipod docks they sold - they are offered here in the US in the B&O stores.

I think this is probably more a quick product development shot as they must have the integration & technology from the "Car Audio" division.

Re: My wishlist for 2010

Chrisreunion — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 09:02:44 GMT

The irony is, B&O's next BeoSound will be an Ipod/Iphone dock!

I simply hope they won't do like others = relase an Ipod only system, especially since I don't own any Ipod/Iphone.

I think they should simply fit all their BeoSounds with a USB socket, which the rest of the world manufacturers have been doing for years: this makes everybody happy, since the common interface between Ipod, Iphone, hard_drives and SD cards IS the USB standard. Besides, the USB input would have made it possible to flash update/upgrade the software on all BeoSounds sooo easily! Sometimes I think Struer is thinking "too complicated".

Re: My wishlist for 2010

tournedos — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 06:06:20 GMT

I generally think that tying itself up with a product by another, totally unrelated company would be a very bad move for a slow moving entity like B&O. Once they had something like this on the market, what guarantee is there that after six months, Apple won't introduce a totally incompatible iSomething, which everybody just needs to have? I believe that this kind of integration will be better served by companies like Logitech that master the one and a half year product lifespan.

Re: My wishlist for 2010

Puncher — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:20:51 GMT

TripEnglish:

That's exactly the sort of idea you get when inmates run the asylum. First of all, it's stuck in there and not actually docked, which would require a different mechanism and would be awkward to do sideways.

Even if that could be overcome, the inevitable question would be: "I can't see it from my seat! How do I know what I'm navigating to?" to which the answer (at least according to many here) would be "Use your iPhone as a remote!"

So you can use a spare iPhone to control your BeoSound 4000 with your other iPhone jammed into it.

Or you could connect an AirPort express to that or any other old B&O system and just use the iPhone remote to stream content and just live with the intermittent drop-outs.

I'll wait for the _______________, thank you very much.

The point being - what is really required is an iPhone or iPod touch style remote that does the remote control stuff .............. without the burden of being a separate iPod or Phone!

Why have an iTouch, or worse still an iPhone, that is dedicated as a remote, most of it's functionality is redundant, if you use it as an iPod what does the rest of the family do when you take it to work? - see the news of the new Samsung 9000 TV (CES 2010) which has an iTouch style remote that can stream preview video (so that you can preview channels you aren't currently watching etc.)

I think the iPhone Remote app is a short term novelty - real iPhone "style" remotes (that are easily configurable) are what is required!

Re: My wishlist for 2010

TripEnglish — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:47:38 GMT

That's exactly the sort of idea you get when inmates run the asylum. First of all, it's stuck in there and not actually docked, which would require a different mechanism and would be awkward to do sideways.

Even if that could be overcome, the inevitable question would be: "I can't see it from my seat! How do I know what I'm navigating to?" to which the answer (at least according to many here) would be "Use your iPhone as a remote!"

So you can use a spare iPhone to control your BeoSound 4000 with your other iPhone jammed into it.

Or you could connect an AirPort express to that or any other old B&O system and just use the iPhone remote to stream content and just live with the intermittent drop-outs.

I'll wait for the _______________, thank you very much.

Re: My wishlist for 2010

Chrisreunion — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:01:07 GMT

When I talked about my wish that B&O should upgrade their present range rather than launching new products with new software bugs, this is the kind of ideas I had in mind...:

Re: My wishlist for 2010

-multimedia Robert- — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:05:51 GMT

TripEnglish:

-Beo5 will never be two way. For that you'll have to wait for the __________.

An iPod touch/iPhone solution like other audio brands do ???????????

Re: My wishlist for 2010

elephant — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:28:26 GMT

linder:
However I wish B&O would correct some of the problems with the Beosound 5

I agree - I don't own a BeoSound 5 but I think there should be a "fast track" focus by B&O on a flagship product for each product segment:

Audio = Beocentre 2
Video = Beosystem 3 platform supporting BV7 and BV9 ?
Multimedia = BS/BM 5

Each of those premium products should receive quarterly improvements - clear value for money.

The others (including all the ones I own!) should proceed at a slower pace.

I am quite comfortable that my BS4 and BV8 are not premium products - I have things I would appreciate being improved, but I really thing B&O needs to focus.

Re: My wishlist for 2010

linder — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:00:26 GMT

There are some great ideas here and some of the upcoming products sound interesting. However I wish B&O would correct some of the problems with the Beosound 5 --- properly sort titles on multiple CD albums, add an AUX port and support more codecs including FLAC, Apple lossless etc. I am not sure if I would buy an iPod dock for Beosound 5. Another item for BS5 is that B&O should send email to users listing new features and fixes. I would like to know when there is an update.

B&O will always send an email when they are introducing a new product but I never get an email about software or product updates. If a product has been upgraded to another MK status, I want to know. Maybe I would want the upgrade. Of course Beoworld is always the best source of information.

Bill

Re: My wishlist for 2010

Beofan2 — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:01:00 GMT

Any clues how a21 / BS7 looks like? Has anyone seen it? Do we know the designer?

Re: My wishlist for 2010

PhilLondon — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:16:18 GMT

I beleive the ________ is the new digital beosound AKA mini beosound 5 AKA iPod dock.

Re: My wishlist for 2010

MikaelB — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:03:17 GMT

TripEnglish:

-Beo5 will never be two way. For that you'll have to wait for the __________.

Is "the __________" the first news of a new remote?

/MikaelB

Re: My wishlist for 2010

koning — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 07:11:48 GMT

No One

Re: My wishlist for 2010

elephant — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:18:18 GMT

mr_anders_son:
There will be a new video engine (as BS3) but much smaller

That seems like good news

I hope that means the engine will be easily integrated into the various BeoVision platforms

Does anyone have an idea about the timescale and priorities (e.g. BV10 first) for such work ?