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Re: new TV this year

BeoFab — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:04:44 GMT

That looks really cool. You know that usually COOL=VERY EXPENSIVE.

Regarding the speakers the ones mentioned by Trip are by far the most discreet. Also the new Beovox 2 are less discreet but very nice.

Re: new TV this year

Electrified — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 04:18:42 GMT

Flappo:

just buy a projector with a motorised screen

i bought one recently , an optoma 3d , very discreet , quiet and amazing quality

plus when you turn it all off it disappears

relatively cheap too , probably quarter the price of a bv7

THe idea was to not have stuff on the wall, so a motorised screen wouldn't really cut it. However, my walls are white.

What's keeping me back is the question of speakers, especially the center speaker. I need to figure out which solution would work the best, and which solution would be viable considering I'm not a movie buff, and don't have the slightest interest in surround sound.

This is a cool solution (disregarding the lack of a center speaker):

Re: new TV this year

Flappo — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 03:18:53 GMT

just buy a projector with a motorised screen

i bought one recently , an optoma 3d , very discreet , quiet and amazing quality

plus when you turn it all off it disappears

relatively cheap too , probably quarter the price of a bv7

Re: new TV this year

Electrified — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 04:01:04 GMT

Thanks BF and Trip

I'll look into it. I don't have art on my walls (I consider it a dust trap), but both ideas are worth looking into.

Re: new TV this year

John — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 23:07:34 GMT

The Big thing currently missing in all of B&O's TV's, considering they can be used as a processor for AV duties via an inbuilt module, is compatibility with the latest Dolby and DTS Home Theatre codecs - i.e. Dolby True HD and DTS HD Master Audio.

Considering the audible and beneficial increase in audio performance of these lossless compression formats, and that they are a standard in the industry, along with Bluray for Home Movies which is both designed to be, and is in fact fast superseding DVD as the premier AV software for movies, it is lamentable that B&O have not seen fit to update their AV sound modules from the earlier and inferior DD or DTS lossy compression formats.

Certainly given the expense of any B&O TV, and where one would like to gain the advantages of simplification re the box count by having DD & DTS decoding built into the set, it is a serious oversight in my view - certainly one that makes me hesitate to buy a B&O TV unfortunately - much as I want to buy one on aesthetic and performance grounds.

If you are listening B&O, this is one of the areas where you need to address product shortcomings in my humble opinion.

Best Regards

John.....

Re: new TV this year

koning — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 19:06:04 GMT

I've been told that the BV8-40 mkII was planned in november 2010...now it is march 2011

Re: new TV this year

TripEnglish — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 15:23:53 GMT

Off the thread topic, but related to Electrified's comment:

We're in the process of building out a master suite with a projector where the gear is practically invisible, including the speakers. The projector drops from a lift, the screen drops from a pocket, and the speakers are flush mount Sonance Architectural which have no flange or reveal of any type. The most discreet yet high-performance system I've done.

You could theoretically do this on a cheaper scale and get the same effect if you just left a wall blank and did stereo speakers in the wall or ceiling. Decent projectors aren't that much more expensive than TVs. You just have to control daylight in the room.

Re: new TV this year

BeoFab — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 10:26:34 GMT

Electrified,

Something similar to what you mention does exist. Imagine a framed picture, the canvas inside with the art rolls down and reveals a hidden plasma or LCD screen. When done watching tv the art rolls automatically up again and looks just as a regular painting.

I can't remember the brand though.

Re: new TV this year

Electrified — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 06:55:47 GMT

Flappo:

so what earth shattering tv's can we expect this year , then ?

a solid gold bv7 maybe or a sapphire encrusted one button remote ?

I know you're joking in an effort to get back on track, but I like my tv's to be fairly boring. They're big and ugly as it is (yes, I just bought a BV10 32", but it's still big and ugly - it's only pretty as far as tellies in general goes), so the less it brings attention to itself when off, the better.

If it were possible without having to close non-existant curtains in my home, I'd have a small hole in one of the walls and use the opposing wall as the canvas. That way it would be "non-existant" when it wasn't on. Okay, it may look weird having a small center speaker with nothing above it, but I guess I could live with that.

Re: new TV this year

Flappo — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 06:27:02 GMT

so what earth shattering tv's can we expect this year , then ?

a solid gold bv7 maybe or a sapphire encrusted one button remote ?

Re: new TV this year

Flappo — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 06:25:23 GMT

man-crush ?

grow up fer god sakes

Re: new TV this year

BeoFab — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 09:47:45 GMT

But it was a lot of fun.

A hilarious mix of an australian Shakespeare in absinthe and the Doc from Back to the Future

Re: new TV this year

Steffen — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 20:21:51 GMT

Oh -thank you for the link. Now I've read the Peter Marks thread...He was quick in and... out!

Maybe the shortest time on the forum ever

Re: new TV this year

symmes — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 20:09:11 GMT

Jonathan:

symmes:

Jonathan:

TripEnglish:

symmes:
As much as it pains me to say this, had I listened to Flappo (and not my broker) and bought stock when he began proclaiming his man-crush on Steve Jobs, I would be in a position to buy B&O. And I would also now be in a position to buy the rights from Peter Marks for his acoustic lens implants. Ooops, I let that one slip out.

This entire post logged. PLease reason to be with cruelty. You do about joking??

I'm going to patent Lego and build a BT house around you. You should be appaled at the behavior from yours...

Find an IQ before you lie again... go away, why have you any interest? You bet I avoid morons like yourself.

Ask you remove yourself immediatedly before I demand.

Again my sincere apologies but you really should slap those on your site who so casually insult and hound.

Get a job as clearly your hobby is to attack others...

want an IQ battle? I write Novels and play with the English language...

Prove you've a reason to earthwalk.

2 points that make you insane.

1. I already said I didn't buy Apple stock and so now I am poor, so your insane acuse sation now proves your are IQless.

2. Melbourne Florida born in 1867 and Melbourne Australia born in 1835 so patent infringement is by them, and you will spend the rest of your life buiding a Lego wall around it. And Lego walls won't keep a kangaroo out of your garden, anyway, so Hah!

Whoa back a sec there, I was joking!! You've not read the famous Peter MARKS thread?

See http://forum.beoworld.org/forums/t/38383.aspx

Sorry, I was gagging along with Trip...

My apologies

Surely you didn't think I was serious? Completely tongue in cheek here, Jonathan!!! OF COURSE I read the Peter Marks thread.

OK, I am done, and will resort back to trying to act mature. Darn it. Unless you are pulling my string, in which case, you got me.

Cheers.

Re: new TV this year

Jonathan — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 20:08:47 GMT

*ahem* sorry, back to the OP

There has been mention of a new 55' TV coming this year. I thought I read somewhere that it was 3D???

This would obviously need to be confirmed or denied...