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Re: Spotify integrated in Beosound 5 and Encore available in January!

knrj — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:31:34 GMT

Is this a rumor or has Spotify for the BeoSound 5 Encore been annonced? This would be very interesting!

Re: Spotify integrated in Beosound 5 and Encore available in January!

beojeff — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 12:42:18 GMT

tompa:

beojeff:

It does seem a shame that B&O used a DVI instead of HDMI connection from the BeoMaster 5, though. With all the attention on the BeoSound 5 Encore, B&O needs to show added features to market the BeoSound 5/BeoMster 5 combo.

And what is the problem??...

DVI and HDMI is the same but different connector and no sound in DVI but a simpel coax wire to tv fix that

The DVI interface is bulky, dated, and requires an adapter even for B&O's own BeoSystem 3.

Re: Spotify integrated in Beosound 5 and Encore available in January!

beojeff — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 12:22:45 GMT

koning:

beojeff:

This looks promising that B&O is adding more functionality to the BeoSound 5 to make it a more complete media center. Hopefully, they will give some attention to the BeoMaster 5 as a video media center, too. It would seem so logical to have Netflix, Hulu, Vudu, etc. on the BeoMaster 5 with a very "B&O" style of interface. It does seem a shame that B&O used a DVI instead of HDMI connection from the BeoMaster 5, though. With all the attention on the BeoSound 5 Encore, B&O needs to show added features to market the BeoSound 5/BeoMster 5 combo.

For video use a mediaplayer

That's my point. For what we pay for a BeoMaster 5, it SHOULD be a media player for video. It would be nice to have that all intergrated into one B&O product. As the BeoMaster 5 is basically a computer and hard drive and has an internet connection, this should be possible.

Re: Spotify integrated in Beosound 5 and Encore available in January!

koning — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 11:39:52 GMT

beojeff:

This looks promising that B&O is adding more functionality to the BeoSound 5 to make it a more complete media center. Hopefully, they will give some attention to the BeoMaster 5 as a video media center, too. It would seem so logical to have Netflix, Hulu, Vudu, etc. on the BeoMaster 5 with a very "B&O" style of interface. It does seem a shame that B&O used a DVI instead of HDMI connection from the BeoMaster 5, though. With all the attention on the BeoSound 5 Encore, B&O needs to show added features to market the BeoSound 5/BeoMster 5 combo.

For video use a mediaplayer

Re: Spotify integrated in Beosound 5 and Encore available in January!

tompa — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 08:46:55 GMT

beojeff:

It does seem a shame that B&O used a DVI instead of HDMI connection from the BeoMaster 5, though. With all the attention on the BeoSound 5 Encore, B&O needs to show added features to market the BeoSound 5/BeoMster 5 combo.

And what is the problem??...

DVI and HDMI is the same but different connector and no sound in DVI but a simpel coax wire to tv fix that

Re: Spotify integrated in Beosound 5 and Encore available in January!

beojeff — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 09:53:14 GMT

This looks promising that B&O is adding more functionality to the BeoSound 5 to make it a more complete media center. Hopefully, they will give some attention to the BeoMaster 5 as a video media center, too. It would seem so logical to have Netflix, Hulu, Vudu, etc. on the BeoMaster 5 with a very "B&O" style of interface. It does seem a shame that B&O used a DVI instead of HDMI connection from the BeoMaster 5, though. With all the attention on the BeoSound 5 Encore, B&O needs to show added features to market the BeoSound 5/BeoMster 5 combo.

Re: Spotify integrated in Beosound 5 and Encore available in January!

Chris — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 08:21:11 GMT

http://www.stuff.tv/news/web/hands-on/pure-music-hands-on?page=0,0

If i could buy a B&O media player, where i was guarenteed top quality music and film, at a reasonable cost i would buy one. In the mean time i'll make do with an Ipad and Apple TV.

Whats the point in having a player, where the user has to put plastic disks into the bottom of the TV to watch video in this internet wireless age? I just don't get it.

Re: Spotify integrated in Beosound 5 and Encore available in January!

folkdeejay — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 07:00:38 GMT

moxxey:

folkdeejay:

Is the apple app maybe dropping out with mobile connection issues ?

See comments: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/spotify/id324684580?mt=8

Oh dear...that all sounds a bit crap.

Not an apple user, and don't use many apps really, so I didn't know apps vary in reliability accross platforms.

Re: Spotify integrated in Beosound 5 and Encore available in January!

tournedos — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 06:48:41 GMT

folkdeejay:
Well, in reference to an ealrier point - £5 a month is not a lot to pay for all that content, advert-free.

No it's not, but if I'm to pay for music, I'd like at least some of that money going to the artists, so I'll rather just continue to buy records (or mostly just listen to the radio, but anyway...).

Given the lower quality of the free service and the frequency and annoyance of the advertisements, I think they should rather pay me for using it instead of limiting my listening time!

But, I wasn't trying to start a discussion on their pricing policy, just pointed out that the Windows client is rock solid.

Re: Spotify integrated in Beosound 5 and Encore available in January!

moxxey — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 06:46:10 GMT

folkdeejay:

Is the apple app maybe dropping out with mobile connection issues ?

See comments: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/spotify/id324684580?mt=8

Re: Spotify integrated in Beosound 5 and Encore available in January!

folkdeejay — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 06:40:56 GMT

Well, in reference to an ealrier point - £5 a month is not a lot to pay for all that content, advert-free.

I had the premium for a couple of months (£10) as I was travelling and used the off-line facility a lot. Even that, at £10 is stunning value - and of course, if more pewople subscribed, the artist payments would ( I assume) improve.

I saw a tweet from a guy who got way less than £10uk for 80,000 plays. I think it was about £6, in fact.

Personally, I think for £4.99 its a bargain.

Re: Spotify integrated in Beosound 5 and Encore available in January!

tournedos — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 06:12:13 GMT

folkdeejay:

Perhaps - but the PC version ( which I guess the basis of the BS5 app) is solid in my experience.

Used via my Beolink system for several hours a day probably 4 or 5 days a week, and I don't recall it crashing once in recent months.

Is the apple app maybe dropping out with mobile connection issues ?

Maybe it's simply just not too good. That can happen on Apple as well

I've been running the Windows version of Spotify on a Linux netbook under Wine (free Windows emulator), which is a totally unsupported platform for Spotify and it hasn't crashed or even malfunctioned once. Ever.

However, after Spotify introduced the five play times per track maximum on the free accounts, I haven't used it at all...

Re: Spotify integrated in Beosound 5 and Encore available in January!

folkdeejay — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 05:27:34 GMT

moxxey:

One word of warning though....the Spotify app can be very flaky. Prone to crashing.

Perhaps - but the PC version ( which I guess the basis of the BS5 app) is solid in my experience.

Used via my Beolink system for several hours a day probably 4 or 5 days a week, and I don't recall it crashing once in recent months.

Is the apple app maybe dropping out with mobile connection issues ?

Re: Spotify integrated in Beosound 5 and Encore available in January!

folkdeejay — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 05:22:57 GMT

Tomaz:

native spotify would be a great integration-- I think it will be the perfect gadget for folkdeejay he was continuously complaining about the lack of spotify in beo products..now he can open a bottle of good wine

Indeed.

Although I would like to think I was pointing out a major drawback in the eyes of potential buyers, and therefore the reason for less than ground-breaking sales, rather than just 'complaining'.

Please have in mind that I spent 5/6 days a week trying to sell & install BeoProducts in various roles for almost 20 years, and the lack of streaming was, without doubt, the #1 reason for potential owners not taking the plunge, in my experience.

I am/always was a fan of the overall design - in fact, I think I am correct in remembering my shop was one of the first in the UK to install one, back when i was doing that.

Good news all round.

Re: Spotify integrated in Beosound 5 and Encore available in January!

moxxey — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 02:45:18 GMT

Yendys:
These products are starting to become very interesting....

I agree here. Encore should be able to stream tracks on demand, which makes an interesting scenario.

But, don't forget you can do this right NOW using your Beosound 8 and iPhone/iPad. Just download the Spotify app to your mobile device, connect to your BS8 and you'll be able to stream audio to the BS8, on demand.

There's lots of stuff you can do with the BS8, like the above, that B&O should promote more heavily. For instance, you can use your iPhone/BS8 to stream audiobooks for your kids, rather than placing them in front of a TV.

One word of warning though....the Spotify app can be very flaky. Prone to crashing.