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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: B&amp;O Newsletter August</title><link>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/39679.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2007 13:07:55 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:39679</guid><dc:creator>joynsyde</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/39679.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=39679</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Very cool article. Beautifully done.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here in the &amp;#39;States, the general public&amp;#39;s command of grammar is also seriously declining. It&amp;#39;s sad!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: B&amp;O Newsletter August</title><link>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/39644.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2007 09:36:59 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:39644</guid><dc:creator>Ignace</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/39644.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=39644</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;O.T. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lee, i like your new avatar &lt;img src="http://forum.beoworld.org/emoticons/01.gif" alt="Smile" /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If i remember correctly, the 535d was the first diesel ever on the Top Gear track !&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: B&amp;O Newsletter August</title><link>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/39625.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2007 06:49:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:39625</guid><dc:creator>KingStreet</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/39625.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=39625</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;your&amp;#39;e right Lee - mkes you feel quite humble to hear mainland Europeans speaking &amp;quot;better&amp;quot; English than 90% of UK residents.&lt;br /&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: B&amp;O Newsletter August</title><link>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/39559.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2007 17:44:43 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:39559</guid><dc:creator>9 LEE</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/39559.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=39559</wfw:commentRss><description>The Danes actually take great pride in being as gramatically perfect in the English language as possible.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br class="khtml-block-placeholder" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I speak regularly to a few Danish people who&amp;#39;s command of the English language is actually superior to most of the population of the UK !!! (mine included)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br class="khtml-block-placeholder" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Lee&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: B&amp;O Newsletter August</title><link>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/39558.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2007 17:41:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:39558</guid><dc:creator>Jandyt</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/39558.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=39558</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Wow!&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for that Ignace, fascinating reading.&lt;br /&gt;B&amp;amp;Os website is improving, love the way the &amp;#39;newspaper&amp;#39; pages turn and the English spelling and grammar are impeccable.&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: B&amp;O Newsletter August</title><link>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/39541.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2007 17:00:27 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:39541</guid><dc:creator>The Stig - ver. 1.7</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/39541.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=39541</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Now there is no excuse for not&amp;nbsp;baying the BV9 it&amp;#39;s half price&amp;nbsp;almost, compared to BV3000SJ &lt;img src="http://forum.beoworld.org/emoticons/05.gif" alt="Wink" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: B&amp;O Newsletter August</title><link>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/39538.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2007 16:53:07 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:39538</guid><dc:creator>9 LEE</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/39538.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=39538</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;Ignace:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&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;Thanks Ignace&lt;div&gt;&lt;br class="khtml-block-placeholder" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://forum.beoworld.org/emoticons/02.gif" alt="Big Smile" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Anytime Lee &lt;img src="http://forum.beoworld.org/emoticons/01.gif" alt="Smile" /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I noticed that the link only opens the article about &amp;quot;best cinema experience&amp;quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Therefore i&amp;#39;ve added the following link :&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &amp;quot;&lt;a href="http://www.bang-olufsen.com/page.asp?id=369" target="_blank"&gt;40 years of colour TV&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Very interesting article, it also shows the first B&amp;amp;O colour tv, the Beovision 3000 SJ, &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;24 inch, 52 kg (!), price DKK 7450 (around EURO 1000 / GBP 700) , in 1967 ! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br class="khtml-block-placeholder" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Whoah!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br class="khtml-block-placeholder" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In the UK, the average price for a HOUSE was &amp;pound;4,640 in 1967 - so that puts the price into perspective!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br class="khtml-block-placeholder" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Todays average UK house price is &amp;pound;173,000 - so by comparison the BeoVision 3000SJ cost an equivalent of &amp;pound;26,099 !!!!!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br class="khtml-block-placeholder" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Yes, UK prices are crazy at the moment, but it makes interesting reading all the same. &lt;img src="http://forum.beoworld.org/emoticons/01.gif" alt="Smile" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br class="khtml-block-placeholder" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Lee&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: B&amp;O Newsletter August</title><link>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/39531.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2007 16:35:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:39531</guid><dc:creator>Ignace</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/39531.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=39531</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;Thanks Ignace&lt;div&gt;&lt;br class="khtml-block-placeholder" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://forum.beoworld.org/emoticons/02.gif" alt="Big Smile" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Anytime Lee &lt;img src="http://forum.beoworld.org/emoticons/01.gif" alt="Smile" /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I noticed that the link only opens the article about &amp;quot;best cinema experience&amp;quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Therefore i&amp;#39;ve added the following link :&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &amp;quot;&lt;a href="http://www.bang-olufsen.com/page.asp?id=369" target="_blank"&gt;40 years of colour TV&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Very interesting article, it also shows the first B&amp;amp;O colour tv, the Beovision 3000 SJ, &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;24 inch, 52 kg (!), price DKK 7450 (around EURO 1000 / GBP 700) , in 1967 ! &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: B&amp;O Newletter August</title><link>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/39515.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:56:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:39515</guid><dc:creator>9 LEE</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/39515.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=39515</wfw:commentRss><description>Thanks Ignace&lt;div&gt;&lt;br class="khtml-block-placeholder" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://forum.beoworld.org/emoticons/02.gif" alt="Big Smile" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>B&amp;O Newsletter August</title><link>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/39053.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:38:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:39053</guid><dc:creator>Ignace</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/39053.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=39053</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;B&amp;amp;O Newsletter &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bang-olufsen.com/page.asp?id=363" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Invitation to the best cinema experience &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;40 years with colour TV&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;50&amp;quot; high definition plasma monitor &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Beolab 5&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>