BeoSound 5 Forum

Re: No updates

mor — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:46:55 GMT

I agree - the pre-launc site was quite poor: on a mac it did not work in Safari. It did not work in firefox 3.0 ... only when I tried Opera I at least was able to see all gimmicks ... does that remind anyone of the B&O site when launched ... LOL

Re: No updates

Peter — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:00:10 GMT

We will make sure the Beoworld page is informative and useful!!

No updates

Harry2008 — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:21:42 GMT

I registered to recieve information about a month ago. So far, nothing. Indeed, most companys would sent you emails to highten your expectations, update the (micro-) site an so on.

Re: Terrible Beosound 5 site?

guillaume — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:16:11 GMT

woooo, did anyone notice the awesome animation that one can now do on the launch site.

You can make a magical circle rotate or not, spriral into infinity, and change speed and color, AND you can send it as an email.

Wait, this reminds me of something.....(wait a few minutes)....there it is! my screensaver does exactly the same thing!

sorry but this is utter rubbish and completely pointless and lackluster. I got really excited by the new bits, and got bored of it within 25sec of playing with it.

Re: Terrible Beosound 5 site?

Kokomo — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:31:52 GMT

Day 7's 'Imagine.......' is a real gripper!

Re: Terrible Beosound 5 site?

SWISS_2 — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:53:26 GMT

Why in the world would anyone want to leave Auckland for Struer ?

You are truly fortunate and blessed: You live in one of the most beautiful cities ( and country ) in the world. Lush Green = New Zealand versus Rainy Grey = Denmark. You think NZ has high taxation ? Wait until you work in Denmark or Scandinavia.

Unless Lee were to open a New Zealand branch of Lifestyle AV you could manage, I'd stay put and enjoy it.

Re: Terrible Beosound 5 site?

benjnz — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:14:30 GMT

OI punchy, would you start the Wednesday intimidating thread please, it's Wednesday here already - come on sharpen up bro

Re: Terrible Beosound 5 site?

benjnz — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:13:27 GMT

Puncher:

Flat being the operative word there - totally flat!

Although saying that I do have to give them a BIG 10 out of 10 for pullnig out all the stops on their Xmas gift animation and jingle this year - NOT! LMAO

Re: Terrible Beosound 5 site?

Puncher — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:00:41 GMT

benjnz:

LMAO well after working for ISPs and runnign web design houses am STILL waiting for B&O to offer me a job - yes they have my cv.
HAH it's their own fault for not employing me, but I recall from experience it's a tough line between internal expectations, corporate identity, potential of a site created by programmers (always doomed) and the graphic dept not being too creative. Then again if you go too creative you miss the entire point fo the website and frighten people off as they just don't get the creative bent.
It's what it is, a flat utilitarian product brochure, nothing more nothing less

Flat being the operative word there - totally flat!

Re: Terrible Beosound 5 site?

benjnz — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:08:30 GMT

LMAO well after working for ISPs and runnign web design houses am STILL waiting for B&O to offer me a job - yes they have my cv.

HAH it's their own fault for not employing me, but I recall from experience it's a tough line between internal expectations, corporate identity, potential of a site created by programmers (always doomed) and the graphic dept not being too creative. Then again if you go too creative you miss the entire point fo the website and frighten people off as they just don't get the creative bent.

It's what it is, a flat utilitarian product brochure, nothing more nothing less

Re: Terrible Beosound 5 site?

moxxey — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:04:30 GMT

kokomo:
I have a message for B&O. I don't need to 'imagine' that concept, I achieve it on a daily basis with my iPod touch.

Isn't the irony here that we *can't* touch our digital music as the Beosound 5 doesn't have a touch screen? It's wheel based..

Re: Terrible Beosound 5 site?

moxxey — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:02:14 GMT

gorissek:

But the real problem is the main site. Mainly there is no sense of luxury..

Plus, it hasn't changed in years. Maybe that's my perception, but I can't remember a different B&O website and I've been buying B&O since 2004. It might have improved, but structurally it's the same?

As we're so passionate - and B&O are aware of this - why don't they ask their users for ideas towards a new site? Hell, they could throw in some decent kit for the best design/concept! What's £15K of B&O kit to B&O for a fantastic design?

Re: Terrible Beosound 5 site?

Keith Saunders — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:38:47 GMT

Have you all noted the countdown clock very carefully on www.beosound5.com ?

As of 19:30pm UK time tonight the countdown clock showed 7 Days 16 Hours 30 minutes

Given that the formal product launch is on Tuesday 11th November in Copenhagen, do we have the correct countdown ?

Re: Terrible Beosound 5 site?

Puncher — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:57:32 GMT

Totally agree!

Horrible thought - what if the website is written/maintained by their Software Engineers?

Re: Terrible Beosound 5 site?

gorissek — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:18:25 GMT

TripEnglish:
Our main website is ridiculous.

Finally someone : ) I've been thinking about this ever since it came online. And I think it's a very important point.

Frankly I don't really care about the BeoSound 5 microsite and its lack of excitement and/or suspense, etc... It's a mini site and as it was with the Aston and Serenata one, I'm sure it will look decent and be offline quickly.

But the real problem is the main site. Mainly there is no sense of luxury, no indication whatsoever that this is the home of a high-en brand or even more, B&O. There's no B&O's magic. It looks somewhere in the lines of a low-end brand, a bad web store, or some forum/fan site or a lifestyle portal ( albeit in black : )... I can't really explain it in words, but I think you get my point. And I don't know where the problem is, because the previous versions of the site had that covered to some extent ( although they were bad on other areas ). And of course, there's the horrible "music". I think Alex pointed out that's it's actually Garage Band's stock files. I think that says enough. There should be no sound at all, but if you HAVE to have it then use something subtle and easy on the ears. The only example ( of the music ) I can think of right now is the Zepto Helios microsite. And even that can be pushing it.

The products should be displayed in a much sexier, elaborate way - this grid view is just not something a company of their league/reputation should have. Every piece is different, amazing and beautiful and it should be displayed like that.

There are of course some exceptions, mainly the recent ( and from what I remember the last year's one, too ) "Seasonal Inspiration" banner on the main site, which is better than the rest, but again, they destroy it with the horrible sound effects.

I would gladly design them a new site, pro bono. Without hesitation. Like Trip said, something that is as great and as lovely as the products they make, in their colours and textures, something they deserve, well actually, something that is mandatory for a company like them.

I hope this makes any sense, it was written in, well, fury : )