what ever happened to bang-olufsen

[UPSandy]

i remember about 10-15 years ago that bang-olufsen was about as high end as you could get for home entertainment purposes....now there never mentioned anymore....are they even in the the 1080p market

[rezf]

Originally Posted by UPSandy

i remember about 10-15 years ago that bang-olufsen was about as high end as you could get for home entertainment purposes....now there never mentioned anymore....are they even in the the 1080p market

Not yet. They were always a step behind the latest technology speccs, but their claim to fame has always been that their video processors work to produce a superior image on a 1080i/720p screen than an "out of the box" 1080p variant.
Even with their DVD players a few years back, they were not progressive scan players but their video processors progressively scanned the image to produce a great picture

[Big Daddy]

Originally Posted by UPSandy

i remember about 10-15 years ago that bang-olufsen was about as high end as you could get for home entertainment purposes....now there never mentioned anymore....are they even in the the 1080p market

Bang & Olufsen is alive and well. Their headsets are considered to be the best in the market.
http://www.bang-olufsen.com/page.asp?id=185

http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&key...l_3ut7m8jvwt_e

[UPSandy]

no i am aware that they are around....all im saying is that with all the advances with technology relating to flat panels im wondering why such a high end company wouldnt want to keep up in the game

[coolmilo]

B&O also makes IcePower amp modules that are integrated in many class D amps from manufacturers such as Rotel and Wyred4Sound. These are very cool and clean sounding AMP's.

BTW, I am a huge fan of their A8 headphones for iPod use.

[Big Daddy]

Originally Posted by UPSandy

no i am aware that they are around....all im saying is that with all the advances with technology relating to flat panels im wondering why such a high end company wouldnt want to keep up in the game

Usually B&O sells their high-end stuff through their own retail stores. For example, this is one of their stores in Palm Spring, California.
http://www.bang-olufsen.com/sw13508.asp

[richteer]

Originally Posted by UPSandy

i remember about 10-15 years ago that bang-olufsen was about as high end as you could get for home entertainment purposes....now there never mentioned anymore....are they even in the the 1080p market

B&O is to electronics as Bose is to speakers: over priced crap, whose performance will be dwarfed by better-informed choices at the same price point (probably cheaper too). Just like Bose, B&O cater to the "lifestyle" (read: form over function) market rather than the A/V conneseur (sp?).

[theprophecy247]

never ever heard of anyone talk about them, or own a tv

[Razlaw]

The B and O TVs have spectacular pictures. Their plasmas have a camera on them that automtically checks the screen every 100 hours of use and re-calibrates it to compensate for the change that occurs over time as a palsma screen is used.

[Johnny Vinyl]

Originally Posted by UPSandy

i remember about 10-15 years ago that bang-olufsen was about as high end as you could get for home entertainment purposes....now there never mentioned anymore....are they even in the the 1080p market

That is not true at all. B&O have never been considered to be true High-end. They make products that are aesthetically "minimalist", but one should not confuse that with performance. I am not dissing this company by any means, as I'm sure their producuts are relatively reliable and they certainly have always appealed to those who prefer form over function. "High-End" however is NOT a term I would use in the same breath as speaking the name of their company.

[mmunro2003]

you know i thought the local B&O store would be outta business by now due to a limited market for their products, but they have been there since 1999, im not a mathmetician or anything but thats like almost 10 years, lol

[Ben123]

They sell their products by design and brand/image appeal, not so much by specs. I've auditioned their music systems before, doesn't sound good to me IMO. But they definitely have killer-looks.

[richteer]

Originally Posted by John72953

"High-End" however is NOT a term I would use in the same breath as speaking the name of their company.

Agreed--unless the words "is not" also forms part of the sentence!

[Cinema Jaguar]

I believe it was bang and olufsen that developed a sound suppression system which was bought or utilised by another highly known company and went into consumer electronic products and is called dolby (s) noise reduction.

[ResOGlas]

http://www.bang-olufsen.com/blu-ray

[brettallica]

I think the craftsmanship of their equipment chassis is second-to-none. Clean, elegant, stylish...very "Euro" (for better or worse). Most will agree with that.

I can't speak on the specs of their equipment, but I would imagine that it's better than average from a "purely numbers" standpoint. The thought process behind that is this: why make something that looks great but doesn't sound at least decent? Even the least discerning home theater builder will be able to tell crap from non-crap audio/video.

But yeah, their pricing is pretty outrageous. Some people will pay that premium for stuff that looks nice, though. I can't say that I fault that logic completely, especially for those who really want to keep it as classy as possible in their home and don't need the absolute best-performing gear, like people with really nice museum-type houses (like the ones in the galleries on the B&O website).

[Beta Man]

Originally Posted by ResOGlas

http://www.bang-olufsen.com/blu-ray

what do they mean by "So-Called" ???? some sort of slight?

The Blu-ray player in BeoVision 7-40 includes the so-called BD Live feature

And from this.... I'm assuming this is without the fancy rotating stand, or Blu-ray player.... (and it only comes in the 40" as indicated by the 7-40 )

The TV is available in a choice of colours – natural aluminium, black, dark grey, red, blue and gold – and with a range of stand options. Prices start from just over £9000 including stand and speaker, but vary according to the configuration chosen.

[brettallica]

Originally Posted by Beta Man

what do they mean by "So-Called" ???? some sort of slight?

I also thought the same thing. My guess is that it was some type of language translation issue.

[dobyblue]

Originally Posted by richteer

B&O is to electronics as Bose is to speakers: over priced crap, whose performance will be dwarfed by better-informed choices at the same price point (probably cheaper too). Just like Bose, B&O cater to the "lifestyle" (read: form over function) market rather than the A/V conneseur (sp?).

Absolutely spot-on assesment.
I saw the B-O store in Calgary last week and noted as much to the people I was with.

[johnarnold101]

Do they make the speakers that can blow womens clothes off?????