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elephant: I hope to give it a proper PUC install on our BV8-40 this weekend ... and review.
Congrats on the order. I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts.
Re: the PUC install, obviously B&O can't accommodate Siri or touchpad, accelerometer, etc remote functionality into a PUC, with that in mind, would the PUC actually change beyond the direction / menu / play buttons? Edit: Just saw that there is a new "Home" button as well on the remote.
I'm eagerly waiting to see what developers have in store. Especially if/when PLEX is finally officially available on ATV. Until now, one had to jailbreak ATV for PLEX functionality.
elephant:I gave up jail breaking once it became to complex and still remained unstable.
I gave up in frustration because somehow, for reasons I could't figure out, jailbreaking never worked for me. I got to the later steps, where it would just fail. I agree: too much pain for so little gain. Especially when updates of SW would, in some cases, undo the jailbreaks!
elephant: I am hoping that the combination of Siri and the Beo 4 PUC will have have a reasonable WAF rating
I am hoping that the combination of Siri and the Beo 4 PUC will have have a reasonable WAF rating
Who will get the Siri remote and who will get the Beo remote, then?
MM
There is a tv - and there is a BV
Millemissen:Who will get the Siri remote and who will get the Beo remote, then? MM There is a tv - and there is a BV.
elephant:MM ! You're a married pussycat - I am sure you know who miaows the most around the house BeoNut since '75
Ordered one too. Hope it fits inside the BV11.
BeoVision 11-55, BeoLab 8000, BeoRemote One BT, AppleTV 4, 2x BeoPlay A2, BeoPlay A1
Amazone:Ordered one too. Hope it fits inside the BV11. BeoVision 11-55, BeoLab 8000, Beo6, AppleTV, BeoPlay A2
elephant: Millemissen: Who will get the Siri remote and who will get the Beo remote, then? MM MM ! You're a married pussycat - I am sure you know who miaows the most around the house
Millemissen: Who will get the Siri remote and who will get the Beo remote, then? MM
MM !
You're a married pussycat - I am sure you know who miaows the most around the house
Mrs pussycat can have the Siri-mote, as long as I am in charge of the BV.
So I'll go for the Beo-mote - the one with the red dot on it 😻
I got my ordered, too. I think that the Siri integration is a step in the direction of the future of remote control. I expect the Apple Watch will soon be a source of Siri control as well. As I understand, B&O has no current plans to upgrade the BLGW for HomeKit (which would require a special chip and some heavy-duty encryption). However, just think of the potential of using Siri to call up music for our B&O systems and to control our BeoVisions using voice control. Still, HomeKit is going though some initial pains sorting through the bugs. You can read about my experience with the new Hue HomeKit bridge in the Home Automation forum.
good news for us in the UK, the BBC confirmed their iPlayer app will be shortly coming to the new ATV
we tend to forget there is more to design than designing.
I think the apps thing is going to be as popular as it is on iPhones & iPads. Whilst the BBC is of zero interest to me, one of my surfing channels has announced today that it will have its app available on the ATV platform. Interesting times for the broadband generation. :)
Aussie Michael:Great photos elephant. I also agree with Paul that the apps shall be interesting as it evolves. Elephant what's in the brown box?
I heard that it has Bluetooth 4.0 so you can listen with Bluetooth headphones - wonder if that also means you can connect to multiple speakers and have a simple multiroom system if you don't have an essence/moment multiroom solution? be interested to know - also if the remote app is different and now includes the internet radio stations
Also - does the voice control also access your music?
Andrew:I heard that it has Bluetooth 4.0 so you can listen with Bluetooth headphones - wonder if that also means you can connect to multiple speakers and have a simple multiroom system if you don't have an essence/moment multiroom solution? be interested to know - also if the remote app is different and now includes the internet radio stations Also - does the voice control also access your music?
Great pix Mr Elephant! Thank you :)
Michael, are you getting one for your Avant? A 4K one would be nice wouldn't it! Maybe next year.
P.S. Michael try and find a 4K copy of the new skateboarding film 'WE ARE BLOOD'. It's been shot in 6K and 4K using RED cameras. The filming, editing and soundtrack are incredible. Sound wise, it was a partnership with Dolby Atmos. I believe that VIMEO will be selling the 4K download of it very soon. There's also another site that streams 4K movies, but they've done a deal to only offer it for Samsung 4K TVs :(
Yes puc works fine on atv4 as atv3 (mines a beovision 7).
ToeKneeAus:Yes puc works fine on atv4 as atv3 (mines a beovision 7).
Oh, that sounds dangerous for my wallet. ATV 4 obeying PUC commands by a Beo 4 looks like a possibility in my setup.
Hi Rob!
It's coming, but so far Apple has had some issues with what Plex submitted so it was rejected. But it's back in review again and they seem quite confident it'll pass this time.
I wonder, when the mystery of the two different versions (32/64GB) of the new ATV will be solved.
Why two? As far as I know you won't be able to store anything on the device other than the OS and the apps - which are quite small because they draw their content online.
Hi MM,
From the various reports on MacRumors it's because some apps can expand up to 1GB each when open. I guess if you end up downloading 100+ apps, a 64GB will be required.
Having learnt the hard way with IT, Apple etc, I always go for the large storage option now.
'Expand up to 1GB'....then you would have to have several apps open/running, before you need more than 32GB.
I'm still not quite convinced ;-)
Paul W: Hi Rob! It's coming, but so far Apple has had some issues with what Plex submitted so it was rejected. But it's back in review again and they seem quite confident it'll pass this time.
Thanks for the update, that's my trigger for purchasing the shiny new box. :-)
Thanks for that MM and Elephant. All quite exciting isn't it!
Hope that you have lots of fun with it over the weekend Mr Elephant. I like the design of the remote very much!
I am sure there is more to it - Homekit support, multiroom (with previous ATV versions (?)) etc etc......
They haven't told us the whole story yet!
Millemissen: I am sure there is more to it - Homekit support, multiroom (with previous ATV versions (?)) etc etc...... They haven't told us the whole story yet! MM
MM,
I think there will be much more and I am counting on it. I am planing on HomeKit and HealthKit which are already on IOS.