Looking like some curious control panel retrieved from a crashed alien spaceship the Beo 5 is certainly one of the most distinctive remote controllers we’ve ever come across and it unequivocally oozes Bang & Olufsen’s daring, inspiring and frankly jaw dropping design style from top to bottom.
“Capable of controlling both your audio/visual equipment as well as delivering further extendibility in the way of home automation via Bang & Olufsen’s Link System, the Beo 5 consists of a hardened glass touch screen enhanced with ‘soft touch’ technology which will display station logos to assist with channel hopping whilst ensuring that the menu remains uncluttered by intelligently adapting to show information pertinent only to the devices you own that it can control.”
Bang and Olufsen Beo5 Remote Control Detail
Ease of use is further enhanced via the use of zones allowing the device to adapt to the equipment in each room automatically. And, if you’re concerned about setting up the Beo 5 to handle future Bang & Olufsen products this quote from the website should put you at ease.
To service the individual needs of each customer, we draw on our unique dealer network to customise each Beo 5 in a way that no central manufacturer could. And when you expand your Bang & Olufsen collection, your dealer will come to your home not only to install the devices physically, but also to upgrade your Beo 5 to handle the newcomers. Even products that have not been invented yet will be possible to control with your Beo 5.
The Beo 5 can also be programmed with macros so, for instance, you can have the Beo 5 automatically dim the lights when playing a CD or, somewhat more impressively, when switching on your DVD you could have the Beo 5 automatically dim the lights, draw the curtains (the Bio 5 is geared towards home automation), switch on your surround sound unit and so on with the mere touch of the screen.
No details have been release at the time of writing with respect to pricing but it’s safe to assume that, being a Bang & Olufsen product, the Beo 5 will prove to be reassuringly expensive and completely out of reach for the majority of us.
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