Bang & Olufsen launches BeoSound 5 Music System
November 12th, 2008Bang & Olufsen has announced the launch of its BeoSound 5 music system which aims to bring together the wealth of music stored digitally in our homes and the high-end hi-fi equipment that the company produces.
The system takes the form of a flat screen controller with a 10.4 inch (1024 x 768 pixel LCD) display with an aluminium scroll wheel. The BeoSound itself is a 500GB music server with internet connectivity and runs Bang and Olufsen’s MOTS (More of the Same) playlist system.
Connectivity includes:
- B&O MasterLink
- IR input, analog line-out
- S/PDIF output
- DVI-I, DVI-D (for the controller)
- YPbPr
- S-Video
- Composite video
- three USB 2.0 ports (one for the controller) and ethernet
Music storage formats include:
- WMA
- WMA Lossless
- MP3
- WAV
- ASF
- AAC
- internet radio streams in WMA, MP3, ASX and M3U.
It will also show video in
- MPEG
- MPE
- MPG
- AVI
- WMV
- VFW
The Bang & Olufsen BeoSound 5 system – including controller and server – will be available from March 2009, priced at around $5,377.
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