A truly cinematic experience: Bang & Olufsen introduces BeoVision Avant 85

Watching television in a time of smartphones and tablets is all about the big picture. When you allow yourself to get comfortable at home in front of your television the visual experience better be extraordinary and the sound nothing short of immaculate.

This is why Bang & Olufsen now launches an impressive 85-inch version of the acclaimed BeoVision Avant 55 that was introduced earlier this year. The majestic size of BeoVision Avant 85 sets the perfect stage for a truly cinematic movie experience with family and friends or an enthusiastic sports night with crystal clear action images and an engaging surround sound that unfolds an enthralling stadium sensation in your living room.

An extraordinary home experience
Following the successful reception of BeoVision Avant 55, Bang & Olufsen now introduces an ambitious upscale of the popular format, which magnifies the unique features and combines them with an impressive display size. Thus, the new flagship television displays Ultra High-Definition (4K) picture and the renowned Bang & Olufsen sound in one elegantly designed and beautifully crafted TV experience.

“BeoVision Avant 85 is a true state-of-the-art product at a competitive price for a television of this size and level of innovation. At Bang & Olufsen we are proud of introducing this grand television to a market that is demanding products offering extraordinary home experiences,” explains Tue Mantoni, the CEO of Bang & Olufsen.

Smart choreography and one-touch control
The designers at Bang & Olufsen have aimed at reducing the physical presence of BeoVision Avant 85 when not in use. By offering both a motorised stand and a wall bracket option, you will be able to let this 85- inch TV stand out or blend into your interior. Once you switch it on it shows off its full potential through a carefully choreographed unfolding. Touch one button on BeoRemote One, and it finds your favourite position, your favourite channel, your favourite sound setting. When you switch it off, it folds back the speakers, and returns to its discrete resting place close up against the wall.

Cinematic sound and vision
The 85-inch version of BeoVision Avant features cutting-edge direct type LED with 2D local backlight dimming. The result is in an even more refined picture quality, bringing the true power of the cinema straight to your living room.

With eight integrated driver units and a surround sound module BeoVision Avant 85 provides sound performance unlike any other TV. The integrated 3-channel speaker solution with both centre channel and stereo at the same time, means you will get exceptionally good stereo performance with optimized speech reproduction and sufficient bass to satisfy your wishes when watching the most extreme sports or action footage with crystal sharp, dynamic precision. However, if you wish to extend the sound solution up to a full 7.1 surround solution this is possible, and even wirelessly, as the TV incorporates the Immaculate Wireless Sound concept.

One remote to rule them all
The professional installation of BeoVision Avant 85 ensures that all relevant non-Bang & Olufsen equipment such as game consoles, Hard Disk recorders, Apple TV etc. can be handled by the Bang & Olufsen remote control, BeoRemote One. This new unibody aluminium remote offers one- hand and one one-touch access to a vast variety of experiences through great button feedback and personalized MyButtons.

BeoVision Avant 85 will be in store in October, with pre-orders available now. It will be on sale exclusively at Bang & Olufsen stores. Recommended price from AUD 29,995 NZ 34,045 for BeoVision Avant 85 including BeoRemote One. Placement options on either wall or floor starting from AUD 1995 NZ 2295.










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Design, dimensions and materials

Designer: Torsten Valeur, David Lewis Designers Materials: Aluminium, glass, fabric and plastic

Dimensions:
Dimension of TV with speakers in off-mode: (W x H x D 199.2 x 111.7 x 7.3 cm)
Dimension of TV with speakers in on-mode: (W x H x D 199.2 x 120.1 x 7.3 cm)
TV on motorised floor stand :
(W x H x D 199.2 x 160.6 x 69 cm(footprint)) TV on motorised wall bracket:
(W x H x D 199. 2 x 120.1 x 14.2 cm)

Weight: 110 kg

Front: Anti-reflection coated front glass, completely flush with black anodized aluminium profile. The hide-away sound panel containing integrated speakers is covered by aluminium and an extendable fabric front. The grill pattern is designed to ensure optimal acoustic transparency for the treble and midrange units.

Back: Also designed with exceptional attention to detail, the aluminium back of the TV has no visible screws, vents or connectors. Apple TV and an external hard disk drive (HDD) can be integrated easily and invisibly. The connection panel collects all wires and cables in one central location simply and seamlessly.

Placement and stand options

• Motorised floor stand Turn on the TV and it rotates into the optimal viewing angle, up to 90 degrees from the wall, to allow for many different viewing positions when in use, but to hug the wall when not in use. The sound panel descends simultaneously in one coordinated movement. The motorised floor stand integrates two movements: the plate moves the tube and TV out from the wall, while the tube rotates the TV around its own axis, so even this relatively large screen can be turned as much as 90 degrees from the wall and back again. The top of the stand is completely concealed inside the TV.

• Motorised wall bracket: Available in left-hinged or right-hinged versions, the motorised wall bracket simultaneously moves the TV out from the wall and turns it to the optimal viewing angle – while the sound panel glides into place – all in one coordinated movement. The motorized bracket is completely concealed inside the TV and turns 19 degrees from the wall.

• Fixed wall bracket: Places the TV flush against the wall, in one fixed position.

Sound: components, features and specs

Overview, speakers and amplifiers:

The integrated three-channel speaker solution provides exceptional stereo performance with optimized speech reproduction and enough cultivated bass to satisfy even the most discerning listener. Each of the eight integrated drivers are driven by its own dedicated class D amplifier giving a fully active speaker solution all managed by the latest Digital Sound Processing technology.

All but the largest woofer are built into the hide-away sound panel that glides beneath the television when it is turned on to provide unobstructed high-fidelity performance. Both woofers use CosconeTM drivers, originally developed for high-end automotive sound systems, to provide superior bass performance from a very compact and lightweight design.

• Right channel: 1 x 2” midrange powered by a 60 watt class D amplifier; 1 x 3⁄4” tweeter; powered by a 60 watt class D amplifier
• Left channel: 1 x 2” midrange powered by a 60 watt class D amplifier; 1 x 3⁄4” tweeter; powered by a 60 watt class D amplifier
• Centre channel: 1 x 2” midrange powered by a 60 watt class D amplifier; 1 x 3⁄4” tweeter; powered by a 60 watt class D amplifier
• Bass: 1 x 4” CosconeTM woofer, pointing forward, powered by an 60 watt class D amplifier; 1 x 6.5” CosconeTM woofer, pointing behind the television, powered by an 60 watt class D amplifier

Magical mechanics: When the TV is switched on, the sound panel elegantly emerges below the screen, and slides to the sides, to deliver superior stereo separation. It automatically retreats inside the television screen when not in use.

Immaculate Wireless Sound: An integrated wireless transmitter lets you connect even more speakers, up to a full 7.1 surround sound solution, without adding cable clutter to the interior. Sophisticated digital processing detects wireless speakers during the setup process, and adapts sound performance to deliver a completely optimized acoustic experience without the wires.

Bass adaptation and management: As proximity to walls directly affects bass performance, BeoVision Avant features a new automatic sound equalizer for bass adaptation. When the motorized wall bracket is in use, the bass is automatically adjusted depending on whether the TV is playing against the wall or after having been turned to a free-hanging position.
A unique Bass Management algorithm directs low frequencies to the most suitable speaker(s) or subwoofer in the system setup.

Thermal protection: Driver temperatures are constantly monitored, and all drivers have thermal protection with heat sinks to eliminate the risk of damage due to overheating at high volumes – and still deliver high-performance sound.

Flexible sound staging:

BeoVision Avant offers a full digital surround decoder module that delivers up to 16 audio channels using Bang & Olufsen’s TrueImageTM processor. TrueImageTM technology dynamically handles up- and down-mixing of audio signals to match the number of audio channels in the incoming signal with the available loudspeakers, yielding audio performance unparalleled by any other television.

BeoVision Avant makes it easier than ever before to set up a surround system. With the introduction of a microphone that quickly plugs into an easy access panel, the Automatic Speaker Calibration adapts gain and delay on all connected speakers including the subwoofers. A specially developed all-pass filter ensures perfectly balanced system performance that coherently integrates a subwoofer.

BeoVision Avant offers a Sound Staging System that gives you exceptional flexibility:

• Stand-alone: The television’s integrated speaker system plays centre, left and right channels – and delivers superb bass performance.

• Simple surround: The integrated speaker system plays centre, left and right channels; simply connect a pair of external rear speakers and a subwoofer, wired or wirelessly, for an engaging surround sound experience.

• Full surround: Connect subwoofer, front and rear speakers – wired or wirelessly – to achieve true 7.1 surround and the ultimate listening experience.

Sound modes: Nine pre-programmed modes for films, drama, sports, music, gaming, etc. The mode pre-sets can be customized in the advanced settings menu. Automatic detection and switching to dedicated sound sources (e.g., gaming console or Blu-ray player).

Speaker groups: Define up to nine different speaker groups, or use all connected speakers simultaneously in one speaker group.

Video: components, features and specs

Overview and screen type:

LED-based LCD Ultra High Definition (UHD) with a resolution of 3840 x 2160 pixels.
• 85”: direct type LED panel with 2D local backlight dimming 12 rows and 20 columns -= 240 individually controlled segments.
5 x HDMI inputs are UHD compatible.

Anti-reflection coating: The grey-toned front glass is treated with a high-grade anti-reflection coating, on both sides, to dampen disturbing reflections more than 98%.

Improved 10-point factory calibration: Each BeoVision Avant screen is calibrated to accurately tune white point, gamma curve and red, green and blue primary colours, ensuring impeccable tracking of whites across the grey scale, the best possible colour reproduction, and avoiding oversaturated colours. This is achieved by subjecting each screen individually to an automatic 10-point factory measurement procedure. After this, the resulting measurement data is stored in a 3D look-up table for that particular screen, so that the TV screen will have exactly the specified white point, gamma and primary colours, identical to all the other TV sets manufactured at Bang & Olufsen, regardless of any screen manufacturing tolerances.

Chromatic Room Adaptation: Bang & Olufsen takes its standard-setting adaptation to ambient light feature to the next level with Chromatic Room

Adaptation. Integrated into the top, right-hand edge of the screen is a dual light sensor unit consisting of two 180-degree light sensors. Rather than calculating a 360-degree average, the split sensor significantly improves light measurement precision and adjustment of the appropriate screen light output by analysing light coming from both behind and in front of the screen. The rear sensor also measures the ambient light’s colour tone to automatically adjust the white point in bright room conditions.

Motion compensation: By doubling the rate at which video frames are displayed, and then using advanced interpolation techniques to calculate the additional intermediate frames, BeoVision Avant effectively cancels “judder” to provide a naturally fluid viewing experience of sports and other motion-centric content.

Adaptive contrast: An algorithm that provides exceptional performance and enhanced contrast in very dark scenes when viewed in a bright room or when sunlight hits the screen
Digital noise reduction: An advanced adaptive noise filter has been implemented taking care of the suppression of MPEG block noise and MPEG ringing caused by compression in modern digital MPEG based TV signals and suppression of Gaussian noise originating from analogue legacy material.

Picture modes:

• Adaptive mode (default): Picture settings are continuously optimized depending on source material and viewing conditions

• Movie mode: For film fans, who prefer to watch film material with the colour temperature (white point) as it was intended by the film director (6500K). This often results in the picture becoming warmer (more reddish). Film mode can be set up for one or several specific sources, e.g. a Blu-ray player, from which most film material will originate.

• Game mode: For gamers who want to connect BeoVision Avant to a game console, this mode reduces video input-to-output delay to a minimum and provides fast, direct response from game controls. While this affects some video motion features, it adds essential advantages for optimal gaming experience. In game mode, other picture enhancement features are still active.

• Monitor mode: Adjusts the picture to use the screen as a monitor for PC applications. It minimizes the video delay and neutralises all signal processing for an unaltered picture.

Electronic curtains: Open up for the TV experience when the scene is set.

Hard disk recording: Connect a USB-based external Hard Disk Drive to record content. The integrated DVB T2/C/S2 dual-tuner design allows you to make a recording while you are watching another programme. Repeat recording, for example of a series, is also possible.

Digital Media Renderer: BeoVision Avant is a Digital Media Renderer (DMR), which uses a DLNA app to ‘throw’ content from a mobile phone or tablet directly onto the TV screen.

User interface
BeoVision Avant introduces Bang & Olufsen’s latest user interface improvements that make operation more uniform, easy-to-recognize and convenient than ever before.

Conceptualized with the BeoRemote One remote control, BeoVision Avant builds on classic Bang & Olufsen User Interface and navigation elements. It also adds more intuitive visual icons and introduces a new feature, MyButtons, which takes a “snapshot” of scenarios that include multiple settings – for example watching a film on your Blu-ray player or listening to one of your favourite internet radio stations – and lets you enjoy the same combination of settings again with one-touch simplicity.

Setup wizards have also been improved. New on-screen illustrations make it even simpler to connect an external set-top box, Blu-ray player, Apple TV box or IR blaster.

Internet features

Integrated internet radio and music services: With its outstanding acoustic performance, BeoSound Avant provides the ideal platform for enjoying streamed music services such as Spotify and Deezer, as well as thousands of internet radio stations.

Bang & Olufsen Smart TV: BeoVision Avant incorporates Bang & Olufsen Smart TV, which offers viewers a wealth of flexible options for accessing internet content.

Bang & Olufsen Smart TV can be shown simultaneously on screen along with whatever else you are watching on TV by activating the Picture and Picture function (PAP). This lets you follow your TV content and view internet content, for example Facebook, at the same time.

Hybrid broadband TV (HbbTV)
HbbTV is a major new pan-European initiative that is intended to harmonize the broadcast and broadband delivery of entertainment content. HbbTV will provide a wealth of new consumer services from content providers and brands, including catch-up TV, interactive advertising, personalisation, voting, gaming and social networking. It will also provide programme-related services such as digital text, EPGs and supplemental information during broadcast.

BeoVision Avant supports HbbTV. Content is defined by broadcasters, and not all broadcasters will offer the service.

Connectivity

One remote: Choose between BeoRemote One, Beo4, or BeoRemote App for iPad
or Android tablets.

Integrated DVB: An optional hard disk for recording digital broadcasts can be integrated inside the TV, and controlled from the remote. Not available in all markets.

Multi-room audio: BeoVision Avant uses DLNA but also connects to Bang & Olufsen’s analogue Master Link system via a BeoLink Converter. This allows users to use BeoVision Avant as a master in an A/V setup to play music in other rooms connected to the Master Link setup

HDMI: 6 connections

USB: 2 connections

Power Link: 5 sockets, with 2 channels in each for connection of external speakers and subwoofer

PUC: 3 connections (for control of up to six external devices)

WLAN/LAN

Pincode protection

DLNA compatibility: BeoVision Avant works as a DMR (Digital Media Renderer), which means that it can play content from other DLNA compatible devices, including a BeoSound 5.

Connection to third-party devices: Connect to set-top boxes, gaming consoles, Blu-ray players, HDD and Apple TV (which can be placed inside the cabinet), NAS servers and hard disks; the integrated media browser lets you view photo collections or listen to music that you have on a USB drive or NAS server.