Fillion - Home theater and TVs

Building a Virtual Library

Charles-Edouard Carrier — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:13:58 +0000

Bang & Olufsen offers a trio that will surprise your eyes and your ears. The BeoMaster 5, BeoVision and BeoSound 5 reinvent how we archive media files kept at home. A true jukebox for the 2010s, this series is driven by a powerful and secure external hard drive: the Beomaster 5.

Discreet and stylish, the BeoMaster 5 is the heart of your virtual library. Its 500 GB allows you to safely store your multimedia files: music (WMA, MP3, WAV, AAC) and photos (JPEG, BMP, GIF, TIFF).

To begin, connect it to your computer to copy your files. This operation should be done each time you add new content. To simplify transfers, upload software is integrated into the device. After that you can browse its contents using the BeoSound 5 roulette or BeoVision remote to watch or listen.

With the BeoMaster 5, you also make a backup copy of your media files in the way you would with an external storage drive. This is a precaution that we often forget to take. For added security, the BeoMaster 5 has its own antivirus software.

There are several audio products that connect directly to your computer and allow easy access to your library (Wi-Fi, Ethernet, etc.). What Bang & Olufsen offers is intended for people who want a solution that combines design and quality, but requires connections that are a bit more complex and is in a higher price range.

Later this week we will talk about the BeoSound 5 and the BeoVision, the two components that connect to the BeoMaster.

For more information, visit the Bang & Olufsen website.

Image source: Bang & Olufsen

Bang & Olufsen doesn’t make mere products, they make icons.

Jean-François Gagnon — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:52:27 +0000

We mentioned in an earlier post that we at Fillion have decided to dedicate an entire room to demonstrate products from the company Bang & Olufsen. But let me say that this company is in the business of much more than just selling products. They’re first and foremost designers who develop truly iconic pieces! The company has existed since 1925 and has no reason to be envious of the big boys. An example? Take for instance, the Beosound 9000 6 CD Player that came out in the early 90s. Truly a masterpiece of design and technology. Whether it’s mounted vertically or horizontally, lying flat or hung, you get to choose how best to position this audio system with its 6 separately playable CDs. It allows you to personalize your selection of favourite music or to assign a particular style of music to each compartment. Just one touch allows you change from one CD to another in an amount of time that’s no longer than the normal interval between tracks. I don’t know of too many products out there that are selling with just as much enthusiasm now as they did when they first came out 15 years ago. The Beosound 9000 is one of those products because Bang & Olufsen have a passion for creating icons that stand the test of time. The designers at B&O are at the heart of research and development – the engineers only intervene afterwards and are required to “fit” the technology around the design. In the end, what the customer gets is a absolute work of art, no less. Does this remind you of another company? Apple, perhaps? I think that there are definitely parallels to be drawn between Apple and Bang & Olufsen, as both companies have the same love of design and are often the first to come out with products that spark emotion, elicit everyone’s interest, and sometimes even, provoke debate. Is it worth it to pay more because something’s beautiful? Umm, it’s not just beautiful, these products immerse you in a complete sensory experience. Just a little acknowledgement in passing… The ubiquitous “wheel” that appears on the iPod and that revolutionized forever the way we intuitively search for and select music, was actually first invented in the 1970s by Bang & Olufsen. To be precise, it was invented in 1974 with the release of the Beomaster 6000, designed by Jacob Jensen. Having whet your palette, I’ll be going into a new icon from Bang & Olufsen, released worldwide and already on display at Fillion… But that will be in another post!

For more information on the history of Bang & Olufsen up to the present day, feel free to consult this site.

Bang & Olufsen is back at Fillion

Sylvie Thibault — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:25:49 +0000

Bang & Olufsen has found a new home in Montreal! We’re happy to announce that this celebrated brand has now arrived at Fillion. It’s the perfect opportunity to rediscover this acclaimed Danish manufacturer, renowned for their beautifully designed and stylish audio-visual equipment, in our new space dedicated entirely to this line of high quality products.

Our showroom also showcases the world-renowned BeoLiving concept, Bang & Olufsen’s solution that provides customized audio and video products that can connect lighting, draperies and various environmental control modules to suit the lifestyle needs of each customer, and all this at the touch of a single, unique remote control.

The part of the boutique dedicated to BeoLiving is a complete installation that truly maximizes the experience, making it an ideal area for meeting with clients and prospects to demonstrate the full capabilities of Bang & Olufsen’s integrated systems.