B&O TV Comes With Robotic Arm February 02, 2008
Read more Gadgets , Gizmodo UK , HDTV , Home Cinema , Home Entertainment , TV
It may sound like something from Lost In Space but luxury TV maker, Bang & Olufsen, is getting all sci-fi with its latest telly, which comes complete with a robotic arm.
No, it’s not for serving up snacks and beer but for testing your TV to make sure it’s performing at its best. The robotic arm on the new 50in BeoVision 4 Plasma has a small camera attached to it and every 100 hours or so, the arm swings out from behind the TV, takes a snapshot of a test image on screen and then analyses the colour temperature.
If it’s off by even a smidgen, the TV will self-calibrate itself until it’s back to its peak performance settings.
The 1080p TV also features existing B&O cleverness, called Automatic Picture Control, which uses sensors to measure ambient light in a room and then adjusts the TVs picture accordingly. The TVs will come in silver, black, red, blue and dark grey.
The 50in BeoVision will cost around £3,750 when it launches in March. For those with deeper pockets, there’ll be a 65in version too that will set you back £6,750. For an extra £2,000 you can add the BeoLab 10, a speaker/amplifier which delivers up to 500W of sound in a 180° arc. Why not, in for a penny, in for a grand.-Martin Lynch
[B&O]
Editor and Contributor | Martin Lynch
Contributor | Tamlin Magee
Comments
How huge is the robotic arm? Does it come bigger with the size of TV? And when the arms do come out on the 100th hour, will it blank the screen while carrying out the test?
I think that the Automatic Picture Control is what I will be looking for as I always have difficulties fiddling with the brightness and contrast levels.