Bang and Olufsen just outted it’s lastest high-end TV design, the Beovision Harmony, which uses a 77-inch LG OLED TV, wrapped in a very stylish frame and audio package that feels somewhere between a pop-up book mechanism and a butterfly wing. Made from oak and aluminum, the pair of front speakers disguise the giant screen by partially covering it with an eye-catching teak oak and aluminum design, or a more restrained two-tone fabric and aluminum effect.
Turn on the Harmony, and then the expensive audio and video commences, as those speaker screens fold away as the TV rises. It’s not a roll-up TV, but it is yet another attempt by a TV designer to make these devices less of an awkward black box. With the Harmony, your TV is almost statement furniture.
According to B&O VP Christoffer Østergaard Poulsen, the motion of the speaker wings was inspired by butterfly wings, challenging its designers and engineers to craft the motion needed neatly allow the wings to meet up. Torsten Valeur, of Valeur Designs, was responsible for the concept and worked with B&O engineers to make it a reality. “I wanted to get this kind of symmetric movement … that indicates something special is about to happen. In the movement itself, it’s important to see the transparent air between the shapes. This makes it all look light”, he says.
The TV is capable of three-channel audio, but can be linked with surround sound speakers to create up to 7.1 surround sound, and up to eight wired speakers. In motion, the Harmony is a beautiful sight to behold, but the price tag is a little scary. The Beovision Harmony will cost around $20,755 when it launches in Bang and Olufsen stores in October 2019.
Bang and Olufsen Beovision Harmony OLED TV
