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Bheelan
Contributor I
Jan 14, 2018 8:18 AM UTC

Second generation playbar?

Any word on a possible second generation Playbar in 2018 or 2019? Seems like it is past due for a facelift if it wants to compete in today's home theater market. Thoughts?
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      camillo777
      Headliner I
      May 3, 2018 6:13 PM UTC
      New! Home theater Sonos product will be presented June 6!
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      Bacardikees
      Lyricist II
      May 6, 2018 6:00 PM UTC
      With HDMI ! 🙂
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      Akuhne
      Contributor I
      Jun 5, 2018 7:39 AM UTC
      Given that they just released the PLAYBASE recently (in the last 12 months, give or take), I would guess (unhappily) longer than 12 months. I'd be extremely delighted to be proven wrong.

      I think we'll find out on Thursday. Have a sneaking suspicion a new Player is coming out with HDMI !
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      Airgetlam
      Airgetlam
      Jun 5, 2018 6:14 PM UTC
      I'd agree with you.... at the time I wrote that, I was unaware of the upcoming announcement. And I have to admit I confused the date...in another post, I think I said it was happening on 6/4, I had conflated it in my mind with the WWDC keynote, for reasons I'm unsure of.
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      Bruce
      Naekyr
      Enthusiast II
      Jun 6, 2018 10:04 PM UTC
      With HDMI ! :)

      And now we know it may as well not have included it - the Beam has HDMI but does not make use of any features that HDMI gives you, it's still using 20 year old optical audio codecs, no high res codecs are supported which is the whole point of HDMI
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      Sonosjunkie
      Sonosjunkie
      Prodigy III
      Jun 6, 2018 10:10 PM UTC
      Any word? Yes... in fact they gave two words for all those expecting an upgrade. Rhymes with Duck Glue.
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      Airgetlam
      Airgetlam
      Jun 7, 2018 2:17 AM UTC
      I'd suggest that HDMI will be a welcome thing for a large portion of the audience that Sonos seems to be focused on. Not the audiophiles, but the average mom and pop. Much easier for them to hook up with HDMI that it is for them to figure out an optical connector.

      I understand you're disappointed that they didn't meet your expectations for more "stuff", but look at it this way, if this is successful, it will keep Sonos in business that much longer, in order to support all the other speakers you have. Not every device that they sell needs to be in your house.
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      Bruce
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