Timbo wrote:
I suppose we will all have Media PC's in our living room in a few years
time (as some do now!) and they will serve up everything and connect
your audio, video, internet, telephone etc.
That is a vision that Microsoft, Intel and others have.
I don't share it, for a couple of reasons:
I loved my SqueezeBox and am liking my Transporter.
A PC is a terrible place to have analog signals. In my recording studio,
and most other folks' recording studios, you use outboard boxes to
contain the DACs, to keep the important signals away from all the hash
inside a PC. (two sets of M-Audio Delta 1010s is what I use).
I don't have any interesting in being more wed to MS software.
PCs use far too much power relative to what they deliver. A good Media
Center PC draws 250 watts, a Transporter draws 10.
PCs make too damn much noise, mostly because they draw too much power.
Have too many fans, moving parts, disk drives, etc.
I much prefer having my SlimServer in a box in the basement where I
never have to look at it, touch it, or listen to it.
I will grant that the Cable companies share your view. What is a
Set-top-box other than a computer that sits between your cable and TV?
--
Pat
http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html
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