mherger;495064 Wrote: > > The interesting point here is "mass market". I guess you know that you > aren't. Think of your in-laws. > Yes, I know, so what would make my relatives be interested in getting a Squeezebox ?
If we start to look at my parents ================================= - It got to be dead easy to get their newly purchased CD on the Squeezebox. The ripping and management part got to be integrated and it got to be simple. Basically, insert the CD and it should be automatically ripped, tagged and placed in an appropriate place on the disk, ready to be played. The Squeezebox product has a long way to get there, but with some partnership with some other company it might be doable. - Internet radio is of interest, but my parents are mostly interested in locally produced radio. The "Internet Radio/Local" menu is a great start but some wizard to make it obvious how you set up your favorite channels as presets is going to help. In the start I really think they'd just be interested in it as a replacement for their FM radio, not to actually get a lot more channels. - Regarding internet radio, one problem is going to be that some locally produced radio in my area aren't available as internet radio, only through FM transmission. I'm not sure this could be easily solved without including a FM receiver, but I'm not sure if that makes sense for most users as it probably would increase the cost. - I'm pretty sure they are going to be interested in the music store features I mentioned in my previous post but it's probably not going to be the thing that makes them select the product. - I think multi room synchronized playback is going to be of some interest as they currently turn up the volume on the main stereo to make it possible to hear it in other rooms. The improved management of multiple players has to be improved. However, I think think synchronized playback is going to be the thing that makes them select the Squeezebox. As most users I think this is something they are going to realize the advantage of later in the process. - The need for PC during playback is a problem. I think most of my relatives would be fine with the Touch and a USB drive connected to it. The only thing that's missing in this case is the software on the PC to easily rip, tag and get the music onto the USB drive. - My parents has actually borrowed my Duet for a while but they rarely used it for the above mentioned reasons. For radio the biggest problem is that it doesn't support radio channels only transmitted through FM, for music the problem is the ripping/tagging process. It's just easier to select a preset button on their FM radio or insert a CD in the CD player. The price is also a major issue for them, a standard FM radio is still a lot cheaper than the $199 Radio. If we continue to look at my brother (who knows computers but don't like to install/configure them): ====================================================================== - I gave him a Classic as a gift and it took over a year to convince him to rip and tag the music and actually start to use it. He didn't have a PC on all the time and that more or less made the device useless. I think a Touch with USB drive would have made it a bit easier but I really think he would have loved easy ripping, tagging of the CD's. - Today he mainly uses Spotify through DSBridge. So a good Spotify integration where he can use the laptop to search artists and songs would be a big success. I think he uses DSBridge today and is fairly satisfied with it, the only negative side is that he needs to have the laptop on all the time. Native Spotify support would be a big advantage to him. - I'm pretty sure he is going to be interested in the music store features I mentioned in my previous post. If we look at some other relatives like aunts and similar: ========================================================== - The need for PC during playback is a problem, they don't have a PC on all the time. The Touch and a USB drive solves this but we still have this ripping/tagging process. They aren't going to change to something else for local music playback unless it's easy as inserting a CD in the CD-player. - It's more important to get access to local radio stations (some only transmitted through FM) than internet radio from other places in the world. - The price is problematic as their complete music system today doesn't cost $299. The Squeezebox product doesn't offer enough for them to justify a new purchase at the current prices. - I'm pretty sure they are going to be interested in the music store features I mentioned in my previous post but it's probably not going to be the thing that makes them select the product. And finally if we look at some friends: ======================================= - Color is important, they don't want a black device that destroys the feeling of the room. A red radio as a bedside clock and music player would be great but there is nothing similar available for the living room. - The price is a problem for the bedside clock usage, if they are going to get the radio they like to have one beside each bed and 2 x $200 is just to much compared to a standard clock radio or iPod/iPhone dock. - I don't think they'd have any major issues with the current ripping/tagging process since they are used to iPod devices. A Touch with a USB drive might probably be a hit but they've talked about setting up a server for other reasons so it might not even be a problem to have a always powered on computer. - I'm pretty sure they are going to be interested in the music store features I mentioned in my previous post. - They use Spotify so if it had native support for Spotify that would be a big advantage. -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.isaksson.info) (Install my plugins through Extension Downloader) (Developer of 'TrackStat, SQLPlayList, DynamicPlayList, Custom Browse, Custom Scan, Custom Skip, Multi Library, Title Switcher and Database Query plugins' (http://wiki.erland.isaksson.info/index.php/Category:SlimServer)) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72512 _______________________________________________ beta mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/beta
