erland;604241 Wrote: > I'm skeptical about a server box because to get good performance it's > going to make the complete solution too expensive. Very few people > besides the enthusiasts are going to buy a $300 server box if they also > need an additional $200-$300 player to be able to play the music. A > combo box for $500 is also going to be too expensive. Simpler UPnP > solutions from competitors are going to look more attractive to the > mass market at those prices. Mass market don't care about sound quality > and advanced features, which is the main advantage SBS/Squeezebox has > over simpler UPnP based products. If you think I'm wrong about this, > mention one other product with similar features as SBS which don't need > a computer and is cheaper than the above mentioned prices. > > Another problem with a server box is that it's against the market, it's > pretty clear that streaming online music gets more and more popular and > buying CD's gets less popular, especially among younger people. > > Full SBS is clearly a low priority at the moment, I'm personally a bit > afraid that 7.6 is going to be the last major release of full SBS which > we will see, but hopefully I'm wrong about this. Logitech will probably > put focus on mysqueezebox.com and streaming services if they choose to > continue develop the Squeezebox products. Which isn't bad because > streaming online music is the future, it's just a matter of time until > the music industry wakes up and realize that this is how they need to > start selling music.
you make a lot of good points, but i actually wasn't suggesting a server box was forthcoming, i was saying that a SBS you can download might only stop seeing development IF logitech went to a server only box. however, i do think that logitech server boxes COULD make sense depending on what exactly its role was. afterall, the touch is a server. now the touch doesn't make sense to me, but i do think you could envision different server boxes for differing uses. i'd like to see a "google tv box 2" and here's what i would pay ~$300 for: cable card support, video recording SBS built in (its ok if its stripped down a bit, not every bell and whistle allow usb attachable storage, network storage dlna support it may not be feasible today, but it surely is soon. that would be a nice server box. i can also imagine a much smaller audio only one, that could handle syncing and optionally have a player (combo box), no display tho. i'd pay ~$125/$165 for that. -- MrSinatra www.lion-radio.org using: sb2 & sbc (my home) / sbrec & ipeng (parents' home) - sbs 7.5.3b - win xp pro sp3 ie8 - p4(ht) 3.2ghz, 2gig ram - 1tb wd usb2 raid1 - d-link dir-655 - 45k+ mp3 ::VOTE FOR 'BUG 15604' (http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=15604)!!!:: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84697 _______________________________________________ beta mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/beta
