Erland, i think we basically agree. if i ran logitech my goal would be the following:
design a displayless, totally silent (save for some leds u could disable) "revue 2" which has the server built inside, along with its "player side." make it slim proto compliant. make it able to power many clients in snyc and as many other dlna/upnp devices as possible. make it able to record audio and video, and make it work with "cablecards." if possible, integrate with a program guide, maybe a free one? put some limited onboard storage in, like an 8GB smartcard. let it use USB 3.0 storage and let it map network location for shared storage. make it integrate with mysb so a user could watch and listen to their stuff online via the site, (protecting copyrights via login). make it a fully "open" android platform, that doesn't need rooted, and have LMS run on droid. use latest droid OS. add an app that would update your LMS and via user initiation allow logitech to remotely troubleshoot it. call it a dream box. but if one existed, i would pay $300-$400 for it, maybe more if it was done really well. i would also NOT put wifi in it, recommend most users to ethernet wire it to the router. but i would make a usb wifi dongle available, at an extra price. no remote either, besides a very basic infrared. encourage cell phones, idevices, or harmonies. so, what do you think of that? it might sound daunting and dreamlike, but if logitech doesn't do it, someone else will. the tivo is an example. the good thing is that you could do it in pieces, and a lot of it would be updated for you. meaning: the droid OS would handle lots of it, in a single api. the wifi for instance. and LMS could be the "player" while a totally different app could handle the cablecard and recording only. after that, then u could do the mysb integration. in other words, you wouldn't have to roll everything out at once. -- MrSinatra www.lion-radio.org using: sb2 & droid (my home) / duet & ipeng (parents' home) - sbs 7.5.5b - win7 ie9 & xp pro sp3 - p4(ht) 3.2ghz, 2gig ram - 1tb wd usb2 raid1 - d-link dir-655 - 49k+ mp3/flac ::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=90063 _______________________________________________ beta mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/beta
