erland;696105 Wrote: > Powerful at what ? > Powerful at integrating/consolidating numerous media types from both local and internet sources into a single common interface.
Powerful at allowing full control over the way the products works so it can be tailored to how a user wants. Eg advance configuration options, Plugins that allow for much much more, near complete control over the entire UI. Powerful media library management when compared to other "hardware" based players, eg TV, AV Receiver, Disc player, etc. Fast access to different views, eg by artist, album, year, genre. Fast access to searching for specific files that match certain criteria. Strong playlist management for playlist creation, queue management. Powerful integration of other desired features eg visualizations, weather forecasts, home automation via already mentioned powerful full control of app :) It can do 1 million different things for 1 million different people and that flexibility causes complexity, that is the nature of the beast. You can only dumb it down so far before you start removing the features listed above and at that point you lose everything that made Squeezebox stand out from the pack to begin with. The reason Squeezebox has been such a popular product for so many years is because it is powerful. If you didn't want powerful you would just use your existing TV's media interface that you already owned(or your PS3, Xbox 360, Bluray player etc). -- bits ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bits's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13375 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94109 _______________________________________________ beta mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/beta
