Chris Laplante wrote: > In talking to a hardware engineer at the BBQ yesterday, he mentioned > that the current crop of products with VFDs will likely be the last > they sell. New stuff will be LCD based. I expressed that was too bad, > since the VFDs are quite functional and easy to read from across the > room even if they are not all fancy and modern like.
They are nice and easy to read. But long ago, Sean said that the VFD was the single most expensive part of a SqueezeBox, by far. In the years since, LCDs have gotten much cheaper, they are everywhere. VFDs have not. I could imagine a Transporter 2 with VFDs, but I don't expect one of them for five years. I bet a Controller 2 with WiFi=N or WiMax will be here before a Transporter 2. But, what do I know, I'm a customer. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
