Goodsounds;343521 Wrote: > Here's my guess: > > Decisions at a company like Logitech (and most others, for that matter) > are based on dollars, not philosophy or karma. If derivative or related > products can meet whatever financial objectives are set, I expect they > will be happy to develop, make, and sell them. Otherwise, no. > > Perhaps the fact that it's the Logitech Streaming Media unit, and not > the Streaming Audio unit, may indicate some of the future direction?
It would seem logical that the next step would be to add other media to the streaming capabilities. If streaming audio is emerging, then streaming video is in its infancy. Online streaming video services like Hulu and Joost are just starting out and are almost just concept designs - who knows if those models will take off. I'm fine with a new direction like this, as long as it isn't done at a compromise to the audio capabilities or force me to pay for video codec royalties when all I want to do is play audio. With the transporter, boom, SB3, duet, and soon to be player-enabled controller, they will have all bases covered regarding audio (high end, mid range, lower range, semi portable range, and portable range). What more is there to do other than have the newer products (i.e. Duet) mature to the level of the SB3? I'm not sure what an SB4 would be at this time other than a cost reduction design. So I agree with goodsounds - the dollars and cents sensabilities of Logitech will take them in other directions. I think the other direction will be video in some form. After Slim Devices (and then Logitech) and Sonos kicked Roku's butt, they backed up and are now pushing the Netflix box. -- maggior Rich --------- Setup: 2 SB3s, 1 duet, 1 receiver. SuSE 10.2 Server running SqueezeCenter 7.2, MusicIP, and SqueezeSlave http://www.last.fm/user/maggior ------------------------------------------------------------------------ maggior's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9080 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=52983 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
