ajkidle;345897 Wrote: > Any chance that future version of the Squeezebox products would include > a hard drive, similar to a DVR? My thinking is that this could be > beneficial in a few ways: > > 1 - No computer required to run SqueezeCenter, just run it directly on > the device. > > 2 - Could support services like Rhapsody-To-Go. This would be super > cool for the Boom: the ability to unlock it from the constraints of > being on a network and take your music with you. > > 3 - Store your music collection directly on the device. Instead of > having to stream your local music from another computer on the network > (which has to be powered on,) the SB could serve as the host. > > I'm sure I'm not the first to have this idea, but a quick search of the > forums didn't turn anything up so I thought I'd throw it out there. > Actual implementation could go a variety of ways: an HDD could be an > option so as to keep the base price low, or maybe the deivce could just > have a SATA or USB connection for people to add their own storage later > if they want. > > Great products, by the way. > > Andy
This has been done to death. General consensus was that was such a radical departure from the current design (i.e. slim device by design) that it wasn't worth it. -- mattybain '[image: http://imagegen.last.fm/recenttracks3/recenttracks/MattyBain.gif]' (http://www.last.fm/user/MattyBain/?chartstyle=recenttracks3) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mattybain's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53296 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
