ericplan wrote: > I do not own a squeezebox yet, but in the near future I will... > Some thoughts: > I do like the new remote with graphic display, but I dislike remotes in > general. There are always issues with battery life and robustness. And > in this case (Squeezebox 3 or Duet) you loose control when the remote > fails. > My perfect Squeezebox will be a combined Boom and Duet, a fixed "cube > like" apparatus without speakers, displaying the cover art on the built > in display and operated by some buttons and a big jog dial. Just for > convenience a squeezebox 3 remote is added, but not needed. And because > the "cube" has some space inside, the powersupply is a built in > multivoltage (110-240 V 50-60 Hz) instead of a clumsy adapter. A real > power on/off button adds to the green aspect of this one! > > Will I ever see this one? >
I think there's a good chance to see at last part of that. I heard that SD is going to abandon the VFD display for the next gen SB's. That means we'll probably see a colour LCD (or Oled?) display on the SB4. If you have a colour display it makes sense to show the cover art. As for buttons, I'm not so sure, but why not? As long as we have the controller and remote, extra buttons on the device wouldn't hurt. The result could be like a controller velcroed to a Receiver or an SB3 with built in squeezeplay. That makes most of the software reusable which is always a big plus. Regards, Peter _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
