With Cisco's money, they can hire any interior architect they want. I'm extremely impressed by the launch and agree with JJZolx on how complete the solution is. SD and Sonos have been at it for some time and this is basically 1.0 for Cisco. I've always thought they have a good chance at making waves due to their presence in the home with Linksys, complete understanding of the power of the network, and the fact that they generally do not try to lock in the customer with proprietary technology like Sony, MS and Apple try to do.
Whoever thought Cisco doesn't get it, really doesn't understand Cisco. They have been putting audio and video on IP for years and have been preaching network based applications forever. The only real question is their ability to deliver a compelling and user friendly consumer level product. And frankly, they are right - to the average person, their music is locked up in iTunes/iPod and/or striped across multiple computers in the home - just like Cisco suggested. Those with properly tagged NAS based libraries are definitely in the minority - just not on this forum. That's where it really gets interesting though...Linksys products were basically contract designs and this product line appears to be one of the first types of products coming out with real Cisco involvement in the engineering of the actual product. If you look through the web site, they go to great lengths to establish a "cool" factor and the fact that Cisco actively participated in creating these products. I like my SD products for now and they are probably safe as long as TP dominates the quality/price category, but for lower-end audio, I'm thinking the space is getting exciting. SqueezeCenter is the real gem in SD's possession for me, but it's still somewhat complex for the average person. If Cisco reduces the complexity, gives you better CD and iPod access and is a one-stop-shop, then it's very compelling. -- thomsens ------------------------------------------------------------------------ thomsens's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1352 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57371 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
