st2000;386652 Wrote: > > I don't get it? > That's up to you, of course > > W/o the display at every control point all you can really do is play, > pause... yup, that's about all I think you could do. > Right - play/pause/skip, with the IR controls they already have - including ones built into wall panels in each room > So, you just sank $300 into an SB and stuck it in the closet? Well actually, not $300, but the difference in price between SB3 and receiver, so more like $150. IMHO worth it for the additional IR integration. Yeah, the display'll never get seen. Wouldn't be using the receiver's ability to connect with a controller wirelessly, anyway > Plus you still need to put the music on a computer (I consider a NAS box > a > computer if that's what you are using). Server's already in place. Used as a remote control point for their PBX and local print server. Directly downstairs from the a/v closet, anyway, and there's a chase. > Why not just skip the SB and stick a computer in the closet complete w/a > ASK IR receiver (dongle) > thingy and softsqueeze? I can't believe a USB IR receiver being more > than $50, more like $30. I don't know how much of a hassle this would > be in Windows, but in Linux it would be a snap. Not a bad way to go, if you feel softsqueeze is reliable to just run for weeks on end. My experience (admittedly on win as I tend to use linux for servers) has not been that positive. > Personally I would never install or pay more for a house w/an audio > system. I -suspect- you might not be in the market for this one, anyway. Big house, big barn (barn's maybe two football fields away), guest house (which I've never seen), carriage house, pool, pool house, all in a fairly expensive town. Eight or ten acres. Not something I would -ever- be able to afford. > It's old fashion to run analog and you are stuck with that type of > media. If you ran 1000, 100 or even 10BaseT lines you could distribute > all kinds of services from HDTV to VOIP. You might be missing the point that the analog A/V wiring's already there. Ditto the I/R relay/amplification stuff. Pretty sure cost's a non-issue, but ripping up walls would be. Rewiring will be a major job (large house). And, old-style or not, this'll work -fine-.
-- bobkoure ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bobkoure's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14646 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=58449 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
