kdf;435659 Wrote: > > > > I want a 10 inch screen (li-ion, > > wi-fi) with a detachable docking station. I can't be bothered to get > up > > and walk over to my hi-fi to touch a screen. > > 10-inch would be larger than my laptop. I would only see the benefit > there as a digital photo frame with added features. Then again, more > power used than I'd really want. A docking station wouldn't win me > over > either, as I'd still be expecting more than an audio player from a 10" > tablet. > > -kdf I probably didn't explain this very well... I meant 10 inch diagonal touch screen so I could run something like the web UI (and also browse the net). The device would detach from a base station that was also a charger and had all the audio gubbins it. The base would connect to the hi-fi. The "tablet" could be used docked in the base or on my lap/around the house. At least this way I could actually see what was on the screen! I don't need it to be an audio player - just a control interface. However, I guess others would want a player capability via headphones or a line-out.
The tablet would talk to the base via wi-fi (unless docked when they would talk directly). The base would have the ability to run SC internally and connect to USB disks etc - or to connect via wi-fi/ethernet to a traditional external SC server. The ability to use the tablet screen as a basic photo frame/ image browser/ video player would be excellent. One advantage of a tablet sized device is bigger batteries. Having an integral carrying handle that could double as a table stand or retract completely would be neat. It doesn't have to be 10 inches - but at least 7. The real icing on the cake would be the ability to open a thin-client remote control interface onto a host SC PC so that ripping, tagging etc could be managed remotely if required. The server PC could then be headless. I'm starting to wonder how close I could get to this with available tablet technologies and the current SB range? -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... SB3 (wired) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Digital,Kimber Speaker & Chord Interconnect cables Outdoors: Boom ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64706 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
