dBerriff;454775 Wrote: > I have a network, broadband access, SqueezeCenter, ripping software, > loads of hard disk space and a computer to run it all. Without this > infrastructure the Squeeze concept does not really work. It also tends > to render the USB/SD slots redundant, unless I am once again missing > something. I'm all for giving options but the Touch would, on the basis > of what I have been told here, leave me with a touch screen, DAC, USB > slot and SD slot that I would not use. So, I probably would forget the > usb/sd card inputs. > > Gosh, I really do sound like a grumpy old man tonight. I just feel > there are some solutions to rather marginal requirements here.
OK, then you don't need one. So what is your point? Again remembering that you have already talked yourself out of needing one. Others will need this and more importantly want it. New users now only need to have tunes on a USB drive (which they probably already have) if they want to join the party and not have a server running full or part time. This unit opens all kinds of doors. Squeezebox Home System Controller mounted on a wall. Integration with home automation. How cool would it be to have the door bell ring on any Squeezebox that is on (granted I really don't want to know kids are at the door selling candy or magazines). Email alerts, Facebook, Flickr, and other video sent to the display. Being open source, possible Apps available, a usable USB port, and a "Smart" player that is also a Controller, ones imagination coupled with current technology are about the only limits to what one can have networked together in the home using Touch! -- iPhone *iPhone* Media Room: Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono's, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, Vandersteen Speakers: Quatro Mains, VCC-5 Reference Center, four VSM-1 Signatures, Video: Runco RS 900 CineWide AutoScope 2.35:1 Living Room: Duet, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1 Kitchen: Squeezebox BOOM Bedroom: Second Boom Bathroom: Squeezebox Radio Ford Thunderbird: Duet, Mac Mini Ford Expedition: SB Touch, USB drive ------------------------------------------------------------------------ iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67399 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
