mortslim;549359 Wrote: > Well this will incorporate the squeezebox space. It won't replace a > squeezebox, it will just be another way to get the squeezebox features. > Just look at it as another model in the squeezebox line. > > Think of this new device as similar to a squeezebox duet receiver, in > other words, a squeezebox without a screen. Since this new device is > intended to meld with a TV as a TV set top box, the screen will be the > TV itself. On the TV screen you will see all your familiar squeezebox > features, from Pandora to Rhapsody to Shoutcast, etc. Just think of > the TV as a big screen to view your music choices. On the TV screen > you can pick what you want to listen to. > > The audio will be pumped out of both analog and digital audio outs on > the back of the Logitech TV Box just like on the back of any squeezebox > product now existing today. Nothing new here. The only difference is > that instead of a screen on the device or on a separate controller, the > screen will be the TV. > > Now, you may ask, how do I control this? Simple: You'll have three > basic choices - you can buy a Logitech Harmony remote, of which there > are several models to pick from, and thus use this remote to navigate > around the TV screen to make your choices. Or, you can use the > included mini remote controller if you don't want to splurge for a > separate optional Harmony remote. The included mini remote will be > similar to the small remote you get with a squeezebox boom today. It > does the trick for getting what you want without the luxury. Finally, > you can use your android phone as your controller. There will be a > free "app" which Logitech will have available on launch date for the > Logitch TV Box which you can download to your android phone and just > use the touchscreen of your android phone to control your choices of > music. > > Oh, you want the launch date? Ok, here it is: September 22, 2010 if > all goes according to current plans. This will give enough time for > the ecosystem of hardware and software to flow as one and also to get > the android 2.2 operating system into the hands of developers and have > a lot of apps available on launch date. (At the moment, everyone is > using android version 2.1) > > What apps you may ask? Well, we are talking about say Rhapsody porting > over to the Logitech TV Box their excellent android app now available > for android phones. So basically you can see the app on your TV screen > instead of on your phone. > > Now, you may ask, I like the like the idea of using my android phone to > control the Logitech TV box but I want to put it somewhere connected to > my great stereo setup but not to a TV. Can I do this? Of course. The > android app that will be available for your phone will control the > Logitech TV Box even when it is not connected to a TV, but just > connected to an amp or stereo receiver or powered speakers.
Where did you get this information? I didn't see it anywhere in the link provided above. -- maggior Rich --------- Setup: 2 SB3s, 4 Booms, 1 Duet, 1 Receiver, 1 Touch. SuSE 11.0 Server running SqueezeBoxServer 7.5.0, MusicIP, and SqueezeSlave. Current library stats: 33,060 songs, 2,656 albums, 484 artists. http://www.last.fm/user/maggior ------------------------------------------------------------------------ maggior's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9080 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79007 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
