Martin77;623326 Wrote: > I've been in the market for a long time for a new alarm clock. > > The radio stations I tend to listen to are moving more towards the > Internet rather than direct broadcast. > > I'd like to buy a Squeezebox Radio, but it just seems fundamentally > broken/flawed for what I want. > > In order of feature importance: I want a reliable alarm clock first and > foremost. I'd be happy to have one that plays BBC World Service via > Internet (without use of a server on a PC). If the Internet is down I'd > like it to stream some other noise or as a last resort buzz loudly to > wake me up. Then I'd like one with a really big snooze button and > auto-dimming display. Then reasonable sound quality. The rest I don't > find that important: not even the 7 day alarm. > > I'd be prepared to pay decent money for this product (e.g. price of the > Squeezebox Radio) > > Why don't there seem to be any products anywhere that do these simple > things reliably? > > I've been looking for ages, and every single review comes back with the > same issues with poor reliability of the alarm function, or no snooze > button, or no Internet radio. > > I mean how difficult can it be? > > Is there any Squeezebox device out there or planned that can do this.
My SqueezeBox BOOM alarm has been rock solid for going on 3 years. And from what I read, the RADIO alarm seems to be working for most people now after upgraded firmware. Don't believe everything you read on the forums. Happy users don't report that everything is OK. -- garym ------------------------------------------------------------------------ garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86841 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
