mortslim wrote: > > Content providers will show interest if they see sufficient market > penetration for the squeezebox. They do a cost/benefit analysis just > like Logitech. If the missing content providers see that they can reach > a tipping point for eardrums, they'lll come to the platform. > Which is also why it's hard to use the Roku philosophy before you have the volume, the content providers basically don't want to invest in making a proprietary solution for a specific product before they are sure they can get enough users on it and the dilemma is that the product won't get more users before the content providers have done their part with the Roku model.
But I guess that as a content provider it's a matter of: - Either doing an analysis if you believe the manufacturer (Logitech, Roku, ...) will be able to sell enough devices and make the investment in advance to help them (and yourself) getting more users. - Or just deciding to wait and do the investment later when the manufacturer has sold enough devices to make it interesting. mortslim wrote: > > In order for Logitech to be more mass market, it should lower the price, > turn up the volume and get rid of the LCD screen to keep the cost down > (it's more efficient to put control into the user's hands on already > owned multi-purpose devices,like iPeng on the iPad and the iPhone). > I agree on the Squeezebox Touch if it would significantly lower the price, personally I still doubt that dropping the LCD would bring the Touch below $99 which I think is needed to make it attractive to the mass market who can purchase a AppleTV or AirPort Express for $99. I think the Squeezebox Radio still needs an LCD to be useful in kitchen and bedroom, but I could see use for a cheap device without display and without hard buttons but with a built-in speaker. It wouldn't be as useful as the Squeezebox Radio, but some people might like such device if removing the display and hard buttons can make it a lot cheaper than the Squeezebox Radio. mortslim wrote: > > Logitech already has the hardware for such lower cost products. It just > needs to open up its software to make it easy for the content providers > to be enticed to the platform. > Just out of interest, which hardware are you talking about, is it the Touch without display or are you referring to some non Squeezebox hardware ? mortslim wrote: > > And as to the complaint that the Roku model generates a lot of > uninteresting content, the solution to that is simple, don't listen to > it. Pick and choose your favorite service providers and ignore the > rest. Even on the Squeezebox now, I don't listen to over 90% of what is > offered. We should be so lucky to wade through excess content to find > what we want. > Right, I want to listen to Spotify (which is the best premium streaming service available in Sweden), how do I do that on a Roku device out of the box ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95603 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
