Grumpy Bob wrote: > From my perspective, the new UE system fails my needs because: > 1. There's not a HiFi quality player, just a radio with no digital or > analogue outputs (other than a headphone socket) > Not currently no, but there's nothing to say there won't be. It's been said that there won't be a "Touch as we know it" that is a rebranded Touch the way the new Radio for all intents and purposes is the same box as the old one. To me this more or less hints that more products will be added to the line, what they will be like is of course another matter. But if you decide to introduce a new line with only one player, I think it makes sense to begin with the Radio considering that the hardware was readily available and that it's the most popular model, hence more likely to rapidly get a bit of momentum for the product line.
Grumpy Bob wrote: > From my perspective, the new UE system fails my needs because: > 2. The UE Music Library software doesn't run on Linux, so I can't run > it on my QNAP as I do LMS > It's not in the marketing blurbs no, but as has already been confirmed it does run on Linux. Unless you have to replace your SB devices today there's no need to worry too much about what shortcomings the new line has, a lot of it is likely to be remedied before a replacement is due. Also, while we may feel gutted that Logitech killed the SB, giving the new products a bad rap is counterproductive. I suspect that the continued support for SB have more to gain from a success of the UEML-stuff than a failure. After all it's the same people that's behind both products, if the new stuff sell they will be around, if it bombs they may be shut down and canned replies from first line support is all that remains. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ alfista's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32396 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96191 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
