CardinalFang Wrote: > I must admit I can see both sides to this. I bought into the community > and open source nature of SlimDevices because I like to tweak and > modify my setup, but I can also see how someone seeing the SB in a > review would not expect to have to touch a damn thing after > installation. > > There is a dilemma here, to be more successful for those people who > want to install and leave alone, then it has to be a lot more solid out > of the box. No matter how many times you can point to inferior products, > that doesn't make this one better. At the same time it still has to > appeal to the community that contribute and therefore be fast moving. > > > I personally think the answer is to have much more solid and > well-tested releases for more general users, rather than enthusiasts. > These would be updated a lot less often and be more rigorously QA'd. > The nuts like me who like to live on the bleeding edge can carry our > with the nightlies and betas and scratch our heads when it doesn't > work. I know it's kind of like this already, but I think the builds for > people who don't want to fiddle need to be more robust. The fact that > Roku are tied to products like iTunes gives them that. > > Paul
Well put! Having a stable turnkey solution is appealing for the consumer who simply wants to play their encoded music on their stereo. May be not a whole lot of options and features, but easy configuration, setup and operation. At the same time, having the SB and slimserver pieces available for "hackers" to make code changes or enhancements is appealing to a different group of consumers. As an example, TiVo boxes can be hacked and modifications made (voids warranty) or you can simply enjoy the system the way it was designed. -- joek ------------------------------------------------------------------------ joek's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3318 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20773 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
