On 17-Aug-06, at 1:59 AM, cliveb wrote:
The Transporter looks like a very interesting device. I have a few
questions/comments:
1. It's not clear from the info published so far whether it will be
possible to switch between the digital inputs from the remote.
there is an option in the settings menu, which you can get to via the
remote or the knob
Can't answer the middle two myself.
4. Finally, a comment about the twin displays. I personally would have
preferred to see a single double-width display. My eyesight isn't great
and I have to use the largest font on the Squeezebox to read it from
the
listening position (about 12 feet away). A wider display would enable
more info to be shown without scrolling. (This is a minor point, and I
realise that this aspect of the design is probably set in concrete. For
all I know, maybe wider displays simply aren't available?).
A wider display is likely more expensive than two of the existing ones
combined. It's a custom display, so probably has a minimum quantity buy
as well.
However, Triode is working on some really great options for the display
code. You can split off the artist/album info to the second display,
show information in three lines. It may be possible, but not yet
implemented and maybe not yet tested, to spread a single line across
two of the displays. Hard part is how to handle text that is too long
for even two displays.
-kdf
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