I went for Squeezebox plus a couple of basic powered speakers for the kitchen. However, 2 of my brothers wanted all-in-one solution (one wanted regular FM radio as well ... the other didn't because the reason for going for this sort of device was because FM reception is so poor where he lives).
So - one went for the Roku device that you list above - and the other went for a Logik IR100 (online from Dixons or in PCWorld at 100GBP). The Roku brother is a bit disappointed. He is a techie and had hoped for a bit more. It does sound good (given the low quality of the internet radio sources) but as a bedside radio (in his case) he finds it a shame that the remote and the device itself do not offer the same controls (e.g. no skip track on the radio). He has also found that the wireless connectivity is a bit hit and miss on startup. The other brother is not technical - and is happy with this basic device. He has no interest in playing music from the network at home (although it does have SMB and UPnP built in). I would still recommend Squeezebox plus powered speakers plus something to run SlimServer on for most people that ask me about this sort of thing - but ... the all-in-one devices are certainly tempting. OK - they are generally less feature rich anddo not have a great screen and don't sound as good with high quality sources and are not as extensible ... but for basic no-nonsense internet radio then they are probably good enough for most people and can be much lower price than today's SB3. -- Paul Webster Paul Webster http://www.lastfm.com/user/BondJamesBond ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Paul Webster's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=105 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29661 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
