Do we really want an "all in one" device ? My experience is that devices that tries to do everything often end up doing nothing or very few things really good.
The listening situation in the living room is quite different from the listening situation when you are out jogging. So I'm not sure the same device would be the best suitable for both situations. In the living room: - the device doesn't have to be small - it needs to have great audio output - it needs to be suitable to connect to the home stereo - it would be preferable if it had a display so everyone in the living room could see what is playing - it needs to have access to the music libraries of the whole family - the abilities to browse the music library needs to be great - it needs to stay in the living room if one family member leaves the house When outside jogging: - the device needs to be small and light weight - it needs to have good audio output but not great - it needs to be suitable to connect to headphones - it just needs a small display - it needs to have access to music for a few hours listening - it needs to work without Wifi access - limited browsing capabilities would be enough I'm a bit afraid that if we wish for a device that should do all these things really good we will end up with an expensive device and each family member needs their own plus an extra one for the living room. I think a preferable scenario would be multiple devices where each device type is suitable for a specific purpose, where the different devices works good together. Maybe something like: - A living room device - A portable device - A car device (or maybe just a docking station combined with the portable device) -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.homeip.net) 'My download page' (http://erland.homeip.net/download) (Developer of 'TrackStat, SQLPlayList, DynamicPlayList, Custom Browse, Custom Scan, Custom Skip, Multi Library and Database Query plugins' (http://wiki.erland.homeip.net/index.php/Category:SlimServer)) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40106 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
