Mnyb;257910 Wrote: > I'm a little old fashioned, I associate my CD's by the way they look, so > a graphical remote is the icing off the cake. > > I actually bougth my cd's ;-) so i'm used to hold them in my hand, this > will be a nice substite, now I hold all off them in my hand. > > I hate PDA's and won't have a lapptop on the coffe table to choose > music. > > My main HT has projector so i could run 20m vga cable to the PJ but to > fire upp that noisy thing and waste lamp life, for selecting tunes ? > > I actually sometimes listen to only music for it's own sake. > most younger people tend to multitask and use music as a soundtrack to > their life, consequently these people are already in front off their > computer/game consol /whatever. > > I will order a duett combo or a single controller, havent decided yet
Amen! (not the religious kind) I couldn't agree more... but I'd like to add. Lots of folks use the album covers to quickly navigate their music library. I have several artist with multiple CDs. Most times I do not remember the name of the album or the name of the track, but I assure you I know which CD I have to pickup to listen to the track I want. Call it the quick-visual-recognition-effect. No need to read or write. I have a lot of World music CDs and can't even spell the name of some of the artists or albums to search with accuracy. To avoid having to look at CD jackets I use genre, playlists, favorites with the existing remote and Moose for the rare times I use my laptop to listen or manipulate my library. I think the Controller will integrate these navigation and manipulation methods for me. I don't hate PDAs but, I feel that PDAs are not a good fit as a remote. They require two hands to manipulate them (put-beer-down syndrome) and as "multi-tasking" they "usually" do not master any of these tasks. Acting as a remote being one of them. They were initially designed to facilitate the use of applications while on the run and to compliment them, but not as a full replacement for most of these applications. If you had the choice what would you use to browse the web with... a small screen PDA or a full screen computer? Of course, if you're on the run they're excellent replacements. Lately, applications specifically designed for mobility (with a natural fit - like GPS and contact related apps) are starting to take full advantage of this mobile devices. I don't know how long the Controller takes to come up, but I hope that is as close to instant-on as possible. I know that when my PDA or Smartphone hangs it takes some time to reboot. Once it has rebooted, I have to start the Remote Control app or browser and then I have to wait for connection to the SC. I don't have to tell you how frustrating it is to have to run for the manufacture's remote to lower the volume because the PDA has taken a nap ro is going through its wake up process. I never had or will have to reboot the existing remote. The two thing I want to see implemented in this Controller are. 1.) A practical and flexible Playlist application. A dynamic playlist function that won't interfere with the selection that is currently being played. The ability to move tracks within playlists and the ability to select and add multiple tracks from Artis/album views to the playlist of one choice. 2.) The segregation of configuration options of the SC from the functions required to listen to music and manipulate playlist. All the fuunctions that have the potential damage my music library or change the way the SC is configured should be password protected. I want to be able to hand over this remote to my wife, family and friends with absolute confidence that they won't mess with my setup. One more thing... The ability to use the "inactive" earphone plug with headphones to preview tracks before adding them to a playlist with one hand while lying in the sofa and with the other hand on my IPA... would be the icing on my cake. -- tamanaco ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tamanaco's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4620 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41813 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
