autopilot;327048 Wrote: > What on earth are people talking about batteries for? > > What battery technology do you know that can continuously power an good > amp, wireless connection and a VFD screen for any -worthwhile- amount of > time? Where you hoping for some massive, heavy and expensive brick that > could maybe muster 3 hours? > And where do you have a wireless network coverage at home, but no power > outlets (albeit requiring an extension lead)? The only place for me > would be the massive garden we have when i would occasionally need to > real out an cable. Seeing as our BBQ's invariably turn into all night > drinking sessions, no battery could satisfy us. > > Well done not putting a battery in Slim Devices. For the vast majority > of customers it's a better product for it IMO - it's an all in one home > Squeezebox system, not a portable system or some kind of iPod dock > (plenty already on a saturated market anyway). Good move - instead of a > small few people complaining it has no battery, you would have a huge > amount of people complaining it had a terrible battery and was too > big/heavy.
Yeah when I saw it had a VFD I gave up on battery, just wishful thinking. While VFD is great for display it is not so nice on power. If you could manage the VFD power requirements via auto-off quickly cause in this environment the display is not so important. Then the wifi and an efficient amp cause really does this type of device need a high-end power hungry amp, heck I would have been happier if they went the Tivilo(sp?) approach and did a mono speaker with the option to add a speaker, cause stereo on 2 speakers 6inches apart really does not work so well. So now, reduce the amp load and display load you just have the wireless for big draws. If you use D cell batteries you probably could get some decent play times. Course like you said, how many times would you really need batteries. Only time I can think is on the Deck, or while I am washing the car. Course I can take the extra time to grab power cord, but not having to do that would make it more likely the wife would grab it. -- m1abrams ------------------------------------------------------------------------ m1abrams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=850 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
