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.
You got the point exactly, but nobody in this thread here was really complaining. ;) >From the pictures the form factor IMO seems exactly right and it is a nice complementary and standalone product, can't wait to hear it. Bye, signorRossi. -- signor_rossi ------------------------------------------------------------------------ signor_rossi's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11941 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
