Your idea of a server appliance was discussed quite a few times already. While I don't know why Logi didn't try (they tried sillier things IMHO), there are a few reasons I can find Xenthar wrote: > you just have to plug it into a router and a power socket. Immediately > your player can find it on the network. No. Or you need to provide your own network, in Sonos fashion. And even then, you need user support. > The Hobbit also has a usb port that can connect a usb storage device. > Then it just serves the music it finds there. No. What drive format, music format, are files ok ??? (Internet radio or music in the cloud doesn't have this issue.) > Alternatively you can use the config page to set up how it is going to > be served. A config page is too complex for many. Smartphone apps are better but not everybody has a smartphone yet. And then many won't know how to use it > Less than US $50, or EUR 40. Most users would just get one, unless they > were planning NAS right from the start. No. Because they don't understand what the thing is needed for. Touch includes a server, but unfortunately it is too limited in capabilities.
You're trying to dumb down something that is sophisticated in essence. This makes nobody happy. When ipv6 is around and wireless communication cheaper and redundant maybe we'll see cohorts of things that just work (ie are remotely monitored and managed) and collaborate together in our homes. Until then, people will have to get interested in the plumbing. And that's a minority. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ epoch1970's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16711 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97131 _______________________________________________ diy mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/diy
