CardinalFang;259163 Wrote: > I'm ready with the comfy chair - and I've pushed the stuffing into the > corners of the cushions... > > I've did stop using the controller for a while, it was unreliable and > at times totally unusable. However I've recently gone back to using it > and come to the conclusion that there really isn't anything better out > there for controlling a SB, at the moment. > > As I've said on other messages, so apologies for the repetition, I wish > Slim had kept it more simple and focused on the primary features. I > really don't need three clocks and Flickr when search and scrolling are > still so clunky. And I also wish they had kept the hardware simpler and > the cost down. There's no need for a built-in DAC, I don't need another > player, especially one that is too big and with poor battery life. The > accelerometer really is extraneous technology, I have no use for it > whatsoever beyond its initial novelty value. A bigger touch screen > would have been a better component to spend money on IMO. > > Having said all that, I have decided to order a receiver to complete > the combination, but would I have bought a controller for my SB if I > hadn't been on the beta program? Not at the price it is, I would have > bought an iTouch. Even though the controller is faster at selecting > music, the iTouch is versatile, good looking and is portable outside > the home, so far more easily justified in my mind.
Basically, thats exactly my thoughts to the letter. If i was having to pay $300 for mine, i would be thinking maybe i could have given up the DAC, accelerometer etc and paid less. I use mine daily now though, it's the business. But i would not want to give up my Harmony IR, so with me its a case of get everything up and running with the Harmony then grab the SBC. Oh i sooooooooooo wish i could control my AMP with the SBC's IR. One day? -- autopilot SLIMSERVER:[/B] 7.0 APLHA (WINDOWS XP) + ALIENBBC, SLIMSCROBBLER & LAST.FM. *AMP:* CAMBRIDGE AUDIO 640A (LIVING ROOM) / DENON MD30 (BEDROOM). *SPEAKERS:* MISSION 701'S (LIVING ROOM) / KEF CRESTA 1'S (BEDROOM). *REMOTE:* T-MOBILE MDA VARIO / HARMONY 525 (IR) / *BETA TESTING JIVE REMOTE. [B]Clients:* 1 Squeezebox 3 + Softsqueeze. 'LAST.FM' (http://www.last.fm/user/domrevans/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ autopilot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1763 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41024 _______________________________________________ jive mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/jive
