I'll take your points in to consideration but I need a bit more clarification on some:
0xdeadbeef;495094 Wrote: > With all the current issues and the speed (or the lack thereof) they're > being worked on, I'd never recommend a SB Radio as Xmas present for > people that you don't ferociously hate. Not even for a technical savvy > person. > > Let's face it: currently it's a buggy geek device and it comes without > any kind of manual. It's ok for people who like playing around with new > toys, have a high frustration tolerance and are happy to work around > bugs every 2nd time they use it. Are you saying the speed of the 802.11g wireless is not adequate for streaming? I don't have any issues with 1411 kbps FLAC files on my SB3 or Transporter. Yes, I'd like to see an upgrade to 802.11n, but that's only so my entire wireless isn't stepped down when the SBs connect. 0xdeadbeef;495104 Wrote: > Most of the real annoying issues are related to MYSB. Obviously the > pre-release testing (I don't call it beta testing since IMHO the > software hasn't entered a beta maturity yet) completely excluded MYSB. > ... > Anyway, the mentioned Mom is supposed to use the Radio only via MYSB. > So good luck to explain her why buttons stops to respond, connection to > MYSB is lost all the time and the menu item to reconnect doesn't work > etc. At least she is not supposed to use it as bedside radio. Then > disinherison would be inevitable. I've been using the mysqueezebox network for ver 4 years now and haven't experienced any issues that I'd say would be a deal breaker. Are you intoning that the SB Radio itself is buggy and does not connect to MySB very well? I would have thought they were using the tried and true heart of the same software they've been building on side SlimDevices released it. jef;495182 Wrote: > ... > The UI is hardly intuitive; people can pick up an iPod and figure it > out, but not the SqueezeBox. > > Integration with iTunes is still fair, at best. > > Primary access to stations don't work (BBC, for a glaring example). > Having to educate someone that, "Oh, the BBC on the Radio section > doesn't work, even though it says 'Staff Picks,' you need to go to this > special place, but every other station you get in the Radio place, well, > except those that you need to open this other app for..." just doesn't > fly. > > The alarm is completely unreliable if your internet connection or > server is the least bit flaky. Backup alarms do not play, even in the > US, even with a local server. I guess I'll have to work with them on using the UI, they seem to navigate the Sony Bravia well enough and it's not parochial. Can you describe your iTunes integration? Not that it matters in this situation since they will not be using it, but I find that most of my SB/TP - iTunes issues are the fault of iTunes, such as the lack of FLAC support on my Mac. My alarms have yet to fail me; I even use them as a kitchen timer. Thanks for expanding on these. I'm really interested in defining the ares of issue: be it hardware, software, Mac or PC. I've been using my first SB for many years with very little issue. Recently I purchased a Linn Majik DS -- Now if you want a difficult UI there's your device.... but it sounds SOO GOOOD!! -- kphinney -I like it, you may not. I understand and respect that.- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ kphinney's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10409 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72540 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
