Wykey;532728 Wrote: > If it is a misconception, it's based on the marketing and advertising > from Logitech. Yes, of course. Don't believe the hype. You won't expect them to advertise the Radio as a brick that can also play internet radio under certain circumstances. :)
> There's no caveat, there's no "only via the squeezebox.com server'. > It's telling me that I have a radio, but instead of playing FM, AM or > DAB signals, it will play the signals sent over the internet, like a > Radio. I don't know what's on the box because I don't have a Radio, but on 'logitechsqueezebox.com' (http://www.logitechsqueezebox.com/products/squeezebox-radio.html) it says -"Always-on Internet Radio, powered by mysqueezebox.com (formerly SqueezeNetwork), lets you tune in to Internet Radio streams even when your computer is off"-. To me that means: (1) You need a computer in the first place (2) If your computer is off, you can fall back on mysqueezebox.com (3) All internet radio has to go through one of the above > The tech specs say "Internet radio: Support for MP3, Ogg Vorbis, AAC and > WMA formatted internet radio streams". > Again, no mention of the squeezebox.com server. The quote above is from the "Audio" section. MySB.com is not an audio format, so no wonder that it doesn't appear there. Under "System requirements" it says: -"Macintosh: Mac OS X 10.3.5 or later, Windows®: XP/2000/NT/7, Windows Vista®, 733MHz Pentium, Linux/BSD/Solaris/Other: Perl 5.8.3 or later"-. So again not doubt that it requires a local computer. Don't get me wrong, I totally agree that the Radio has severe design flaws. It is a powerful piece of hardware, but there are some parts (mainly business or marketing decisions as far as I can see) that just don't make sense. I am a software developer myself in the telco business, and if one of our marketing guys came to me and said "Hey, we have this new concept for a mobile phone - everytime somebody calls you, it downloads a ringtone in real time from the internet" I would kick him out the door. I am seriously tempted to buy a Radio only to hack it and prove that it could do entirely without MySB.com. But it doesn't surprise me a bit that if a hardware manufacturer offers an online service, they will make every attempt to force you to use it. -- usch ------------------------------------------------------------------------ usch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33389 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76875
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