Not stirring the pot to much but lets get real. The SB Radio's main feature *-IS NOT-* that it is an alarm clock! Its called an SB Radio. Not an SB Radio Alarm Clock much less an SB Alarm Clock.
Its not misleading, one gets what one gets when one puts a third and fourth party involved with ones alarm when using mysb.com. The Squeezebox was designed to work best when using a PC/Server running SBS. Will it 'work' without one logged into mysb.com, sure it will. Will using mysb.com ever be as reliable as running a dedicated SBS machine (PC, Server, NAS, SheevaPlug, Laptop), never, not even if every bug and complaint were fixed tomorrow. For again, there are other people and technologies involved that are nowhere near fault proof. There is the Internet connection (all of them, not just your home one), the mysb.com servers, ones modem, ones network, and everything else. So look at what is really involved and stop calling a Squeezebox on mysb.com an alarm clock for it is NOT! To many things can go wrong to cause an alarm not to sound. Simple solution is to take as much outside BS out of the equation. Run a dedicated SBS machine (Laptop, PC, NAS, Server, Vortexbox, Mac Mini, SheevaPlug, DIY Atom, Fit-PC2, Vortexbox Micro) for maximum reliability and maximum user experience. And nobody give me that Energy/Environmentalist crap about leaving a Mac Mini/DIY Atom/Fit-PC2 on all the time when it uses only 6 to 23 watts (SheevaPlug 3W). All your TVs are plugged in, the picture might be off, but its sucking down electricity when you think its off or it wouldn't come on instantly when you press On. I'll bet most of you have Central Heat/AC too. As well as other things that run 24/7 that one never even thinks about. When Al Gore stops using 20 times the national average in utilities (his nashville home devoured nearly 221,000 kilowatt-hours in 2006) for just one of his homes, then I -might- start thinking about not having a dedicated 24/7/365. So if you don't live in a cave, I don't want to hear about leaving a PC on 24/7/365. If it bothers you, spend some money to build/buy the most efficient dedicated SBS box you can (from 3 to 23 watts). It will start paying for itself in 2 to 3 years versus your old PC that you wouldn't think of leaving on! That's a killer ROI. And the bonus is that one has very reliable alarms and maximum Squeezebox enjoyment while 'saving' the environment. -- iPhone *iPhone* Media Room: Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono's, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, Vandersteen Speakers: Quatro Mains, VCC-5 Reference Center, four VSM-1 Signatures, Video: Runco RS 900 CineWide AutoScope 2.35:1 Living Room: Duet, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1 Kitchen: Squeezebox BOOM Bedroom: Second Boom Bathroom: Squeezebox Radio Ford Thunderbird: Duet, Mac Mini Ford Expedition: SB Touch, USB drive ------------------------------------------------------------------------ iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78256 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
