garym;689783 Wrote: > well it is true that TopGeek is having a hard time believing that this > is true. Every example he has provided in fact requires a server > somewhere (many reciva). I admit that I didn't understand this concept > of "server" and "internet radio" when I first started down this path. > > I note he is a radio amateur, and I can understand the radio amateur > mindset of having equipment that can work "forever" without being tied > to some 3rd party provider. Heck, my 1958 Hallicrafters 101X Mk II is > like new and still going strong. And it weighs about the same as my > car! > > Back to the original point (which I don't worry about myself), the > beauty of the Squeezebox stuff is that we can use it "forever" to > access free internet radio when considering that we all have copies of > SbS or LMS.
Thanks for you understanding response. Yes, I had not grasped the fact that, even though there are several Internet 'receivers' on the market that are described as 'stand-alone' units, that they are nevertheless tied to one specific database of radio stations. 'Stand-alone' simply means that they don't have to be connected to a computer. Consequently, I now realise that all of these devices are vulnerable to the durability of the database operator - lose the database and your Internet radio is useless, unless the manufacturer is able to provide an upgrade to link to an alternative database, which seems unlikely. -- TopGeek Licenced radio amateur. Electronics/IT engineer. Translator of Dutch and French to English. Received SBR as a Christmas present 2011. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TopGeek's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=52656 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93488 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
