[slim] Re: Why is the SB case so underwhwelming designwise?

2005-06-29 Thread mherger
Carl W. Irving Wrote: Maybe the long-term solution would be to implement an USB host port on the SB and then plug a Griffin PowerMate (http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/powermate/index.php) in... Being able to plug in USB HID (Human Input Devices) into the SB would be rather

[slim] Re: Why is the SB case so underwhwelming designwise?

2005-06-29 Thread NickM
When your batteries die or the dog chews the remote, then, YES a few hard buttons on top of hte slim box would be wonderful. PAUSE/PLAY, VOLUME UP, VOLUME DOWN, NEXT, PREVIOUS. I would pay another USD100 for that -- NickM ___ Discuss mailing

Re: [slim] Re: Why is the SB case so underwhwelming designwise?

2005-06-29 Thread Pat Farrell
On Wed, 2005-06-29 at 07:27 -0700, NickM wrote: When your batteries die or the dog chews the remote, then, YES a few hard buttons on top of hte slim box would be wonderful. PAUSE/PLAY, VOLUME UP, VOLUME DOWN, NEXT, PREVIOUS. I would pay another USD100 for that That's what your Sofa

RE: [slim] Re: Why is the SB case so underwhwelming designwise?

2005-06-29 Thread Simon @ Home
When your batteries die or the dog chews the remote, then, YES a few hard buttons on top of hte slim box would be wonderful. PAUSE/PLAY, VOLUME UP, VOLUME DOWN, NEXT, PREVIOUS. I would pay another USD100 for that I'd be happy with a box that looked nice with only a power button.

RE: [slim] Re: Why is the SB case so underwhwelming designwise?

2005-06-29 Thread Phillip Kerman
Perhaps you might consider buying one of those multi remotes that will program all your devices, then once that gets eaten by the dog you have your original remotes as back up? Actually, I'd prefer the Slim devices remote... if only IT could be programmed to control the volume on my

[slim] Re: Why is the SB case so underwhwelming designwise?

2005-06-29 Thread NickM
Pat, I have a home crammed full of electronic stuff... BUT, I have two ground rules for everything. First is I don't have anything which requires recourse to an instruction manual ( for two reasons - I lose things and I want the machine to be so intuative to use that I don't need one ). Second