In some ways, it's a matter of the installed base that makes a difference. Ed, I am not sure who the database provider was for the unit you mentioned, but I'll bet it was one of the fringe players.
This is where Logitech's approach with the Squeezebox is interesting, because - at least a couple years ago - you could always easily set up a server on a PC on the same LAN as the squeezebox and code the URLs - and it's open source to boot. The Logitech also operates in "standalone" mode much like a Reciva based system does. Ed makes a good point, though, that an inexpensive web-capable tablet might be a perfectly suitable solution. RC On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 9:04 PM, bernieS <[email protected]> wrote: > No, you cannot say the same about anything. When an electronic product > designed to allow you to consume digital content is tied exclusively to one > vendor whose server info is hard-coded into the device--and that vendor's > business model fails--you're stuck with a useless device that cost you a > fair bit of money. Not true with shortwave or FTH satellite receivers, etc. > > That's why I was suggesting a tablet computer that costs about as much as > some WiFi radios may be a safer investment, because you can install > "receiver" applications on it from a variety of different vendors instead of > being locked into just one that could go belly-up and leave you high & dry. > At a recent SWLfest silent auction there was such an orphaned WiFi radio > that someone decided to get rid of as it could no longer "receive" anything. > _______________________________________________ Swlfest mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above. For more information on the Fest, visit: http://www.swlfest.com http://swlfest.blogspot.com
