aangen;544563 Wrote: > I'm using my Touch that arrived today. I too sit 13 feet away from it. > When I look at it in now playing mode (the one with the album art and > scrolling title etc.) it is just barely legible. If I hit the now > playing button cycle to where it does the "frequency" chart, the title > text is more legible. But when playing music in random mode, when I try > to look at what is coming up in the play-list everything is too small. > > I remember those funny magnifying screens they had all over in the > movie "Brazil". I'm gonna get me one of those and maybe a bunch of > ducts. > > Getting older sucks. But I like the sound of my new Touch a lot more > than the V3 it replaces. I suppose I could put the V3 next to my > listening chair, hook it up via wireless and have it synced to my Touch > so I can have the more text options. > > Which reminds me, my Squeezebox server is running out of a computer in > another room. Has anyone developed a way to connect to the remote > server via a Wii? A Wii interface would be nice. > > (and no, I am not going to pay Apple $250 so I can use a iPod as a > remote on a 299 dollar device.) (I do like that it is a $299 device) Yes, getting older sucks, but it sure beats the alternative.....
When I view from 13 feet (~4m) I find that I can read almost everything except the menus that have two lines per item, like the Album browsing that has album title on the top line and the artist's name on the second line. That is the menu I use most on SBs, so I either keep an SB Controller handy or (shudder) get up off the couch when it's time to choose a new album or track. I also remembered those magnifying screens, and was going to post a pic as a suggestion to those who need binocs. You can load up SBS in the Wii's Opera browser, and control it with the Wii's remotes. I think it's slow and ugly, but it works. -- aubuti Nothing high-end, but music anywhere I want it, and it's '100% wind powered' (http://www.cleancurrents.com/). MSI Wind desktop (Ubuntu 8.10) feeding: Living room: SB Touch + SBC > NAD C325 BEE > Vandersteen 1; Kitchen/Dining: SB2 + SBC > AudioSource Amp100 > 2 pair of Polk RC60i; Basement: SB2 > JVC JA-S44 > ESS Tempest LS8; Bedroom: Boom and SB Radio; Backyard: Duet > AudioSource Amp100 > Polk Atrium 45; Kid's bedroom: SB3 > Klipsch ProMedia 2.0; In limbo:SBR http://www.last.fm/user/aubuti/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78217 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
