trouty00;495165 Wrote: > Duet?? I completely forgot that. But no, I wouldn't want to get the Duet either because it doesn't have a screen and I have heard bad things about the remote (last time from you ;)).
aubuti;495166 Wrote: > > I think you still don't quite understand the feature. Plug an external > USB drive with your music library into the SB Touch and it appears on > your network as a shared network drive, and all of the music is > available to the Touch and any other SB in the house. How does this go > "...against the whole idea of networked music player"? I do understand this - but the list contained USB-drive and server separately, so I assumed the first one referred to the simple "plug & play" function that almost all music players have (you can plug USB-stick into the device and it will play whatever music is stored on it). Sorry the confusion. aubuti;495166 Wrote: > Yes, you can control them through the web ui, if you want to be sitting > at your computer while listening to music. I would say the whole idea of > SBs is to get the user away from the computer. And I would agree. That's why I control the music from my phone (any phone with a decent web browser does the job) or my 9 inch laptop. aubuti;495166 Wrote: > > You can't find an SB3 at any retailers? What about eBay? Last I looked > there were quite a few. I guess I was a little unfair there - yes, I can still find the SB3 from some retailers. What I meant was that as it is no longer manufactured, there's no guarantee how long it will be available or how easy it will be to find one. toby10;495178 Wrote: > Yes, for you it's not worth it. I'm just pointing out the *many* > advantages of the Touch over the (now discontinued) SB3, and these > advantages will drive sales and generate new interest in the entire SB > lineup. And all for the same introduction price point as the original > SB3. I'm sure what you say is correct. It's just too bad that those who want a player like SB3 (just a player with clear and large display) are left out.Even if they buy the Touch, they are getting a smaller display. toby10;495178 Wrote: > They are essentially taking the SB3 (which was wildly popular at $300 to > many people), added numerous features and functions, and are offering it > at the same introductory price point. Oh yeah, the Touch would be awesome for $300. But not for *$438.6* which is the price in Europe. The best price I could find for SB3 at the moment was $248 (from a retail store). toby10;495178 Wrote: > Your options: buy used SB 1/2/3's, wait a year or so for the Touch > price to drop to current SB3 prices, buy lesser capable streaming > devices. As much as I would love to believe that the Touch will 1/3 cheaper after a year, I can't. My guess would be 3 years. -- squeez-er ------------------------------------------------------------------------ squeez-er's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32438 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72534 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
