iPhone;511001 Wrote: > WHY would it cost to much? And are you telling us that you use "every" > available feature on your current Squeezeboxes? I understand you use the > main one, Audio. Would you not use Video if it were available? > > There are two devices for under $250 that do just what SB does for > audio that do the same for video as well as they both also play audio. > The 'cheaper one' > (http://www.hdtvsupply.com/1080p-high-definition-media-server.html) > appears not to support FLAC. The only real drawback I see is that they > use an external video display and that is probably because they were > designed for Video so it is assumed that one will hook it up to a video > display. > > It would be extremely easy to build/include the same video > engine/decoder in a device just slightly larger then a Touch so that it > would have a display for when using just audio IE a Touch that does both > Audio and Video. So if this was designed the cost would not be the cost > of both devices added together due to the shared nature of the device > doing basically the same thing. Would I pay $379 for a Touch that did > streamed 1080P HDMI and 24/96 FLAC? I would.
No, I don't use every feature (although I use most). But there is a line, in my mind anyway. It would just feel pointless having a video capable player in all the room which don't even have a TV. So know, for the most part I would never use a video feature. But I agree, a touch with HDMI and 1080p output would be nice. But I would not want it to be a compromise. But I would still want audio only devices for each room. Maybe I am looking at this from the wrong angle. I was wrong before about a touch screen on the player and USB until I got a touch! -- autopilot Cheers, auto. *lounge:* squeezebox 3, squeezebox controller, cambridge audio 640a, mission 701's *kitchen:* squeezebox touch, trends ta-10.1, kef cresta 1's. *bedroom:* squeezebox boom *bathroom/garden:* squeezebox radio *car:* ipod classic 80gb *portable:* iphone 3gs 32gb (+ipeng) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ autopilot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1763 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74510 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
