MrSinatra;636525 Wrote:
>
> what should they have? two devices with no screens. one (more
> expensive) with server and one without. then let phone apps (or
> computer based SP) control them, set them up, and act as remotes. if
> that "takes off" and sales are good, then consider a third model which
> adds a screen.
>
Without the display the Touch would be completely useless to me. I
prioritize the display a lot higher than then built-in server, but I
realize I'm not the target user of Logitech neither is most of the
people on this forum.
MrSinatra;636525 Wrote:
>
> the devices should also support DLNA; DLNA shouldn't be on the server
> (7.6) only.
>
How would DNLA support on player side result in higher earnings for
Logitech ?
- It will cause more support issues from users with third party
servers
- It will cause more time in quality assurance to ensure their players
works towards third party servers
- It will result in decreased number of sold server hardware boxes (if
they decided to release server hardware)
I guess theoretically, it could result in more sold players if Logitech
creates a crappy server and there is someone else creating a better DLNA
server. Still, I've a hard time seeing how Logitech will benefit from
DLNA on player side. I still believe the main reason they do it on the
server side is to get support for Logitech Revue and possibly because
they have some big plans to create future simple DLNA players which
won't need SqueezeOS based firmware and due to this not support things
like mysqueezebox.com and multi room audio. A simple player with
simpler software would be more similar to other stuff Logitech
produces.
MrSinatra;636525 Wrote:
>
> i would argue that if someone was sending music digitally to their
> stereo via apple hardware/itunes, you would be hard pressed to actually
> hear the difference in a similar SBS digital setup. but i know there's
> a lot of religious audiophiles here, so i'll just say i think most
> people would fail a double blind test between the two.
>
I completely agree, most people don't even hear difference between high
bitrate MP3 and FLAC, some people will object but they'd still fail a
MP3 vs FLAC blind test.
MrSinatra;636525 Wrote:
>
> but i do agree that apples software is totally lacking and crap, and
> there are many good reasons i agree with, not to use it.
>
Main problem for me with iTunes is that it isn't server based, it means
that I have to use a specific desktop computer to access my music
library. Still, I'm not their typical user, so you can't really blame
them. At least they will finally make wireless syncing with portable
devices possible in next release, so they are moving in the right
direction.
Apple does a lot of great things but iTunes isn't one of them, at least
not yet.
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