1. Remote SB - http://www.slimdevices.com/images/remote-180.gif Skipjam - http://www.skipjam.com/_images/products/rfremote.jpg You can get an RF remote w/ 10 line, 128x128 lcd, so no line of sight necessary. This enables you to: hide the unit; operate it from another room (depending on RF power); potentially search library more easily (more lines of display). There's no VF display that you can customise, so that's the trade-off. The phone thing - that's a LUI (loopy useless idea).
2. No need for any computer whatsoever. It's not based on a client-server architecture - its network agnostic, needing only TCP-IP. You just need a hard drive hanging off your network. So - it seems to be EXACTLY what the original poster was looking for. I don't know where you got the "you have to run Windows to use this". It one of the key features explained throughout skipjams website. From their FAQ page, "Do I need a PC? No, a PC is not required." Have sent several emails to skipjam, just to confirm that no pc is necessary. It can be configured initially w/ a computer OR the rf controller, and after that you only need NAS. 3. Can be extended to whole house A/V control 4. Audio specs were better than SB, but prob. a push w/ SB2 Definitely falls behind if your interested in all the stuff you can get w/ open source. That's the trade-off, as slimserver requires that you have, at a minimum, NAS capable of running perl 5.6 code (I think). And skipjam costs more (but less than a modded RedWine SB2) I'll probably end up getting an SB2, as I'm growing tired of waiting for some user feedback on the skipjam. But it sure would be nice if there were an early adopter out there w/ and extra $300. -- paxtonc _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
