I'm a bit late arriving at this discussion, but anyway: I already have a PC in the lounge, running Windows Media Center Edition 2005, hooked up to a 42" plasma and a decent surround sound system. So I decided I didn't need a Squeezebox - I could just use the PC instead. But I came across the following problems:
1) Unfortunately MCE2005 doesn't support FLAC (and almost all my music is in FLAC format) 2) The MCE2005 music browser is painfully slow (yes, worse than SlimServer!!). 3) Its a right pain having to turn on the plasma screen just to play music. And once the music's playing, do I leave the screen switched on (burning a static image into the screen), or switch it off (and not know what track is playing)? In the end, I just bought a Squeezebox because its so much more convenient! For music I use the Squeezebox, and for TV and DVD I use the PC. And when I'm watching TV, the Squeezebox makes a great clock... Running Softsqueeze on the PC wouldn't really be feasible for me, since its impossible to control with a remote. Although I suppose I could buy a web tablet instead, and control Softsqueeze via the web interface??? But I'd still have the problem of whether to leave the screen on or off. Chris -- cbemoore ------------------------------------------------------------------------ cbemoore's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=163 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19342 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
