Michael Herger;252336 Wrote: > > What would double the SB's value for you? > I'm not sure about double the value, but if I rephrase the question to:
"What would make you upgrade to a SB4 or other SB related devices ?" It would look something like: 1. Improved audio circuits. I'm using the analogue outputs from the SB and it currently doesn't sound as good as my old Arcam Alpha 7 SE CD-player. I think adding better audio ciruits/DAC and double the price would make me upgrade. Improving the audio quality is the only thing I can see that would double the value of a device similar to the current SqueezeBox 3. The Transporter is interesting but it's currently too expensive for me, so I would like something in the price range between the SqueezeBox3 and Transporter. 2. SqueezeClockRadio A SB device that is customized to work as a clock radio would also be very interesting. This would require built-in speakers and the same or smaller physical size. For a clock radio I actually think the quality of the current audio circuits and display could be decreased to be able to sell it for a better price. A clock radio for $299 would be too much, but if we can get one for $100 or $150 it would be very interesting. SqueezeClockRadio would be similar to the SqueezeBoomBox often talked about, but it needs to be cheaper and it needs to be smaller than the boombox. 3. SqueezePhoto Being able to display album art and artist information on a larger screen would also be very appealing. This could either be implemented as a picture frame to hang on the wall or as a video output to connect the SqueezeBox to a TV-screen. If implemented as a picture frame it would have to be possible to use it as a standard wireless picture frame when not playing music. 4. SqueezePortable A portable SB device in the same size as a iPod would also be very appealing. It would have to be able to store music locally on the device and it needs to be small enough to be placed in a pocket. The current Jive remote doesn't have the local storage and has the wrong physical format to fit in the pocket, but I guess a future version of the Jive remote could be SqueezePortable. 5. SqueezeCarStereo A SB device in car stereo format that stores the music locally in the car but is able to sync its local storage with the home SlimServer using Wifi or similar technology. 6. SqueezeHarmony A Jive based remote control which is open source based and has the features of Logitech Harmony Universal remotes would also be very appealing. It needs to keep the screen of the current Jive prototype but it has to have a lot more hard buttons. The current Jive remote is very promising, but as long as it is only a remote control it won't be appealing enough for me to upgrade. I'm really hoping that the Jive remote is a first step to get to a SqueezePortable or SqueezeHarmony. -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.homeip.net) 'My download page' (http://erland.homeip.net/download) (Developer of 'TrackStat, SQLPlayList, DynamicPlayList, Custom Browse, Custom Scan, Custom Skip, Multi Library and Database Query plugins' (http://wiki.erland.homeip.net/index.php/Category:SlimServer)) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41476 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
