Mark Lanctot Wrote:
Wow, this from the champion of closed-source. So, when are we going to
see Sonos' source code, hmm?
You mean the Source that you can find simply by searching Sonos' FAQs
for GPL? The first and only thing that shows up is:
http://tinyurl.com/p2wte
or you can go to:
SynapseAttack Wrote:
You mean the Source that you can find simply by searching Sonos' FAQs
for GPL? The first and only thing that shows up is:
http://tinyurl.com/p2wte
or you can go to:
http://www.sonos.com/support/downloads/GPL/
I like SqeezeBoxes as much as the next guy, but lets get
Sonos is attractive because of its remote. The vast majority of
consumers won't consider buying and setting up a separate remote, so
the comparison is between the remotes that ship with the products, and
Sonos wins that comparison hands down. Hopefully the folks at SD
realize this.
You may
bruce Wrote:
Sonos is attractive because of its remote. The vast majority of
consumers won't consider buying and setting up a separate remote, so
the comparison is between the remotes that ship with the products, and
Sonos wins that comparison hands down. Hopefully the folks at SD
realize
Tamanaco, I agree completely that Sonos is priced too high for the mass
market, and it may well be too complex as well. I also feel that
complexity is a bigger drawback for SD than its remote. As a matter of
fact, the remote was the main reason I went with SD instead of Roku.
The Roku remote
bruce Wrote:
My point was that, when you compare remotes (or anything else), you
should compare the basic systems provided by the manufacturers, not a
remote from another company and software from some developer somewhere.
Most consumers won't even find out that these things exist, let
On 5/12/06, Michael Herger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
And that's where MS seems to be a much stronger player than Palm :-/.though having just switched to a WM2005 device as a Palm3/3e/V/T/T3 user usability and responsiveness of the latest PPC devices is still way behind my older palms. Whilst the
I think the Sonos is pitched at a different market right now. The
extreme price differentials reflect the fact that the Sonos is pretty
much everything you need in one box.
I see Squeezebox as more best of breed and customisable right now. I
think a high end Slim setup of a backend Unix
Michael Herger is working on an application called SlimRemote (now on
release 0.8) which gives one most of the functionality of the Sono's
remote. (Album art, playlist, song selection etc)
http://www.herger.net/slim/detail.php?nr=912 It works on windows and on
any platform that supports the Ewe
joncourage Wrote:
-My laptop is my remote.-
A laptop makes a fine remote, but not very practical at a party or out
on the deck with a drink in the other hand. Nokia770 and SlimRemote
show a lot of promise. Unfortunately, SlimRemote won't work on my
Palm-based Sony CLIE.
--
Kyle
Kyle Wrote:
Unfortunately, SlimRemote won't work on my Palm-based Sony CLIE.
You're right, unless the Ewesoft folks builds a VM for the Palm
platform; you're out luck. http://www.ewesoft.com/ I don't know what's
is preventing them from building a VM for PalmOS, but they have
certainly built
You're right, unless the Ewesoft folks builds a VM for the Palm
platform; you're out luck. http://www.ewesoft.com/ I don't know what's
is preventing them from building a VM for PalmOS,
I think there's a rather simple answer: it's not them, but him. AFAIK
it's a one man show.
The market for
PeterFitzgerald Wrote:
I mean for starters his criticism of the Squeezebox is that you need a
PC always switched on. Isn't that also true of the Sonos???
Yeah, the Sonos needs to get its music from *somewhere*.
Also there's a very interesting comment:
The system consists of a series of
Sonos's touch of brilliance is to let you control your music from your
lap.
It's all in the full-function remote -- control from anywhere in the
house. It's something Slim Devices really needs, IMHO.
--
Kyle
Kyle's
Quoting Kyle [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
It's all in the full-function remote -- control from anywhere in the
house. It's something Slim Devices really needs, IMHO.
no, it very much doesnt.
Third party remotes are available everywhere and you can pick and
choose the right one for your needs.
To be fair, the Guardian - particularly tech writer Jack Schofield - has
at least directed people to the Squeezebox as a streaming solution for a
while now. It's the first place that I heard of it.
--
nathanroberts1
'My last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/nathanroberts1/)
Let the guy have his opinions. I like the SqueezeBox for all the reasons
that the rest of you do, but to expect a consensus on this sort of thing
is like trying to herd cats. If anyone wants to fork out the money for
the Sonos system, who am I to judge? I'll take the extra $1000 and buy
a whole
kdf Wrote:
Having an optional SD remote, perhaps ...
An optional remote with LCD similar to an Ipod is what I'm talking
about. Something that would allow you to easily scroll your entire
collection and make choices without having to be in front of your SB or
at your computer. I doubt you
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