[slim] Re: UK Publicity: Squeezebox2 on "The Gadget Show" CH5

2005-10-07 Thread Michaelwagner
dean Wrote: > http://www.slimdevices.com/photos/gadget.wmv doesn't work for me. Stops immediately (well, maybe it shows a few frames ... but it's too fast to see if anything happens). Same happens when I press play. -- Michaelwagner ___ Discuss maili

[slim] Re: UK Publicity: Squeezebox2 on "The Gadget Show" CH5

2005-10-07 Thread ceejay
AdamC Wrote: > I'm here because of it: reading this forum whilst playing music through > the SoftSqueeze and planning to order a Squeezebox in the next day or > two. > > As they say, any publicity is good publicity. It didn't take long for > me to see that the SqueezeBox is what I've been lookin

[slim] Re: UK Publicity: Squeezebox2 on "The Gadget Show" CH5

2005-10-06 Thread AdamC
mikerob Wrote: > I thought that the Squeezebox came quite well out of the feature. I'm here because of it: reading this forum whilst playing music through the SoftSqueeze and planning to order a Squeezebox in the next day or two. As they say, any publicity is good publicity. It didn't take long

RE: [slim] Re: UK Publicity: Squeezebox2 on "The Gadget Show" CH5

2005-10-05 Thread Neil Davidson
> > It's a really crap piece. Facile, incorrect, infantile, short > and completely useless. > Who does this sort of stuff cater for? I'm incredulous. > What is the world coming to (moan, moan, moan) > > Simon Turner > Barcombe UK. > I think that about sums up the show :) There was a piece

[slim] Re: UK Publicity: Squeezebox2 on "The Gadget Show" CH5

2005-10-05 Thread ultra238a
Totally agree that any publicity is good for Squeezebox - I just can't stand the guy who did the section. I have seen some of the other stuff that he has done and I always get the feeling he a bit condescending which is strange as he comes over as knowing sweet FA! Paul Progressive Consumer Elect

[slim] Re: UK Publicity: Squeezebox2 on "The Gadget Show" CH5

2005-10-05 Thread mikerob
"Who does this sort of stuff cater for?" The Great British Public, or 6% of it, which is C5's share of UK terrestrial broadcasts. Older episodes of The Gadget Show are also continually rotated on, Bravo, (I think) which is on Sky & Cable so the piece on the Squeezebox will be seen on UK TV for t

[slim] Re: UK Publicity: Squeezebox2 on "The Gadget Show" CH5

2005-10-05 Thread Fifer
> Tonight's schedule, apparently, features "Killer Shark Live", > "CSI:Miami", "CSI:NY", "Law and Order"... Not to mention their heavy reliance (at least in the early days) on late night soft porn and blood and guts movies to drum up audience figures. Hence the HIGNFY joke from a few years back:

[slim] Re: UK Publicity: Squeezebox2 on "The Gadget Show" CH5

2005-10-05 Thread Patrick Dixon
I think you'll find, for our N American readers, that IS highbrow ;-) Patrick - broadcasting snob. -- Patrick Dixon www.at-view.co.uk ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Re: UK Publicity: Squeezebox2 on "The Gadget Show" CH5

2005-10-04 Thread ceejay
ModelCitizen Wrote: > It's a really crap piece. Facile, incorrect, infantile, short and > completely > useless. > Who does this sort of stuff cater for? I'm incredulous. > What is the world coming to (moan, moan, moan) > > For the benefit of our non-UK readers, we should probably point out

Re: [slim] Re: UK Publicity: Squeezebox2 on "The Gadget Show" CH5

2005-10-04 Thread dean blackketter
On Oct 4, 2005, at 2:10 PM, Simon @ Home wrote: It's a really crap piece. Facile, incorrect, infantile, short and completely useless. Come on, Simon. What do you REALLY think? ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.

RE: [slim] Re: UK Publicity: Squeezebox2 on "The Gadget Show" CH5

2005-10-04 Thread Simon @ Home
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ultra238a > Sent: 04 October 2005 21:30 > To: discuss@lists.slimdevices.com > Subject: [slim] Re: UK Publicity: Squeezebox2 on "The Gadget Show" CH5 > > > I hate that guy! Is it just me or is that in every segment he > d

[slim] Re: UK Publicity: Squeezebox2 on "The Gadget Show" CH5

2005-10-04 Thread ultra238a
I hate that guy! Is it just me or is that in every segment he does he doesn't sound like he has a clue what he is talking about?!? IMHO Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd -- ultra238a ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com htt

Re: [slim] Re: UK Publicity: Squeezebox2 on "The Gadget Show" CH5

2005-10-03 Thread dean blackketter
Thanks to CeeJay, I've posted it here: http://www.slimdevices.com/photos/gadget.wmv Enjoy. -dean ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] Re: UK Publicity: Squeezebox2 on "The Gadget Show" CH5

2005-10-03 Thread dean blackketter
Probably not, but feel free to mail it to me and we'll host it on our web site. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Re: UK Publicity: Squeezebox2 on "The Gadget Show" CH5

2005-10-03 Thread ceejay
30 seconds out of 2.5 minutes ... not bad. I have a 6MB windows Media Player Video file available if anyone could direct me where to post it (wll this forum take a file that big?) Ceejay -- ceejay ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.co

RE: [slim] Re: UK Publicity: Squeezebox2 on "The Gadget Show" CH5

2005-10-03 Thread Stuart Cooper
tober 2005 19:38 To: discuss@lists.slimdevices.com Subject: [slim] Re: UK Publicity: Squeezebox2 on "The Gadget Show" CH5 Well, I think I've got it on my PC... however, don't anyone hold your breath, the SB2 got a short section within a short item. And I'm not entirely s

[slim] Re: UK Publicity: Squeezebox2 on "The Gadget Show" CH5

2005-10-03 Thread mikerob
I thought that the Squeezebox came quite well out of the feature. A 2 minute piece on primetime TV covering 4 different products for streaming music is not going to provide a detailed analysis of any of them, but from the perspective of the general public, I would think Squeezebox had the least w

[slim] Re: UK Publicity: Squeezebox2 on "The Gadget Show" CH5

2005-10-03 Thread ceejay
Well, I think I've got it on my PC... however, don't anyone hold your breath, the SB2 got a short section within a short item. And I'm not entirely sure they got the point with a flaky comparison with a Sonos system. I'll edit/compress one down to a reasonable size and post it somewhere if anyon