I am potentially interested in using the Touch in the car as well. I was hoping that the Touchscreen would be a bit larger, even for in-home use. I realize the cost would go up a bit, but IMO it would look much better with less "negative space" around the bezel, and of course be easier to view from across the room.
For in-car use, here are some other important questions: 1. Is the touchscreen visible and/or usable in direct sunlight? 2. Is the touchscreen a transflective design? 3. How will the unit itself handle long-term or even short-term exposure to temperature extremes in the car environment? 4. Would using a SSD in a USB enclosure be any advantage besides power savings? 5. It does have a built-in microphone and small speaker, correct? Could these be used to control the Touch via Voice Commands such as the Microsoft Synch systems in some Ford vehicles???!!! Does it have the processing power to implement this? POWER SUPPLY: Opus Solutions has a 15w 12v-to-5v DC-DC power supply that should be enough to power the SBT and a 500gb USB or notebook Hard Drive. http://www.opussolutions.com/index.php?p=product&id=24 There are several high-end Car Audio DSP/Processors that have Toslink Optical and/or Coaxial Digital inputs, such as the Audison Bit One.1 and Alpine PXA-H700/H900. If a Voice Command feature is not feasible or possible, it would be great to have a Remote with Tactile buttons such as the Sony RM-X90 Wired Rotary Remote Commander that controls the Sony CDX-C90 car stereo. [image: http://www.crutchfield.com/pics/sony/h158RMX90MT.jpeg] [image: http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa134/StevenKephart/P1130033.jpg] I currently have this stereo and remote in one of my cars and I can control all of the functions that I normally want by Tactile Feel with this remote (10-functions)...there's no need to take my eyes from the road whatsoever. For me, this is the Perfect In-Car Interface, at least for my music selection while driving. Of course, this just controls basic functions and track selection when playing ONE CD or from a 10-CD changer. You aren't having to navigate through Hundreds of Artists, 1000's of Songs, Playlists, Genres, etc! You would definitely have to look at the Screen to see what you were selecting, but at least you would not have to take your eyes away from the road for an extended period of time just to "find" and then press the Tiny "Button" on the small touchscreen. Keep in mind that many OEM Navigation/Stereo units have Touchscreens as well, though they are larger and easier to operate because of this. Anyway, just some thoughts, and looking forward this unit looks promising in many ways, home or car. -- bbfoto ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bbfoto's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32670 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67636 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
