JJZolx;535207 Wrote: > > Although the Touch is billed as an SB3 replacement, it was essentially > built from scratch, so some SB3 functionality can almost be expected to > be missing..
Yeah, I cringed a bit when I read the language in the announcement that "-The Squeezebox Touch has the same capabilities of a Squeezebox Classic-" -- it certainly doesn't have *all* the capabilities, even though Touch does add several cool new features and improvements. For 80-90% of users, it offers everything that they've come to expect, and some new features that folks have wanted for years -- for instance, it's great that you can now have a local server+player that uses less power than a dumb old SB Classic. But there are a few things like this digital output setting, IR blasting, support for JVC DVD remote codes, and wireless bridging that aren't part of Touch either because Logitech hasn't gotten around to implementing it yet, or because the new hardware lacks some of the capabilities of the old gear (e.g. the IR microcontroller and WiFi adapter apparently just aren't as flexible as what Sean & Slim Devices spec'ed for SB2/SB3/Classic). If you're looking to replace an SB2/SB3/Classic with a Touch, you need to read Mickey's entire sentence -- "-The Squeezebox Touch has the same capabilities of a Squeezebox Classic a Wi-Fi music player capable of playing music from your iTunes or MP3 collection, Internet radio from services such as Pandora, Deezer, Rhapsody, Last.fm, or tuning into local AM/FM radio stations from around the world but updated with a 4.3 inch (11 cm) color touch screen interface and the simple-to-use menus also used on the Squeezebox Radio.-" -- and if anything you care about isn't listed there, ask, as it might not be something Touch can do now, or ever. Oh, and when Mickey writes "tuning into local AM/FM radio stations from around the world", of course he means playing Internet streams from stations that also broadcast AM/FM. One could argue there should be asterisk by iTunes (AFAIK, DRM-encumbered tracks still won't play). I imagine Mickey's text was probably twisted a bit by Logitech marketing, so I can't fault *him* for the fact that it glosses over a few finer points, but I think that part of the announcement is, unfortunately, a bit misleading. -- peterw http://www.tux.org/~peterw/ Free plugins: 'AllQuiet' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/AllQuiet.html) 'Auto Dim/AutoDisplay' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/AutoDisplay.html) 'BlankSaver' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/BlankSaver.html) 'ContextMenu' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/ContextMenu.html) 'DenonSerial' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/DenonSerial.html) 'FuzzyTime' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/FuzzyTime.html) 'KidsPlay' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/KidsPlay.html) 'KitchenTimer' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/KitchenTimer.html) 'PlayLog' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/PlayLog.html) 'PowerCenter/BottleRocket' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/PowerCenter.html) 'SaverSwitcher' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/SaverSwitcher.html) 'SettingsManager' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/SettingsManager.html) 'SleepFade' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/SleepFade.html) 'StatusFirst' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/StatusFirst.html) 'SyncOptions' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/SyncOptions.html) 'VolumeLock' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/VolumeLock.html) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ peterw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2107 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77360
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