deiurg;636327 Wrote: > The attached drive was my first intention to use, but the limitation of > 100 files playlists kind of ruins it for me, I don't want to spend a > decent amount of money to end up with something half baked. I really > use playlists a lot on my current (Creative Zen) player. When people > are visiting, I put all the less "experimental" music in one huge > playlist and shuffle that. > > The wifi is just slow over there and not super reliable, so maybe I can > fix it with a wirless n router and/or with the powerline adapter > > I was hoping not to have to use a full pc there, also for boot up > times, I want something snappy, and maybe a NAS is not too bad of an > idea for a future boxee or something like that. > > The biggest ipods are still too small for what we have, I think I need > 500gb at the minimum to keep it going, and to be honest, I don't like > the tie in with iTunes, so I personally stay away from ipods. > > I made a list of items to buy and I think the NAS + SBT etc comes down > to $550 if I shop smart, so maybe that's not too bad, it will certainly > be cheaper than SONOS, just need to convince the wife ;-) > > The size, display and interface of the SBT just look so nice, there > doesn't seem to be anything like it out now.
I think you'll like the SBT. I certainly like all 3 of mine (and my many other SB players). Why not just get the SBT, connect a 1TB drive to it for the music and see how it works for you. (many people get this working just fine with the right USB drive (single partitions, own power, etc.)). Sounds like if this works OK for you you'd be happy except for the playlist limit. But if you're like me, you'll want the full use of all the bells and whistles, and this requires a server of some sort. This doesn't have to be a giant computer. Can be a fitpc2 (size of a paperback book), a vortexbox appliance, or any old PC running the vortexbox OS. Lots of options. But bottom line, is that you need the SBT with all of them, so no loss in getting it and playing around with just the SBT and a USB drive to get started. -- garym ------------------------------------------------------------------------ garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88247 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
