[slinkelist] Re: Digital Audio Reciever

[Thomas Fenwick]

Depending upon what you consider a "reasonable price", Dell has a product
that does this for $299.  It supports Ethernet and Home PNA.

http://www.dell.com/us/en/dhs/topics/center_tools_dac_tools_receiver.htm

> Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 07:56:55 -0800
> From: "Tom Hammond-Doel" <Tom.Hammond-Doel@Vixel.com>
> Organization: Vixel Corporation
> To: Ian Cole <iancole@earthlink.net>,
> Slinke Group <slinkelist@nirvis.com>
> Subject: [slinkelist] Re: Digital Audio server
>
> Ian Cole wrote:
>
> > Would you have storage local in each device?
>
> Under my selfish view of specifying this device, it would not have local
storage
> and would basically just be a thin-client.
>
> > Any display or just a closed "black-box"?
>
> Black box.  The control area has been the most confusing in the industry.
Over
> two years ago we had a discussion on this board on the need for what have
now
> been called "internet appliances", like the WebPAD, to control home
systems.
> Bose has a nice little LCD touch pad, but it doesn't quite kit the mark.
Having
> multiple types of controllers will be coming out soon enough.  The ability
to
> have a nice little color display that can show the ALBUM cover of a song
that is
> currently playing (AKA, Party GUI or CDJ) that is touch-screen capable is
very
> desirable.  We're already there, but the price-point still hasn't hit yet.
> Alternatively, I could live right now with one of those $99
Palm-Look-Alikes and
> a serial connection - as long as they can be programmed to handle home
> automation needs.
>