A few things come to mind: burr-brown DAC FLAC support integration with slimserver app as many alarms as you want using pandora, internet radio, nature sound app, or whatever...
@Nicnac I feel like that's a list of Chumby features, not Squeezebox. Chumby can connect to the SqueezeCenter server software, has FLAC, etc. It also has built-in speakers (or /a/ built in speaker, in the case of the chumby One) that don't sound half bad.
Ah okay, good to know. Personally, I would have bought a Chumby One over my Squeezebox Radio if the One had come out earlier. However, for my home theater, I am waiting for the Touch since it seems like the perfect cover flow, playlist showing, remote control, no speaker box for me.
//Chumby can connect to the SqueezeCenter server software//
Not particularly well mind you (For one thing you need to have a completely separate device to control what the squeezecenter is sending to the chumby.
//It also has built-in speakers (or /a/ built in speaker, in the case of the chumby One) that don't sound half bad.//
That is like saying that the speakers built into your laptop is a perfectly adequate sound system (which is pretty much what you are getting with the chumbies, relatively cheap laptop speakers that are pointed away from you). Hell the speaker in the Squeezebox radio is probably bigger than the chumby one itself.
Anyway both devices have their specific strong points. Chumby is better at displaying visual information through the variety of widgets that it has, like videos, weather forecasts, clocks, and so forth. The Squeezeboxes are better at audio, having far more variety of internet radio stations, can handle subscription based radio stations, and have better speakers and better wi-fi antennas (no matter how good the reception, streaming radio stations on my chumby generally cuts out after 15 minutes or so, while my squeezebox remains rock solid for as long as I like).
HP has had plenty of time to fine-tune its finger-friendly TouchSmart software, and now, its newest model, the TouchSmart 610, ushers in a fresh design, highlighted by a hinge that allows the display to slide down and lie nearly flat.
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Is this a competitor for the Chumby? Besides the screen, hi-def sound and Ethernet capability I don't see any real difference.
@osval
A few things come to mind:
burr-brown DAC
FLAC support
integration with slimserver app
as many alarms as you want using pandora, internet radio, nature sound app, or whatever...
@Nicnac I feel like that's a list of Chumby features, not Squeezebox. Chumby can connect to the SqueezeCenter server software, has FLAC, etc. It also has built-in speakers (or /a/ built in speaker, in the case of the chumby One) that don't sound half bad.
@MrAsmus
Ah okay, good to know. Personally, I would have bought a Chumby One over my Squeezebox Radio if the One had come out earlier.
However, for my home theater, I am waiting for the Touch since it seems like the perfect cover flow, playlist showing, remote control, no speaker box for me.
@MrAsmus
//Chumby can connect to the SqueezeCenter server software//
Not particularly well mind you (For one thing you need to have a completely separate device to control what the squeezecenter is sending to the chumby.
//It also has built-in speakers (or /a/ built in speaker, in the case of the chumby One) that don't sound half bad.//
That is like saying that the speakers built into your laptop is a perfectly adequate sound system (which is pretty much what you are getting with the chumbies, relatively cheap laptop speakers that are pointed away from you). Hell the speaker in the Squeezebox radio is probably bigger than the chumby one itself.
Anyway both devices have their specific strong points. Chumby is better at displaying visual information through the variety of widgets that it has, like videos, weather forecasts, clocks, and so forth. The Squeezeboxes are better at audio, having far more variety of internet radio stations, can handle subscription based radio stations, and have better speakers and better wi-fi antennas (no matter how good the reception, streaming radio stations on my chumby generally cuts out after 15 minutes or so, while my squeezebox remains rock solid for as long as I like).
@osval
I think you're overlooking the fact that the Chumby is as ugly as sin.