Good response fm...

I've tested both systems extensively (I've had 5 Sonos zones over 3 years now)...and I own an Apple TV...there is no comparison. Apple TV is great for one room, but I've had terrible results in response times, syncing, stuttering, and drop offs. Sonos works and works extremely well...and also the range of their offerings of Rhapsody, Pandora, terrestrial radio (streamed), etc. plus the quality of the components make it the best system out there.

Oh yeah...and their app is waaaaay better than Apple's. In fact it is one of the best looking and functioning apps I've tested on the iPhone.

They've lost control again...

The battery doesn't "die" after 200-300 charges...if you get past the poor reporting you'll find that what Apple stated was that after 300 charges the battery will still hold 80% of it's original charge. Show me any battery on the market that lasts longer than the Apple batteries...since they are all based on the same battery technology.

This has happened to me numerous times. I am glad to see I'm not the only one...it gets really frustrating because it doesn't happen all the time...so you never know when it will occur.

Really $%^&* frustrating!

I addressed Mr. Bronfman's comments here on Monday:

http://blogs.zdnet.com/web2explorer/?p=326

Just opening up Apple's DRM doesn't give us some type of magical interoperability in pixie land. This goes to the root of what's actually wrong with having Apple and MS control the DRM game...we are better off with no DRM than no innovation.

The big labels are just trying to remain relevant...after building up a huge layer cake of administrative costs and overhead...no wonder they are drowning in debt at the moment. When artists no longer need the large labels and instead sell direct through iTunes and other online stores...the big companies will only have their legacy catalogs to fall back on...and will have to get leaner and re-invent themselves in order to survive.

Stick a fork in em...they are done.

I agree. I've been using Sidenote for years. It gets my vote.

Cable...and a little iTunes.

It works astoundingly well. I love it.

Got mine last week and setting it up was painless. I added two of these units to my existing Sonos system in under 10 minutes. BTW...the ZonePlayer 80 sounds and looks great with a Tivoli Model One in white. Like they were made for each other.

I love it!

Wait a sec...how is this cheaper than a Sonos solution? In dollars...a little...in features...more for less. The base Sonos is about $800...add a NAS drive for $200 and you've already got a better solution. In my book spending almost $1k on a system that is already crippled out of the box...makes no sense to me. Wow...40GB? I have 70GB of music. You can connect 5 satellite units to the Philips...I can hook up 32 to the Sonos.

I mean please...this thing isn't even in the iPods league...so don't bother compapring it to the Sonos.