I'm always after a better solution to my same old problem of streaming Internet audio to a non-Internet device, such as my living-room entertainment center, or my bedside radio. I'm so disgusted with the FM transmitter thing because of all the metal studs in my walls, I'm once again looking at something I can use with my wireless router, put it anywhere, and plug it up to an audio device as described above. A Media Center PC might be a good alternative, but are they under $500 yet? The $500 price point is based on the price of a rather interesting piece of gear from Logitech that will do the job and even allow direct access to one's own media library, but of course it's hopelessly inaccessible by a totally blind person. The Media Center PC, however, could be made accessible simply by installing a screenreader on it, even if it's Narrator or one of the free ones out there--we're not doing rocket science projects on it, we're just picking music and playing it, so it won't matter how good the screenreader is or isn't. Like I said, even Narrator'll do for this purpose! And for your five portraits of Mr. Franklin, you get a real computer to boot!
Has anybody had any experience with any of these streaming products like the Logitech one? Or is it your considered opinion to go the PC or cheap Mac route? Thanks in advance. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
