Wireless MP3 - music from any room in the house!

[TJN23]

Originally posted by: conjur
Do you really want to have to have your TV turned on to be able to pick from MP3s? The SliMP3 you can use any PC on your network and used a browser-based application.

there are def. advantages to that...

at college we set up a laptop downstairs and used a winamp server upstairs and streamed the mp3s to the laptop, then out the speakers...

however, being able to control your mp3s from any PC means u can set up a playlist somewhere privately if you're having a party so ppl wont fvck with your songs

 

[Spooner]

Originally posted by: TJN23

Originally posted by: conjur
Do you really want to have to have your TV turned on to be able to pick from MP3s? The SliMP3 you can use any PC on your network and used a browser-based application.

there are def. advantages to that...
at college we set up a laptop downstairs and used a winamp server upstairs and streamed the mp3s to the laptop, then out the speakers...
however, being able to control your mp3s from any PC means u can set up a playlist somewhere privately if you're having a party so ppl wont fvck with your songs

EXACTLY!

 

[randomlinh]

you know, a cheap laptop still does not come close to the linksys in terms of cost. especially if all you want is to play mp3s.

 

[Spooner]

Originally posted by: lnguyen
you know, a cheap laptop still does not come close to the linksys in terms of cost. especially if all you want is to play mp3s.

that's pretty much all we'd use it for, since we have no desire to stream movies or pictures (although the pic thing could be an added little bonus)

 

[Gujski]

Hopefully that linksys will drop in price in a couple months. I think alot of people are looking for these kind of things.

 

[dolph]

thanks for the links, i've been looking for sometohing like this for months now

 

[milagro]

while not quite the same thing if you have an ipod I hear apple will begin selling their cradles with audio jacks individually. You can get one for whatever rooms you want and just carry the ipod with you and drop it into which ever cradle your closest too...

 

[hamburglar]

will these wireless units be able to plug into lcd screens instead of tv monitors? It'd be nice to have a touch screen instead of using the remote on a tv.

 

[Spooner]

Originally posted by: hamburglar
will these wireless units be able to plug into lcd screens instead of tv monitors? It'd be nice to have a touch screen instead of using the remote on a tv.

that would be interesting

 

[NateD]

If you have a Playstation 2 and a broadband adapter I recommend this software called Qcast. It lets you stream mp3s to your ps2 from your PC over your home network. It can also do MPEGs and JPEGs. Check out www.broadq.com . There should be a madcatz version of the same product out this summer as well.

 

[Smaug]

HP has one that will also let you view pictures on your TV.
It's 299 tho

 

[Spooner]

Originally posted by: NateD
If you have a Playstation 2 and a broadband adapter I recommend this software called Qcast. It lets you stream mp3s to your ps2 from your PC over your home network. It can also do MPEGs and JPEGs. Check out www.broadq.com . There should be a madcatz version of the same product out this summer as well.

we have a wireless network, i need it to be wireless

 

[slackerinabox]

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