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I'm currently reviewing my home media setup and have been reading this forum a fair amount recently.
My sense is that all the building blocks are in place to allow people to have a seamless home media setup with minimal faffing about yet for whatever reason it isn't possible to do it all simply and easily.
For example my Sony Blu Ray player can pick up and play music from my ReadyNas Duo but only if in MP3, my Squeezebox Boom in the kitchen can't apparently play music bought in iTunes and doesn't work with AirPlay.
I am frustrated that Apple aren't seeing the enormous potential of developing a home media unit that can serve (and possibly hold) all my media around the house without having my computer turned on or leaving my iPhone docked in a speaker dock. The ATV with TC and airport express seems closest but even then is not able to serve music without iTunes running on another computer somewhere.
Yes the NAS can run an iTunes server but it's hardly intuitive and would be hopeless for anyone without the patience and knowledge to be constantly upgrading firmware, re-scanning libraries.
Apple are great at developing concepts that work seamlessly and they could make serious cash if they developed an integrated media box that could run iTunes (either from external or inbuilt storage) and serve to TV, stereo speakers and any AirPlay enabled device in the house.
If anyone can point me to a low maintenance system that does all this but doesn't break the bank, I'll be happy
I'm currently reviewing my home media setup and have been reading this forum a fair amount recently.
My sense is that all the building blocks are in place to allow people to have a seamless home media setup with minimal faffing about yet for whatever reason it isn't possible to do it all simply and easily.
For example my Sony Blu Ray player can pick up and play music from my ReadyNas Duo but only if in MP3, my Squeezebox Boom in the kitchen can't apparently play music bought in iTunes and doesn't work with AirPlay.
I am frustrated that Apple aren't seeing the enormous potential of developing a home media unit that can serve (and possibly hold) all my media around the house without having my computer turned on or leaving my iPhone docked in a speaker dock. The ATV with TC and airport express seems closest but even then is not able to serve music without iTunes running on another computer somewhere.
Yes the NAS can run an iTunes server but it's hardly intuitive and would be hopeless for anyone without the patience and knowledge to be constantly upgrading firmware, re-scanning libraries.
Apple are great at developing concepts that work seamlessly and they could make serious cash if they developed an integrated media box that could run iTunes (either from external or inbuilt storage) and serve to TV, stereo speakers and any AirPlay enabled device in the house.
If anyone can point me to a low maintenance system that does all this but doesn't break the bank, I'll be happy
