Re: Cheap whole house MP3 access

["Chris Howard" <chris_howard@xxxxxxx>]

Mark,

Have you had a look at ShowShifter? DVD, MP3, Live TV etc. Nice big
buttons, IR support etc. etc.

http://www.showshifter.com/index.htm




--- In ukha_d@y..., "Stainton-James, Mark (London)"
<stainmar@e...>
wrote:
> I have the same MP3 requirement as many of you, to listen to MP3's
anywhere
> in the house, however all of the solutions I have seen seem to have
> limitations either cost, functionality or both.
>
> My requirement is simply this. From any room I wish to be able to
choose an
> MP3 track from a 'central library' and play it.  The problem I have
with the
> DDAR is that the display is so small, that selecting a track or
viewing the
> current track becomes difficult (unless you have a handy pair of
binoculars
> close by).
>
> My thinking is that I have a spare machine I could use as a
dedicated MP3
> player (connected to the LAN) and if I could find a simple enough
mp3 player
> software (chunky and easy for everyone to use) then I could output
the
> screen display and Audio to the TV, and use the house AV
distribution to
> provide the visual interface, audio could also be provided by the TV
> (quality not great but acceptable).  Control of the system could be
achieved
> using a USB remote receiver attached to the PC.
>
> Questions:
>
> Is anyone aware of some decent simple chunky MP3 software that
would work
> well using TV resolution?
>
> Does anyone have any experience of the IR Media Remote manufactured
by
> www.keyspan.com <http://www.keyspan.com/>  - UK
reseller
www.ammicro.co.uk
> <http://www.ammicro.co.uk/>


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