[SlimDevices: Beginners] I'm a bit disappointed...

[Cloggy]

Thanks for the positive message, but I have a small remark: Radio Guaiba
FM 101.3 Mhz could also very well be received/played by the REVO Blik
Internet Radio and this devices uses www.reciva.com streaming services.
Unfortunately the REVO lost connection every hour and sometimes even got
stuck where the only solution was to remove the power cable and
reconnect it after 15 seconds. :-(

I've done a simple test and copied the url
"http://www.radioguaiba.com.br/aovivo/New/guaibaFm.asx" as a favorite
in the Noxon2 and voila....the Noxon2 simply started playing this radio
station (and to my little knowledge, it did not need the vTuner
streaming facilities). When I looked again in the favorites, the url
was changed into "mms://fm.radioguaiba.com.br/guaibaFm" ..the famous
url that is not supported by the SB. Note that browsing the Noxon2 is
done by entering the IP address of the device, so from the PC you go
straight into that box, not using any outside network.. 

I have the impression that the Noxon2 only needs the vTuner website to
translate/obtain the URL and then it uses that URL to connect straight
to the station while SB always needs to go through the SN and in case
the station is offered through RadioTime, it also has to go through
this streaming facility too (given the fact that the final url doesn't
even look like the original one). That probably describes why the
Noxon2, once a channel is selected, it almost immediately starts
playing while the SB always needs some before it starts (maybe to fill
its buffer? ...but the Noxon2 also has a buffer even showing how much
it is filled).

I think we are discussing here two complete differently designed
Internet Radios (and yes, the SB has a far better appearance than the
'horrible' Noxon2.... but if functionality matters... ). IMHO, the
Noxon2 is more straightforward and does what it is expect to do while
the SB is maybe a bit over-engineered. This might also explains why
there are quite some people looking for support of the SB on this
forum. Reminds me, as a European, to the old Citroen 2CV...that car was
always working but it had no features at all, just a basic car..;-).
(and in the Netherlands this car was mentioned "'An Ugly Duck".). Maybe
we should compare the Noxon2 with this car...basic but working and also
ugly looking).


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