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Rockbox Player - Project to design and build a Free/Open hardware audio player
00christian00:
Glad to hear if there is some changes in the spec someone else will join.
Between a 220x176 and 320x240 lcd the price difference is inexistent,maybe now 320x240 screen are even cheaper because they are more used.A 16:9 screen can be a little more pricey but this is gonna change soon,since it's becoming common now.
@BigBambi
I understand your point,but you can't have both side of the medal.
If you chose material easily bought by anyone for "do it yourself" you are greatly limiting the project from a commercial point of view.Both way are not possible to achieve,what is possible i think is make a base in common,and create 2 projects like there are now,but how many do you think would spend double the money to build his own player while he can get the player already made with much more features for half price?
It's ok to keep the project open so that anyone can improve it,but to think that there will be more than a few bunch to really build it i think it's crazy.
casainho:
--- Quote from: 00christian00 on March 31, 2008, 04:23:17 PM ---Glad to hear if there is some changes in the spec someone else will join.
Between a 220x176 and 320x240 lcd the price difference is inexistent,maybe now 320x240 screen are even cheaper because they are more used.A 16:9 screen can be a little more pricey but this is gonna change soon,since it's becoming common now.
--- End quote ---
You are just talking about prices, and what about energy used by that displays? - It's important to think also on the "long runtime", as It is desired by everyone. Did you read RockboxPlayerWishlist?
http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/RockboxPlayerWishlist
00christian00:
Oh no,no need for touchscreen.We are selling many touchscreen,because many people want it,but this is something that can be added in any moment,even in a second version.
The unit must not been video centric,but a good gui is worth thousand words,and none could stand to watch anything on that nokia screen,it would ruin even the most awesome screen.
A good screen can be used for cover album,some nice font,visualization and even games.
My commercial point of view is like this for an audio centric player(but not only):
-2.4'' screen or even better 2.6'' 16:9(just because it's slimmer not because it's 16:9)
-stereo speaker.There is really few player with stereo speaker and would rise the price of almost nothing
-swappable battery,cellphone type easily buyable.Please no AAA battery.
-game controls.You want tactile button,so why leave out this potential features.
something with this form factor for example :
http://www.gearlog.com/images/23353.jpg
-sdhc slot
00christian00:
While listening to music most of the time the screen will be off so it won't change much.
Plus you can set the brightness to the minimum and have the same ugly effect of that nokia one,but at least you have a choice.
For example our touchmusic last around 30 hours with a 2.4'' touchscreen while listening music.
casainho:
--- Quote from: 00christian00 on March 31, 2008, 04:42:24 PM ---Oh no,no need for touchscreen.We are selling many touchscreen,because many people want it,but this is something that can be added in any moment,even in a second version.
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Well, as you can read in wishlist, there are a lot of people that do not want touchscreen. It's actually BAD for visual impaired people and none company thinks about them, about this issue :-( - but that is not just the visual impaired people, people that likes to being listening audio with closed eyes, do not want touchscreen!! also when we have the player in pocket, there is no need to look at the screen just for jump to the next song - I would say that touchscreen is bad for an audio player, IMO.
The money, the resources taken by touchscreen, I would prefer to use them for a better hardware audio quality.
--- Quote from: 00christian00 on March 31, 2008, 04:42:24 PM ---The unit must not been video centric,but a good gui is worth thousand words,and none could stand to watch anything on that nokia screen,it would ruin even the most awesome screen.
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Please forget that nokia LCD, I already said why I did choose to use it on the very first prototype.
--- Quote from: 00christian00 on March 31, 2008, 04:42:24 PM ---A good screen can be used for cover album,some nice font,visualization and even games.
My commercial point of view is like this for an audio centric player(but not only):
-2.4'' screen or even better 2.6'' 16:9(just because it's slimmer not because it's 16:9)
-stereo speaker.There is really few player with stereo speaker and would rise the price of almost nothing
-swappable battery,cellphone type easily buyable.Please no AAA battery.
-game controls.You want tactile button,so why leave out this potential features.
something with this form factor for example :
http://www.gearlog.com/images/23353.jpg
-sdhc slot
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It's ok for me!! However the design looks just a bit ugly(chinese culture?)... but I think would be very good for the first ones!! :-)
And what about recorder? yes or no?
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