Interesting product from Rotel

[Andrew Pratt]

I just head from Mike about a new product that Rotel is showing off at CES that could prove to be very interesting and is something I've thought should have been made before now...regardless heres what mike had to say about it

"The other hit of the show is our audio networking system. At least 10 of our units now have RS 232 sockets and we have a mini box (ebox or ibox) that is a self contained webserver and IP address generator. You can now plug in a unit to a router and it will pop up on the net as an appliance. Having the built in server you can read and operate your units via any browser. It's so cool you will love it."

[JohnSC]

Andrew,

That sounds like a great product bringing us one step closer to the conversion of hifi and computing.

John

[Trevor_J]

At least 10 of our units now have RS 232 sockets

Hrm... does that mean that the proprietary interface on the 1066 will support this device?

[fyonn]

Hrm... does that mean that the proprietary interface on the 1066 will support this device?

well, rs232 doesn;t specify a connector. while most rs232 ports are DB9's (like the serial ports on the back of a computer)m they can also be presented on rj45 (like the rotel or virtually every cisco router) or indeed anything else. rs232 refers to the protocol used to transfer the data. the rotel 1066 *is* an rs232 port as anyone who's flash upgraded their machine knows as they used another rs232 port to connect to it with.

dave

[suarez]

hi,

thats just what i searched in my thread @ club rotel few days ago.
hmm, a box. software only would be a solution only for one unit.
i think this is the right way, but whats about the price and availability?
400€ or 250$? product launch in 07\2003? uuaaah

can´t wait..... but havo to...

cya
suarez




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[Andrew Pratt]

I'll post more information on this product when I get it...I'm intregued but it as well

[suarez]

a long time ago.........................

hi


hmmmm, no news about this product?




cya
suarez

[Kevin D]

CEDIA is 1.5 weeks away. I'll be there and see what's up with the status. Hopefully it's not abandon-ware.

Kevin D.

[PiDD]

Would I love to test this!

[wanderso]

Would I love to test this!

Another Winnipeg Rotel devotee...

Wow

[Andrew Pratt]

No the product is called iCommand and here's one press release about it

Here and the icommand website is www.i-command.com

[GosonFletchy]

I remember mentioning this stuff like 4 months ago or so. http://www.htguide.com/forum/showthread.php4?t=7842, yes it is awesome looking gear. I can't wait to get my hands on it.

G.

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