Re:MP3 Box (Score 1)

Building a mp3 box is like building home stereo for a different room that requires you to hook up a cord to your computer in a another room. That's stupid.

What is stupid is buying a CD jukebox. I should know since I bought one a few years ago. ;-) Since that time my CD collection has grown larger than my jukebox so I had to rotate CDs in and out of it (Christmas music --> summer tunes). Humm...Wish I could buy something to extend my jukebox (Oh, yeah, I forgot it was a larger harddrive). It was also a hassle to program the name of the albums into the CD jukebox. It was like entering a phone book into a cell phone. Then I bought something that changed my musical life, the Rio 500.

I took my CDs out of the jukebox to rip them and never put them back in. It is great to get all the title, track, artist, etc, information off of a CDDB. After I did that, I wired my house to conect the computer to the stereo. It is much easier to select a wide range of songs with a mouse than it is with a remote control. This is great for parties or romantic dinners, unless your SO doesn't mind you carrying the laptop from the dining room to the living room to the bedroom. :-) Also I can listen to net content around my house without being at my computer, ie radio stations from different countries and pre-recorded news stuff.

Now I want a separate box that is dedicated to entertainment stuff. Hummm MPEG-4, if I convert my DVDs to MPEG-4, I could have a video jukebox!