Originally Posted by VirusKiller
The whole Squeezebox proposition is *much* less plug and play, particularly if you want to make use of the extensive range of very useful plug-ins.


Hi VK, that's perhaps a bit misleading given that we can't have cake and eat it.

Just to explain why....

I've just lent a spare SB3 to a work colleague over the weekend. First timer for streaming/novice. I told him to download the server software, point it at his music folder, switch on the SB3, link to the server and done. Guess what....he's loving it. No issues at all.

So, SBox can be exactly plug n play. However, if you want to play with the extra toys that it has then that's a user choice. They aren't very hard to manage.
e.g. BBC player.

I agree that Sooloos is behind in the options. However, it does support the BBC radio channels via RadioTime 'plugin'

SBox is good IMHO because it allows both 'the novice' and 'the nerd' to use it as they wish.

Rgds,
Nick