When HDX goes dark!
Posted by: Nagual on 18 March 2014
My unit developed a recent bout of electronic flu. So much so that its gone back to the factory. Imagine my dismay at the thought of spending the next few weeks having to actually listen to CD's! The same artist track after track - and then getting up off the sofa to hunt for another one while my ipad lies idle! Actually using the digital out of the DVD5 into the DAC/555 ps sounded great put I missed my easy access to my whole collection on the readyNAS.
So looking around the house I thought to myself - I must have some other options here. I'm a gadget junkie after all. So I spotted the Popcorn c 200 machine gathering dust on top of the bookshelf - multimedia tank - the box said. That's gotta work. Nope, sees the NAS gets about half way through one track then dies.
Hang on a minute, there's an Xbox one sitting right above the empty space where HDX once lived that's cutting edge - gotta work! Nope, more than happy for you to stream music if you buy a music pass you can pay to listen to - most of - your favourite musicians in their catalogue but you need to pay a monthly fee. The quality isn't stunning and forget the fact you already bought this stuff on CD or download. Time to pay again!
Oddly enough dragging in my old Xbox 360 and plugging that into the DAC does seem to have given me some short term respite and now I have full access to the NAS.
Please god send my HDX back to me soon or find me the cash for an NDS I beg!