Jim Lesurf wrote:
In article , TonyL
wrote:


Then our DVD player gave up the ghost last week and we got a Sony
Blu-Ray player replacement. Almost as an afterthought, one of the
built in features is wifi connectivity and I realized that I now
have a PC-based solution for my original CD issue because the
Blu-Ray player can access audio files on my PCs via a home network.
Navigation is easy since the player screen display mimics the folder
organisation on the PCs. Audio out from the player into my IPL
transmission line speakers via a Pioneer amp sounds great to my
aging ears.

That's an interesting point. I've noticed that players are also
starting to have sockets for things like USB or memory cards as well.
So far I've not seen any widespread standardisation of such things.
But this may turn out to be a significant trend.


Yes, this player also has USB but one advantage of network access is no
whirring HDs in the same room.

Backup of my music collection is also resolved because I already have
comprehensive image and file backup systems installed on the network. The
music collection just gets backed up together with my other files.

TonyL