Jim Lesurf wrote:

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

I can see why people find that approach attractive. Must admit that I
do wonder about systems with multiple devices having their own
clocks, though. Witness the timing effects I found when I was looking
at the iPlayer this year! My impression is that even the BBC have
problems with this.


Good point. When I think about the multiple hardware and software steps to
get that digital stream from HD file to the decoder in the player, plus the
probable multiple 2.4GHz path through a few brick walls and the different
hardware clocks which may/may not be synced....boggles my mind :-)