Logitech drops Revue, says early Google TV intro a 'mistake'

[Kim.T]

I thought that LMS 7.7.0 was aimed to integrate Revue and Squeezebox ?!
http://www.electronista.com/articles....rush.in.exit/

[toby10]

Well, so much for the Revue acting as our "savior" for SB and MySB.com.

[castalla]

Very interesting report, if accurate.

Sort of implies that LMS was an utter waste of time and resources ... especially since it fails miserably as a 'media' server compared with other free options.

[nicolas75]

Funny (well sort of ...) how he blames google ...
He should try to use himself softwares develloped by the company he is in charge of.
And wonder if he really cared about software management, like he should have done.

[maggior]

Wow. That's not good. That's some pretty harsh criticism.

[jcowling]

I wonder what the Revue's failure means for the Squeezebox products. Is it
a. A good thing because Logitech realizes that it is more successful making niche products; or
b. A bad thing because Logitech may just give up on media servers of all kinds, including Squeezeboxes; or
c. Not relevant because Squeezebox supports itself and does not need to be updated any time soon.

[castalla]

I don't thinl Logitech promote their audio solutions sufficiently or well enough.

There really isn't a great deal explaining the plus points of the Touch or the Radio on their websites. A lot of potential users are put off with by the misconception that both 'absolutely' require a local server. Potential purchasers who are used to other internet radio brands still seem to believe that the Radio is a 'geeky' option - they essentially just want to plug it in and get their favourite stations.

I know a lot of Reciva users who struggle on with outdated firmware, unsupported brands, failure to play AAC v2 streams, yet who either consider the Logitech Radio too expensive and/or too technical to get working.

Logitech is missing an opportunity to target a potential source of customers - similarly they could easily compete against the Cocktail Audio x10 and the Brennan by actively promoting the Touch as a media solution.

Thank goodness they've dumped the Revue and can re-focus on audio solutions.

[toby10]

Funny (well sort of ...) how he blames google ...
He should try to use himself softwares develloped by the company he is in charge of.
And wonder if he really cared about software management, like he should have done.

Well, he blames Google because Logitech STUPIDLY relied almost exclusively on GoogleTV for the Revues success. BIG MISTAKE!

Here is the entire lineup of Apps and services available for the Revue:
http://www.logitech.com/en-us/smartTV/apps
Video calling, Netflix, Napster, Pandora, CNBC, Twitter, and GoogleTV (as it were )

That's it and is a complete joke in the streaming box community. For comparison go to the Roku website where you have a choice of four different boxes ($49 to $99) and have TONS of Apps and services, many completely free.

Having one good hardware box is fine, but limiting that one box to such a limited feature set of services is simply laughable, if not sad.

[toby10]

....
Thank goodness they've dumped the Revue and can re-focus on audio solutions.

Assuming they can or will.

[toby10]

I wonder what the Revue's failure means for the Squeezebox products. Is it
a. A good thing because Logitech realizes that it is more successful making niche products; or
b. A bad thing because Logitech may just give up on media servers of all kinds, including Squeezeboxes; or
c. Not relevant because Squeezebox supports itself and does not need to be updated any time soon.

That's the problem, this ship is adrift so it is anyone's guess.
I don't find it particularly comforting with the lack of any statement in the article regarding the "other" streaming products. i.e. "we are committed to our other music streaming devices". Now the article was only about the Revue so maybe such positive comments were made but not included in the Revue article, who knows.

Whoever is in charge of their streaming media products really needs to step up and make a public announcement about that divisions future, products and otherwise. It does not have to detail possible products in development, just at least let present and future SB buyers know that there is a future to the entire platform/concept... hardware, LMS, and MySB.

Of course, that's what they said about the Revue after they dropped the price to $99, so who knows.