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Party-Box...Countertop cab w/ laptop & flat screen
Knievel:
Wow, that's one sharp little unit...very professional end product alright.
Looks like LCD's are taking over this hobby. ;)
theCoder:
--- Quote from: leapinlew on July 25, 2006, 10:54:35 pm ---What I like most about the cab is it's form factor. It not only doesn't overwhelm the countertop, it looks like you could take it with you.
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I wanted it small and light enough to be ported around to various parts of the house, as well as lent to friends when they have parties. The CPU has a thin layer of foam rubber around it where it touches the retaining ribs. It should travel well.
--- Quote from: leapinlew on July 25, 2006, 10:54:35 pm ---I can't remember reading if that was a magstik or not, if it is a magstik - whats your thoughts?
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It's a 4/8 way magstik, top switchable with the magnetic centering mechanism. So far so good. The action is very light.
--- Quote from: leapinlew on July 25, 2006, 10:54:35 pm ---I would reconsider your plans and do a jukebox next. I actually need to build another jukebox.
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This might be a good little project if I can track down another semi-dead laptop. I wonder if there is jukebox software out there that could be driven by buttons only (no joystick or trackball)? You got me thinking about a small, thin box, limited only by the size of the speakers. Hum...
--- Quote from: NightGod on July 25, 2006, 11:36:53 pm ---How do you find it plays with it's lower weight? Any issues with the cab moving around a lot, especially on a smooth surface like a counter-top?
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No problem so far. I should have a much better idea in a few weeks when it gets christened at its first party. Yea... PartyBox's first party ! I'll post some pictures.
--- Quote from: Knievel on July 26, 2006, 12:25:30 am --- Wow, that's one sharp little unit...very professional end product alright. Looks like LCD's are taking over this hobby. ;)
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Thanks for the compliment. I seem to recall studying a black and blue cab with lots of lit buttons before beginning this project. I probably won't use LCD's on all projects that I may do in the future, but hey, I had to do it at least once. I think it works on this cab.
leapinlew:
No doubt... I been looking for a junker tablet that I could use for the additional jukebox. But even old tablets sell for quite a bit, and touchscreens are still expensive.
theCoder:
A tablet would work fantastic. I've got one and it is really small (HP TC100), but my company owns it and they would probably frown upon me using it as a jukebox. I think the limiting factor on size is still going to be the speakers. That is of course, assuming you want a small "portable" unit. I don't think my wife would go for a dedicated jukebox cabinet in the living room. If I were to build one, it would want it to have the form factor of my PartyBox, maybe even smaller. But if we wait, it probably won't be long before we can buy a MP3 boom box with a small LCD display from StuffMart for $59.00.
What software are you running in your jukebox?
theCoder:
I'm in the process of wrapping up this project. I needed to pull the good stuff out of this forum and get the info into a webpage. Yesterday a friend showed me a cool photo album he made on the web. He used a freeware software program called jalbum.
I downloaded a copy last night and played around with it a little bit. It took me a whole 2 hours to pull the text and images from this site and put together a pretty cool "site".
Check it out at: http://home.comcast.net/~larmead/partybox/
You can download jalbum for free at http://www.jalbum.net
Coming soon.... xbox based driving cab.
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