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Re: [disklavier] Wifi Mark IV controller upgrade?
2004-11-22 by PianoBench@aol.com
In a message dated 11/20/04 11:28:24 PM, James writes:
Hello PianoBench
Do you know if there are any plans to release an updated control unit,
like with the DSR, so that older disklaviers will have a similar control
unit as the new disklaviers, or are the new ones considered to be such an
"upgrade" that one should change their piano?
It is rare that I know anything about product plans prior to a public announcement, and there has been no announcement on that subject. What I can tell you is that the Mark IV has the equivalent of a powerful computer with an 80GB hard drive and many ports, a PDA-style remote control that is similar to a Palm Pilot-like device with a Wi-Fi card, and (in the case of the DC3 and larger non-Pro Mark IVs), a tablet remote controller that is similar to a tablet PC.
(Please note that I keep using the words, "equivalent" and "similar." It is impossible to draw completely accurate comparisons.)
To replicate all of those things mentioned above in an add-on package would be a pretty expensive matter, I think.
Regards,
PianoBench