I would like to thank you for reviving my dash. I am still in disbelief that someone took the time and trouble to do that

That said I also understand users that miss the old theme, we grew used to it over so many years. We should all be mad and dissapointed at Sony for pulling the rug under us.

That said are there resources to get someone started in writing a theme? Is the code available for any of the dash themes?

Thanks for all your efforts and don't feel discouraged. There are quite a few of us that did not express our appreciation of your effort but sincerely do.

I know my expectations were for a working Dash device in any form, and then improvements would come over time. You've met every one of my expectations so far, and I hope a few sour grapes don't ruin what is, in reality, a huge achievement and a huge favour to many users across the globe.

Well said, sir!

I'm not disappointed, I have disbelief that you guys were able to pull this off. I'd love to have my original theme back of course but I can wait for that. I do kinda wish that the Sony logo would still light up. It looks odd to me without it but no big deal. As far as what you get for paying monthly, the jury is out on those things. I'd love to see netflix and hulu in there and maybe an iheart widget but I can wait. If widgets appear in there that I have a need for I'll gratefully pay for the service but I don't see those things yet. I will however make a donation because I am in awe of what has been done thus far. Salut!

And while they were nice, for occasional use, are they really needed? Who doesn't have a tablet now or some other better way of watching Netflix than our ChumDash?

And I still like that the SONY logo is turned off. The ChumDash looks much nicer without it, in my opinion. I always found it distracting. A nice, clean black bezel around the display seems better to me.

Some more music players (like Pandora), or a decent YouTube player might be nice, but not really critical as, again, lots of other options. Honestly, I'm pretty happy with what we have so far and can already see the signs that there will be plenty more to come in time.

Re: YouTube

Ah, I see. That's too bad. Oh well, less views for them, then.  And I can certainly live without it.  :-)

Thanks for the quick response!

I'm really happy my chumdash is working, and I was able to get my favorite theme back thanks to forum members!! Good work Chumby and forum members!!!! Thank you for saving the Dash!!

Duane,  Big thanks from my girls (and me). We had worthless (thanks sony) pieces of junk.  You found a way, made it better and then didn't charge for the fix, only content that you supported. I think this is MORE than fair. I appreciate it!!   We have an avenue to make our own now, if we so desire. If you don't like how it works, start hacking! Then maybe share what you find out.  That is how a community works.

BTW, the shoutcast client works great! DI.fm streams are still strong and working.

I just want to express my appreciation and gratitude for the Duane and the rest of the Chumby team for getting my two Dash C10s operational once again after I installed the conversion software today. I had seen the previews of the new interface and knew it was not going to look exactly the way the Sony Dash themes had looked. So no big disappointment there. What really thrilled me was that all my internet radio presets were still there, as well as the search term I used for finding talk shows in Shoutcast, my local time and weather location still remained as well as my alarm already set with my regular wakeup time. Nice that I didn't need to reconfigure all of those settings on both Dashes. Great job with the conversion! Happy to be a Chumby subscriber now.

First of all... GREAT JOB GUYS!!! I have 4 Sony Dashs that all crossed rainbow bridge until "Duane The Great" came out of nowhere with his miracle fingers and brought them all back to life to joyfully display Johnny Marooned once again. For the past month I have fought an endless battle of wits with the evil Sony Empire to keep Johnny and his island life antics running, all while not trying to over sleep and get fired for not being on work in time. It's amazing how much you miss something so small in your life when it is suddenly taken from you like a thief in the night, all while taunting you with a beaconing message of death (Sony... Sony... Sony...). I curse you House of Sony for your cruel plot to disrupt my life and all those Dashkateers out there who were loyal to you as you sat upon your throne, but in the end you failed us all. Winter has not come to us after all.

Photobucket should work, however, you won't get your photos in the device without paying Photobucket's new subscription fees.  It's a coincidence that Photobucket changed their terms around the same time as the dash service shutdown.

I actually tested Photobucket during development and was showing my own pictures without issues, when they suddenly stopped working.  When I looked at what Photobucket was sending back for image requests, I discovered it was returning an HTML page describing the policy/pricing change.

Roku still has a good Youtube app. It's actually fairly generous, well designed, etc. I have accidentally left it on for 8 or more hours at a time playing videos of birds and/or squirrels to entertain my cats.

Kodi media center has a Youtube app that is a bit clumsy to set up and has a hard limit of a few hours out of any 24 hour period.

I used netflix on the dash for the novelty a few times when it was new but it's easy to grow tired of watching videos on a small screen.

It might be interesting if someone wrote a client for it that could be a target for "casting" from another device but, well, small screen. And since the hardware is fairly old at this point, codec support might be limiting.

anyway for the last few years my dash was just a really nice alarm clock / internet radio with a couple other features that sometimes got used. I haven't installed chumdash yet but plan to soon. I really appriciate the work that has been done.