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April 10, 2006
Roku Number 2
A while back I mentioned buying a Roku SoundBridge.
I had initially put it downstairs in the room with the TV (and good sound system), but it turned out that Dawnise wasn't getting any use out of it down there. So (thanks to the fact that it's got builtin WiFi) I moved it upstairs into the front room, attached to an inexpensive Aiwa bookshelf stereo system. It got a lot more use up there, but every time I wanted to listen to music, I wanted to do it downstairs -- on the good stereo.
So I stopped into Best Buy yesterday and picked up another one. I had considered buying a SqueezeBox, but the additional $100, and lack of Rhapsody support, dissuaded me. I spent about an hour last night trying to get the RealSlim plugin working with SlimServer and Rhapsody 3, so we could mix Rhapsody streams and local content in play-lists, but didn't get any further than the rest of the folks who've tried.
I guess the best endorsement I can give a product is buying another one.
Posted by dberger at April 10, 2006 7:14 AM