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pylon
5th Dec 2006
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Good Points: I have owned the Roku M500 for about 6 months. I have 140gbs of music in lossless conversion on my HD and a fairly high end stereo system in a joining room. I use the wireless card rather than hard wire the unit to my computer which I am going to change. I use the optical out into my Rotel receiver. The sound quality is excellent and I can barely tell the difference between the digital signal and cd's which makes me happy.
Bad Points: 1) Small screen: try filing through 20,000+ songs, or over 3800 albums on a screen with 2 lines. I should have got a unit with a video out which can hook up to the tv for easy viewing.
2) My unit is updated with the latest firmware and my computer is clean and fast but my Roku crashes or freezes often. Pain in the ass. I have to look into this more. I know hard wiring will fix this issue.
3) It connects to Itunes so you can view playlists but a lot of my music is in FLAC conversion and ITunes does not support FLAC. I either have to convert hundreds/thousands of songs or get a new unit.
4) You have to use Slim Server which sucks. Cant scroll, its slow and terrible interface.
General comments: When I first found this Roku M500 soundbridge I was ecstatic! I thought I was going to have to build another computer to use as a media center/server to my stereo (which is ideal but a lot more expensive). This unit is good if you use ITunes and have a couple hundred songs. I still haven't figured out the wireless issues and I don't know if it's a common thing with ROKU or just with my system (have to read more). I need something that can connect to the TV to view a large menu. I would buy another soundbridge type of unit but not this one.
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HiFi.nl - Onafhankelijk AV-platform - Hoogwaardige weergave van
De Roku Soundbridge M500 is een dergelijke Media extender en doet eigenlijk al wat de naam doet vermoeden: ... Alle Roku Soundbridges zijn voorzien van een 400Mhz Blackfin processor en 16MB intern geheugen.
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Roku SoundBridge M500 Review by LAPTOP Magazine
Unlike most music streaming devices, the Roku SoundBridge M500 is light and sharply designed.
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Roku Roku SoundBridge M1001 Product User Reviews. - PC World
User Reviews for Roku Roku SoundBridge M1001 ... Overall Evaluation: I have owned 2 Soundbridges. The M500 display failed after about 1.5 years.
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Roku - SoundBridge Support
What is Roku SoundBridge? ... All SoundBridges run similar software, and most have VFD displays. However, ... There are five easy ways to play Internet radio on your SoundBridge M500 or M1000:
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Roku - SoundBridge Support
What is Roku SoundBridge? ... All SoundBridges run similar software, and most have VFD displays. However, ... There are five easy ways to play Internet radio on your SoundBridge M500 or M1000:
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Soundbridges Reviews and Ratings at Review Centre 11 products
At Review Centre you will find reviews of Soundbridges. A Soundbridge is a network music player which allows you to play digital music files from your PC throughout your home. ... Roku SoundBridge M500 1
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Roku on I4U News
The Roku SoundBridges come in two versions: Roku SoundBridge M1000 is 10 inches wide x 2.37 inches in diameter and sells for $249.99 (available on Amazon.com) with Wi-Fi, and $199.99 without Wi-Fi.
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Customer Reviews OfRoku M1001 Soundbridge Network Music Player -
Customer Reviews for Roku M1001 Soundbridge Network Music Player - Retail; ... I have tried two other competitors music soundbridges, Lynksys and Netgear. Both products were horrible in my opinion.
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SoundBridge M1001User Reviews - PC World Pricing
Overall Evaluation: I have owned 2 Soundbridges. The M500 display failed after about 1.5 years. ... Overall Evaluation: I own a M500 Soundbridge and needed another one. ... Roku Roku SoundBridge M1001
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MikeyP.com | media/musicstorage-solved3.html
I have 3 SoundBridges on my network at home, an M1000 and two M500's. Roku sells the latest SoundBridge M1001 on their site, but you can find M500's and M1000's pretty easily on eBay.
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