Roku SoundBridge Review

Meet the most envy-inspiring home theater gadget on the market.

Roku – a California-based company specializing in advanced digital media players for the home – wants you to look cool. How? With an uber-stylish, attention-getting gadget that can tune in Internet radio stations as well as play your own personal digital music collection. Recognizing an opportunity in the growing popularity of Internet radio (which now attracts about 40 million listeners), Roku released the SoundBridge to fill the growing need.

The SoundBridge works just like its name suggests, tuning in Internet radio stations and bridging the gap between your PC and stereo, so you can listen to your MP3 music wirelessly over your home network on your stereo. The SoundBridge connects to your home's wireless network to fetch and play music off your computer's hard drive or receive Internet radio stations, including local stations that stream their broadcasts online and Internet-exclusive channels.

It literally takes minutes to add the device to your encrypted wireless home network. The LCD screen will prompt you to provide some basic information – language, time zone, country of residence and network password – via the remote control. Simply restart and the SoundBridge is ready to rock. A click of a button lets you select audio options: Custom iTunes playlists, Internet radio, or a digital music collection stored on your computer's hard drive.

SoundBridge also works with digital music services, playing music purchased or played in a continuous stream from iTunes, Napster, MSN Music and RealNetworks' Rhapsody. The system conveniently and automatically displays not only your MP3 info, but also the Internet chanel name and the current song on its gorgeous display, so you don't need to be telepathic to find out the name of that new tune you love.

For more information on the Roku SoundBridge, visit www.RokuLabs.com

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