Tag archive: SoundBridge

Until now, Cambridge SoundWorks, Tivoli and Bose have been known as conquers of the bedroom, but that could all be changing. Roku today announced their latest product, the SoundBridge Radio. Small, stylish and promising a WiFi experience the SoundBridge Radio takes the technology from their other products like the SoundBridge M100 review here on Designtechnica, and puts it into a mini-system designed to replace your aging clock radio.  … Read More

Roku, the company behind the well regarded Roku Soundbridge network music player, today unveiled a new wireless music device. Called the SoundBridge Radio, this Wi-Fi enabled radio is set to begin selling in November for $399.   The Soundbridge Radio,according to Roku, comes in a traditional tabletopradio form factor and uses Wi-Fi wireless technology to stream either Internet radio from your broadband connection or digital music files from… Read More

In addition, the SoundBridge M2000 has been permanently reduced in price to $399. During May and June, consumers can enjoy the $50 rebate when they purchase a Roku SoundBridge M500 or M1000 from retailers such as Best Buy, Tweeter, Fry's Electronics, Magnolia Audio Video, Crutchfield, RadioShack; online at www.rokulabs.com; or from any custom install dealer. Consumers redeem the $50 rebate by visiting www.rokulabs.com/rebate before… Read More

Roku today announced that it is making its SoundBridge network music player technology available to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) for use in consumer electronics products such as audio/video receivers, televisions, radios and music players. Based on Analog Devices' Blackfin processor and Roku's award-winning SoundBridge software, the Embedded SoundBridge network music module allows the easy addition of powerful,… Read More

Roku today released a new version of free software for all Roku SoundBridge network music players. The new Roku SoundBridge 2.1 software adds support for RealNetworks' award-winning Rhapsody digitalmusic service. Now, Roku customers with a Rhapsody subscription can effortlessly browse their personal Rhapsody library by artist, album, and song title, or quickly review the custom radio stationsand playlists they have created using Rhapsody,… Read More

Roku announced today a new low cost SoundBridge M500 network music player. SoundBridge M500 streams music from any computer and many free Internet radio stations to powered speakers or a stereosystem anywhere in the house. It is one of the most compatible network music player on the market since it works seamlessly with the most popular file formats and music player software thatpeople are using today. Easy to set up and easy to use,… Read More

Quote from the Rolu Labs SoundBridge review: “The SoundBridge connects directly into your stereo system or receiver just like a CD player. It receives/plays music from your computer through a wireless connection or via Ethernet cable. I had already copied hundreds of my CDs to my Mac, using Apple's lossless format. I also had been using iTunes for about two years, mainly to listen to Internet radio, and some CDs imported to the… Read More

Quote from the review: “How many CDs do you own and how many of those do you ever get to play? If your collection is as large as mine, rummaging through hundreds of CDs can be frustrating and time consuming. I have even bought some of the same CDs I already own. I almost forgot gems like Medusa by Clan of Xymox, Mouth By Mouth by His Name is Alive, Spiritchaser by Dead Can Dance, and Bad Brains Live. Unfortunately, I have been… Read More

Roku SoundBridge is the sleek network music player that lets consumers listen to digital music in any room of their homes. The new software for Roku SoundBridge adds support for Windows Media Connect, Windows Media Digital Rights Management 10 and Windows Media Player 10. While showing off the advantages of new digital entertainment technologies, Microsoft Founder Bill Gates gave the audience a demonstration of Roku SoundBridge. He showed… Read More

SoundBridge is the stylish network music player that streams digital music and Internet radio from any computer to powered speakers or a stereo system. SoundBridge features a bright, vacuumflorescent display and an ergonomic remote control, so consumers can conveniently play digital music, change songs, look for new artists or create playlists, from the comfort of a chair or couchwithout having to touch their computers. Roku is giving… Read More