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I saw a flyer from future shop and best buy about Roku, a device that allow your home receiver to play itunes etc from your computer wirelessly. This seems like any excellent idea since i have tons of itune songs. Anybody with experience with Roku?
Thanks

Not sure if any memebrs are using the Roku brand or not. A few of us are using the Squeezbox and are happy with it. I had checked out the Roku, seems to be good, I just went with the SB becasue I had friends that recommended it.

Nhan, unfortunately i'm really going to be of no help to you. I received the M1000 for Christmas, have it hooked up to my system, but have yet to download the software to link it up to the PC. About all i can say about it is if it works half as well as advertised, it'll be a thing of beauty.

I actually did some more research and it seems most reviews favour the squeezebox over the roku plus the software the roku use is actually from the squeezebox. So I put in the order for the squeezebox so we'll see how it works.

I also put in an order for the vp150 to go along with my m60 and qs8 so now I'm living on bread and water for a while.

Congrats on the SB and the 150, in my opinion you will have two winners.

Nhan, out of curiosity, where did you order the Squeezebox from?

Saw this thread from a while ago...

I'm using an M1000 and really like it. I'd say the only drawback is the small display - maybe the 1500 would be better, but scrolling thru the library is kind of like looking at the phone book a line at a time. But the seamless connection to Windows Media Connect and the wonderful sound (via optical or coax digital) is wonderful. I do NOT miss messing around the CD's anymore!

-Brian

I'm debating on whether to get this or the Squeezebox. Can you atleast do a 'search' of your cds with the Roku, or do you have to scroll through all of them until it shows up on the display?

Thanks!
Mary

OK, I have a kind of vague idea what Roku and the Squeezbox do but I have no experience with wireless networking. Do these include the necessary equipment for the wireless networking or do you have to purchase that part separately?

Mary, Yes, you can search. It has a clever navigation mechanism where you can move about alphabetically thru your albums, artists, genres, and playlists. In adidtion, you can search with parts of words, etc. Not too bad.

Lorenzo, it comes with a wireless card but I don't use it, it also has an RJ45 jack which I use instead. I intalled a Cat5e jack behind my ent center before it arrived, along with phone and all the other audio jacks I anticipated needing.

-Brian