Roku SoundBridge M2000 December 14th, 2004 | by Ian Bell
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Introduction The networked home is continuing to evolve as your PC's influence spreads to areas outside of your office. Streaming media devices, servers and home theater PC's all help to bridge the gap between your personal computer and home theater system. While streaming media servers and home theater PCs are considered all-in-one devices that are not necessarily dependant on other systems in the home, streaming media devices typically require your personal computer to act as a host or server to the media files that it would then stream to your home theater. Many companies have already attempted to introduce products to this ever growing market, but none have produced a product as good looking as Roku's SoundBridge, a networked music player. Available in three flavors, the M500, M1000 and the larger M2000, Roku touts the SoundBridge as being compatible with Apple iTunes, Napster, Microsoft PlaysForSure / Windows Media Player 10, and Real Network's Rhapsody services and software. The SoundBridge M1000 has an MSRP of $249, while the larger M2000 has an MSRP of $499. Also announced this week is the M500 which features an LCD display and will be priced at $199. The M2000 features a larger and more detailed display than the M1000, but other than that they have identical features. 
The M2000 and smaller M1000 SoundBridge
by Lyman12 on November 8, 2009:
“I have two of these devices and am getting a third - I like them that much. I purchased a NAS that had Twonky on it, and an old SMC EZ-Stream that I had suddenly became useful again, but I did not like the tiny display. The Soundbridge has the display that...” More...