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Utter Coolness compliments of Roku

Published 3 July 8 4:1 PM | William

My first Roku Soundbridge joined the family back in 2005. As far as wireless media players go, it was a bit pricey. But it looked really cool and I got it through a special offer making it a lot more reasonable. The form factor and styling was the main...

Filed under: News, Roku, Mindless Babbling, Misc Technology, Open Source

Roku's new Product Showcase

Published 4 May 5 9:43 PM | William

Ok, this is pure keeping up with the Joneses (or Ryan's in my case) but it's way cool. A certain Punjabi homie of mine decided it would be funny to send me links to Wireless media players that only cost $50.00 - immediately after I got my Soundbridge...

Filed under: Me, Roku

Streaming around the house

Published 20 January 5 6:58 PM | William

Well, even though we got off to a bad start, http://www.rokulabs.com really came through. I got a new player, express shipped, everything was awesome. It was pretty neat hooking into my wifi network without a keyboard - using the remote control is like...

Filed under: News, Roku

I knew they'd come through

Published 18 January 5 4:36 PM | William

Ok - the guys from Roku responded and well - they couldn't have been any cooler. Seems I just called at a bad time and the front line people aren't there. They were so cool in fact that I feel like a total dumb a33 for even getting annoyed in the first...

Filed under: Roku

Still Nothing

Published 18 January 5 1:2 AM | William

1:04 AM and still nothing from http://www.rokulabs.com . 5 hours to answer a 30 second inquiry. Not boding well for them right now.

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I'm getting pissed off

Published 17 January 5 11:18 PM | William

Ok, it's 10:58, I put my support email in 4 HOURS ago. Still nothing. I have a bunch of work to do tonight and I'm in my office - my XM Radio is in my bedroom. I was going to move it in here tonight, hook it into my 2K3 box and pump everything through...

Filed under: Humor, Me, Roku

My Roku Soundbridge

Published 17 January 5 7:44 PM | William

Well, I finally got it and was really stoked. http://www.rokulabs.com/products/soundbridge/index.php and everything. Except that, after turning it on, it's a safe bet I got a defective unit. They have like 10 trillion warnings about not plugging it in...

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