I love music and I love gadgets so what could be better than mixing two of the things I love for this particular blog post? Well, we were recently sent a ROXI from Electric Jukebox to review. ROXI combines 5 music products into 1 clever device that you connect to your TV. Before I go into more detail about the company behind ROXI and how it works.
Roxi Electric Jukebox Review
Electric Jukebox, the company behind ROXI, believe that children spend far too much time isolated, connected to devices, listening to music on headphones or hooked on social media. Personal tech, they say, is driving families apart rather than connecting them. And so here lies their mission, “to bring families together through fun shared experiences enabled by music technology products, content & experiences”. They want their technology to get families “singing, dancing, listening and chilling together”. With this in mind, they design music products, content & experiences that create shared music entertainment experiences for the family home.
So then to the ROXI Electric Jukebox – it offers five music entertainment products in one box and aims to be the ultimate music entertainment product for the home, streaming unlimited music and radio stations. As well as that you can singalong karaoke-style to thousands of original tracks and duet with the artists, play music trivia games, listen to therapeutic sounds and more. To get started, all you need to do is plug ROXI into your TV and then use the voice activated controller to search, listen, sing and play together.
CONTENTS
In the box is a ROXI wireless controller, ROXI TV hub, controller charger cable, power adapter, HDMI cable and a 1 year premium music pass! The wireless controller is also a microphone. It automatically pairs with the TV and uses motion control so that the cursor on the TV moves when you move the controller.
SETUP
• Plug into power, TV’s HDMI, external speaker (if you have one)
• Connect to Wi-Fi or plug into Ethernet
• Switch your TV on and select the right HDMI source
• If you have a smart TV select GAME mode
• Press OK on the controller, it will buzz
• Tap in your Wi-Fi password
• That’s it!
VOICE SEARCH
Before covering the features, one of the standout functions is the voice search capability via the controller. To do a voice search, press the microphone button, wait for the on-screen prompt and then say the artist, album or song you want. Then from the search results, select the artist, album or song you want. This was really useful and much more practical than having to type your search.
FEATURES
- Unlimited Music – With ROXI you get a 1 Year Premium Pass for Unlimited Music included which is activated when you first set up the box. The unlimited music pass means you can access millions of songs on demand, or choose from hundreds of curated playlists for every mood, genre, decade or activity. After the pass expires after a year, it can be renewed for £52.
- Karaoke – A feature called “Sing With The Stars” allows you and your family to sing along with your favourite artists and their hits. Note that you are singing along with the artist and not by yourself. The ROXI controller doubles as a microphone so if you fancy a sing song, your ready to go straightaway! It’s a lot of fun singing along with the lyrics displayed on screen. It’s also worth pointing out the Family Protect option, which blocks explicit lyrics and content.
- Music Quiz – Test your music knowledge against friends and family with the “Name That Tune” feature. Choose your genre or decade, and score points by picking the correct track that’s playing from four possible choices. This is a lot of fun and definitely adds an interactive and social element to enjoying the music.
- Radio – The “Worldwide Radio” feature gives you access to thousands of radio stations from all over the world. With such a large choice, you can be sure to find something to suit your mood.
- Relaxing Sounds – The final ROXI feature is something a little different, called “Sound Machine”. It lets you play a range of therapeutic audio sounds that are perfect for relaxing or meditating.
ROXI IN ACTION
To have a better idea of how ROXI works, you can see it in action in the promotional video below:
OUR THOUGHTS
The ROXI electric jukebox is a great alternative to existing music streaming services. It’s more practical in that it brings music streaming to the living room for the whole family to enjoy. Voice search also simplifies the process of searching and make it very easy to use. The game and karaoke functions embrace the social aspects further. We certainly had a lot of fun playing and singing together.
A couple of things we noticed was that the mic wasn’t as loud as a normal mic but you don’t need it to be that loud anyway. However you should use the side of the moc to talk rather than the top as this seems better. Also to make the most ot this device its better if you have a sound bar or dedicated speakers connected to your TV as it will give a much better sound. Overrall its a fun device which we think would be particularly great around Christmas or at social family gatherings at home.
Do you like singing at home? Do have any karaoke system at home? Will a streaming music system be something you enjoy having? What do you think of the Roxi Electric Jukebox?
*Disclosure: We received a Roxi Electric Jukebox for the purpose of this blog post. However, all thoughts and opinions are my own.
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Great for a party
Looks like fun! I love singing at home. Whether anyone else loves me singing at home is another matter :).
Would have some great fun with family & friends, fingers crossed
this sounds super, we love a good sing along but never owned a kareoke machine
We don;t have anything like this and funnily enough, it would be my little singer Roxy that would love this the most! Thanks so much for the chance!
Me and my daughter are always singing at home, mainly Frozen songs lol but we do love to sing
Currently don’t have a karaoke system but we really want one especially my 9yr old who loves singing. Be fab for girlie nights
we dont have one but it would be great fun
I don’t have a karaoke system at home, although have played some of the singing video games, which are fun! This looks great – thanks for running this comp.
I met my husband playing Singatar at my brothers. It’s a standing joke that I beat him! Became our Wedding first dance song.
We sometimes borrow our daughter’s Hello Kitty Karaoke machine when we fancy a good old sing song, obviously this is miles better, I love the name that tune game, used to have a cd rom versions years back, great fun
we love singing so this eould be fantastic and make fun nights in
thank you
I love karaoke, would love a machine at home me and my family love a good sing along
I love my singing. Not quite sure if my neighbours would agree though ha ha. Awesome giveaway would love to be your lucky winner
I’m not very tech minded, so if this is as easy to set up as it sounds, it would be just the job for a tech dummy like me!
something to replace lips at last
we love karaoke in our house – none of us can sing so we just make complete fools out of ourselves x
My mum used to do karaoke
We all enjoy singing at home, I usually sing along to the radio while cooking or cleaning, or in the shower with my phone, we don’t have any equipment but I’ve been thinking about getting Megan a karaoke machine for her birthday in August but I’m worried she will have my tone deaf singing abilities lol xxx
We don’t play that much music at home (we tend to listen to it in the car) – this device looks lots of fun 🙂
I absolutely LOVE singing! I entered a Karaoke contest once and won!!! I was over the moon x x x
We used to have one years ago that had disco lights built in, we love singing but i’m sure I must make dogs howl lol
I love singing opera – but not been spotted yet!
The video that’s playing for me above is the giant town jigsaw. It looks great fun
We love singing and this looks brilliant. Thanks for the review.