I've got a Blackburn fluid trainer, and I'd stay away from that brand. It works, after a fashion, but not as well as I'd hoped. I'll probably get a Cyclops fluid trainer to replace it, once some money shakes loose from somewhere.

Trainer vs. rollers...depends what you want to accomplish. If you just want to keep spinning through the winter, rollers are a good bet. If you're doing targeted workouts, the trainer is probably a better idea. I'm in the latter situation; kinda tough to do climbing repeats on rollers!

Concerning noise...the trainer's the least of the equation. Most of the noise comes from turning up the TV so I can hear it over the noise of the box fan, which is going full blast to keep me reasonably cool.