Sunday, September 19, 2010

ROKU

It Will ROKU

Boned Jello

I'm too ashamed to say how much I've spent on  all the crap I've bought (much of it from WOOT) in my quest to stream  content to the television.  The $74.99 I shelled out last week for the Roku HD-XR Player was the most.  I asked the Fed-Ex guy yesterday to wait the 5 minute advertised install time- so he could take it back, but no.  It actually did take just 5 minutes however - well, about 8 minutes, because the first thing it did was update its software.  And! It works as advertised.  I wirelessly streamed two Net-Flix movies last night, with nary a hiccup.  Supposedly you can add other sites, but I haven't tried.  Our goal is to use NetFlix to replace all our premium content channels, which will save us the $75 in a month. I'm not pushing this deal, just giving it the Barn Army Field Test Seal.Wait a minute. How am I going to stream MoSup's chick-flicks to her three televisions?  Oye.

9/19/2010 09:22:00 AM 10 Comments

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Anonymous said...

I've had a roku box for a couple years. Not perfect and the on demand selection is just OK. Soon the on demand will have new releases much quicker than the dvds are released.
Occasionally use the amazon
on demand channel as well.
Over all, I like it enough that we'll ditch the dish after the elections.
RAK

9/19/10, 11:31 AM
An ignorant dickweed said...

I also have one, received it a few years ago as a Christmas gift from my sister. At first there was not a of movies available from Netflix but more movies are available. The only disappointment is that movie selections are not always available for streaming, movies that I have placed in my queue have been marked "unavailable for streaming" They do warn you with "only available until (date)" when they are going to remove it.
When I first had the box you had to go to the Netflix website to update the selections on the box, now you can search from the box itself. A Nice software upgrade.

They have also expanded their selection of channels which is fantastic, but any of the internet channels have web quality video.
Soon to come "The Right Network"

I am very happy with the box, it was a great gift.

9/19/10, 12:48 PM
Kristophr said...

RCA video cables?

Low def there, boss.

Of course, if you are streaming video off the web, low def is what you get if you don't want your cable company killing you for being a bandwidth hog.

9/19/10, 2:13 PM
Rodger the Real King of France said...

the RCA's came with it, but has inputs for everything else, including HDMI which I used.

9/19/10, 2:38 PM
Rodger the Real King of France said...

BTW, Verizon (so far) isn't a bandwidth nazi.

9/19/10, 2:39 PM
Anonymous said...

It has multiple output choices including HDMI and component, for netflix you also have other choices:
http://www.roku.com/netflixplayer/#chart

9/19/10, 2:49 PM
Rodger the Real King of France said...

yeah, that's the word. output

9/19/10, 4:32 PM
Anonymous said...

Roger,

I was lucky enough to have been a public beta tester for the Roku box when it first came out, and we love the thing, we use it more than the cable box, and never use the cable companies on demand.

We currently have a Roku, an AppleTV, and are considering the Boxee or Google devices ( though the new AppleTV, is much more like the Roku, except rumors say it will run apps in the future.. )

Anyway, we are getting rid of our CableTV, and just planning on paying for Internet only. Its about 50% of the bill, and we hardly ever watch the garbage on broadcast tv anyway.

And having an 11 year old, it becomes more imperative to dump regular tv every day. As noted in an later article, most of the crap on is just marxist propaganda anyway ( they sneak their insidious claptrap in even the most benign appearing shows ), so for her sake, we are getting rid of it. ( and the sake of my sanity )

9/19/10, 11:43 PM
Rodger the Real King of France said...

It seems that every day more current network and cable content is available on the internet, so you're ahead of the curve. Left to their own devices, broadcasters would use advertising to turn a profit. But, - you already know this - it will absolutely lead to the government stepping in with mandatory licensing, band-width rationing,taxes, rules, and controls.

9/20/10, 10:49 AM
TheOldMan said...

3Mb DSL and ours works great! I use component output to a Runco 410 and 92" screen. Beautiful picture, never a hickup. Optical audio.

9/20/10, 5:28 PM

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