Roku HD-XR Trouble with Amazon Video in HD: Is anyone else having trouble with the Roku HD-XR and Amazon Video on Demand HD movies?
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Your connection speed is to slow for the HD streams . The Amazon HD streams are 2.5Mpbs variable bitrate. That is , the 2.5 is more or less the average bitrate. It can be quite a lot higher when there are rapid scene changes or action in the movie. To reliably play the HD stream you need at least a 5 or 6Mbps connection. The more the better. Roku recommends a minimum of 2.5Mbps for the highest quality SD streams, which for Amazon are 1.3Mbps. (4 dots) The HD streams are indicated by 4 dots followed by the letters HD. (....HD)
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Linn, I currently have an XDS in use (The HD-XR is a "backup"). Essentially, as far as I know the HD-XR specs and "innards" are identical to the XDS (save the extra "real" component cable connections and bigger case; see Roku website for spec sheet page). Speaking of slow internet connections, you've got to have at least 2Mbps speed to get "two dots" viewable resolution (out of four dots; I have &gt;4Mbps to reach "four dots" max resolution consistently). So in a way, it does "buffer", with a "progress bar" on screen...on those unusually rare "slow days" on i.e. Netflix (I am basing it on the identical specs of XDS & XD-HR). James
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HEY FRANK: Dont think you are crazy. Adobe pulled its support for Amazon Unbox videos and the like. So, you simply wont be able to play your videos over your Asus until Amazon finds a way to patch or come up with a ew system of allowing people like you and I to watch the videos we have purchased. It licks balls because if you cant watch movies over it, whats the point, right? I have been assured that Amazon is working on this and will have a fix sooner than later. Until then, I either just watch stuff on Hulu or Youtube or, watch the stuff you have on Amazon at home over your Toshiba like I do.
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whenever I try to watch an Amazon video it says that I don't have the most recent version of flash. But according to the Market I do. I can watch netflix & google vids fine but anything from Amazon gets thwarted. If anyone here knows what I need to do to fix this I would be SOOOO grateful!!!
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I'm pretty sure it's related to something Amazon did. I've tried watching Amazon Instant Video on a couple computers in the past week and when I went to play the video, they both said, "Updating player..." I hope it isn't broken for good; I use Amazon Video more on my TouchPad than on any other device.
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The issue, as I understand it, is that for some odd reason, according to Amazon, Samsung decided to leave off the App Amazon uses for their Video-On-Demand (VoD) service. What's messed up is that the 2009, 2010, and 2012 TV's allow Amazon's VoD service, but the 2011 sets don't. I called Samsung and they confirmed this, but blames Amazon. On the other hand Amazon blames Samsung.Hope that answers your question.
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Not receiving any audio with Roku XDS, on Amazon. Other channels work fine. Had to have someone help me connect in the first place, and I don't know what to do next. Ideas?
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Hi..I subscribe to Amazon Prime...and had no issues.....can also access both pictures and video's in sometime called LG Cloud. Finally, was able to download software onto my computer and set up sharing directly from computer to TV
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Have you actually gotten it to work? I have Plex on my Roku and it will not play iTunes movies/tv shows. Even the Plex forum states iTunes stuff is DRM protected.
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Thanks R. Oxhorn and Noaxtogrind. You asked and answered my question. Just got the Samsung BD5700 for a gift and hope Samsung does update the Blu-ray to access Amazon's streaming.
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What about amazon video. This is really frustrating as I continue to wait as all of my Sony products stream Amazon without a hitch.
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When I last checked it was incompatible but don't let that deter you. I added a Roku 2 XS for the much better menuing it offers than using the built in Internet browser and a far smoother streaming experience. With broadband &gt;3Mbs the Hi Def images I see on this set are much better than I have seen on many theater screens. It really has changed how I see films.
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There is a Vudu channel, and I was able to add it and browsed their movie catalog. I haven't used it yet though, there is so much else I already have with Amazon Prime and other channels that I haven't needed it. It seemed a bit pricy to me, but I guess you pay for convenience. However, it won't do 1080P, which seems to be a big part of the reason to use Vudu, since the LT can't support that. So any movies you stream would be in SD instead.
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It appears the Amazon App on the Roku can not do Surround Sound, or 5.1. Standard stereo works.
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With my Roku 1 connected via analog to my Funai DVD recorder, I was able to record anything but Netflix and Amazon Prime until just recently. Hulu has now blocked content copying as of this week as well. So now I watch mostly BYUtv and Youtube programs and am seriously considering getting rid of Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime as a result. If I can't record the shows that I want to watch later (as I can with cable or over-the-air) then there's little point in having them. If I want to watch a video, I can just go rent it and it will be much cheaper.
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Component Video on my TV is only 1080i. Tried the 1080P resolution on my Roku 3 got blank screen, switched Roku 3 resolution from 1080P to 720P and got Roku 3 to work in component mode on my TV.
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I watch AMAZON PRIME on the tv set all the time. LOVE IT.but I have never tried using the browser/ app built into the set.I have a roku that plugs into a HDMI port . 1080p and 5.1 surround.simple, easy, and highly recommended.We purchased the set for the picture quality and size.we are extremely happy with it and have not connected the set to our internet.try the roku, it too is simply amazing.