Boxee vs Roku XDS: Is the Boxee that much more capable for the extra $100.?
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The browser is one of the key differences. It's not great. I have both units. Roku in the master bedroom Boxee in the Living Room. Vudu is great & has 5.1 Stereo on Boxee & HD & HDX video. Hulu Plus (right now) is only on Roku (major (major) disappointment) Netflix is great on both services. Software interface is great on both (slightly better on Boxee). If Boxee ever get's their act together... it'll be worth the $$$. I like both. If VUDU & Browser are not very important... get Roku. (BTW: Boxee has a nice interface to your home computer network. You can watch videos, view photos etc. on your TV)
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I would get the roku 2 xd. around fifty five dollars from amazon warehouse and I am sure like me you will come to love it. They are adding more channels every day.it is close to replacing my cable service.
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I have both a Roku HD and an Apple TV (on different sets). At the moment, I like both pretty much equally, but for different reasons. The biggest differences: Roku has more "channels" (content sources) than the Apple, and some pretty dedicated people both within and outside the company for developing more. Apple TV has the ability to stream content from iTunes on my computer, and audio from my iPod touch. The big question right now is whether or not Apple will develop more channels and/or allow 3rd parties develop their own. If they do both -- and it's likely they will-- I think the Apple has a lot more potential than the Roku because of the excellent hardware inside the box. The ATV has an A4 processor like an iPad/iPhone/iPod touch and 8gb of storage... I'm sure there's some amazing things that can be done with that. If development is opened to third parties, there's going to be a flood of apps. As much as I root for small companies against the giants, Apple is... well, Apple. I'm pretty certain it's the last company in the world Roku would choose to compete against. 720p vs. 1080p? I'll say this straight out: no one is ever going to come to your house for movie night and say, "I'm sorry, but your 720p picture is just unwatchable. I have to leave." It's one of the least interesting numbers when it comes to picture quality.
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I have had good luck with the Roku and also an Apple TV in combination with an iPad. The network speed makes the biggest difference in picture quality
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Yes! if you're into movies this would be great for you. My wife and I took this route to cut the cable and haven't looked back. The roku is actually a small "computer" that attaches to your tv and downloads movies and more through your internet connection. If you are using ATT uverse your in good shape. If you haven't already I highly recommend going with a wireless router and connecting your roku through the router wirelessly. This is super easy to connect and operate. So easy a fool like myself can do it. you will then have access to amazon, Netflix, popcornflix, premier, lifetime, spirit clips, and so many more. Netflix will cost you around nine bucks a month (cost per year is just slightly more than we were paying monthly for dish network-) and you have unlimited access to as many movies as you wish to watch. Same deal with amazon prime. spirit clips is like three or four dollars per month and there are multitudes of freebees on the net where you only have to watch an occasional ad, nothing like the endless commercials on the tube. Do it, you won't regret it.
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The differences are on the Roku site. The XD has exended range wireless, that's what I would go with. http://shop.roku.com/Roku-Streaming-Player-Options-W5.aspx
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I have three Roku XDs - one fr each TV I own - we love them they give us great streaming of Netflix, Amazon Prime and others - easy to setup and operate
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I have a Sony Blu-Ray player and it has most of the same stuff as the Roku so I would just compare the line-up of both and decide which would do the job better for you. The Roku does not have Youtube, that is a deal breaker for a lot of people.
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I don't know the feature differences between the units, so I can't suggest a direction based on that. I usually fall towards buying the most up to date platform since this is an investment and you likely will have it for some time. An extra $100 is probably not significant given how you will spend even for the DS1512+. I can easily say that the DS1512+ will easily keep up with 2 users. I have 4 in my household, iTunes library, photo library, Movie and DVR library feeding 4 Rokus (streamers). Granted all is not active at once but never has the DS1512+ bogged down, except when I ask it to trans-code a movie on the fly. It does not have enough CPU for that, by design. I don't know the feature differences between the units, so I can't suggest a direction based on that. I usually fall towards buying the most up to date platform since this is an investment and you likely will have it for some time. An extra $100 is probably not significant given how you will spend even for the DS1512+. I can easily say that the DS1512+ will easily keep up with 2 users. I have 4 in my household, iTunes library, photo library, Movie and DVR library feeding 4 Rokus (streamers). Granted all is not active at once but never has the DS1512+ bogged down, except when I ask it to... » Read More I don't know the feature differences between the units, so I can't suggest a direction based on that. I usually fall towards buying the most up to date platform since this is an investment and you likely will have it for some time. An extra $100 is probably not significant given how you will spend even for the DS1512+. I can easily say that the DS1512+ will easily keep up with 2 users. I have 4 in my household, iTunes library, photo library, Movie and DVR library feeding 4 Rokus (streamers). Granted all is not active at once but never has the DS1512+ bogged down, except when I ask it to trans-code a movie on the fly. It does not have enough CPU for that, by design. « Show Less
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I own this model and the Android MX2 G-Box. For $98.00, The MX2 G-Box performs 400% better and worth the extra expense. The Sanoxy mini tv box plays sketchy video that pauses frequently. XBMC is the free media app you want to run to enjoy streaming TV and movies. It's free but you must download it directly, as it's not available in the Play store. As for local programming, depends on which city is local for you and which networks you are trying to watch. NBC-Universal is very pro-active with policing and shutting down feeds for all it's affiliates.
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Unreal. I can stream to my PC but not my Boxee???? Boxee is a PC you idiots. Amazon on Boxee soon or I'm going back to Netflix (crap)
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Amazon...... Get on board.... you need to make Boxee a vendor for your on demand content..... TODAY !!!!!!!!!!!
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You can use the roku streaming stick and so avoid another box. The roku stick comes with or without a remote ($ 20 more.) The remote which comes with the tv is said to work with the streaming stick.Or if you have one, you can use an ordinary roku box, just like any other tv. So "roku ready" is a small advantage.
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I did lot of research on why additional $100 for similar spec TV. I found 2 major diff1. less HDMI port2. Lack of built in WIFI. But there is Ethernet port on 6003 and one can buy WI-FI adopter and get it going. BestBuy suggested (infact demanded) to only use Samsung adopter which is about $60.
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The LT is the same as the HD model with the exceptions being it does not have the memory expansion slot or bluetooth remote capability.... thus is a mere $10 cheaper.Its product page is at:http://www.roku.com/roku-products?gclid=CNOSsMSXqKwCFcoQNAodvhbG_Q
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This is NOT a wireless router, so you would need to run a wired connection to the Roku. This box is 10/100 speed (max - 100MBPS). The fastest typical internet in the US typically available peaks out at 50MBPS (yes, I know there are some faster but MOST people who have Crapcast top out at 50). So this device is more than adequate for what you are trying to achieve.
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There are significant differences in the functionality of the internet apps available on various brands of TVs and BluRay players even within the same BRANDS. I have a Panasonic DMP-85K BluRay and a Panasonic VIERA TC-P42G25 42-Inch 1080p Plasma HDTV. Vieracast for Netflix functions very differently between the two units. I have a very versatile search function within Netflix on the plasma but absolutely none on the BluRay and they both come from the Vieracast server! I am limited to viewing the movies added to the instant queue via a PC (or the plasma) on the BluRay. Additionally, Foxsports and Twitter is functional on the plasma but not the Bluray. VuDu is functinal on the BluRay but not the plasma - go figure. Would give my eye teeth for HuLU but it's not mentioned on either device. I assume it's a combo of licensing and hardware restrictions but I really don't know that for sure. Searching for Netflix video on a PC is not really all that bad condsidering the option of trying to punch in the data via tri-tap or onscreen keyboards using the devices. Gotta love VierraLink though if all your equipment is compatible. BTW, the Panny WiFi adapter is dual mode and works flawlessly. The only other one that I know of that is compatible is the Netgear WNDA3100version2 for about the same price. Not a valid gripe that it isn't "built in" because the USB cable allows for multiple positioning. Also, after much research, dollars spent. and time wasted, I think it is worthwhile to get a dual band router (Netgear WNDR37AV) and devote the 5Mz to the dumb BluRays and Tvs and devote the 2.4 band to data. You will be happy you did. This router allows you to set up QOS by MAC and it makes a huge difference even with a "so-so" broadband connecton of 5Mb down. I can stream 2 HD movies at the same time without loss of quality (and check out whats up on Facebook)