I have heard about the Roku. Anyone have time to tell me about it? I am not savvy with these things. I have several flat screen TV's and AT &amp; T uverse. I was told my a friend this would be great for me because I love TV and movies. What does it...
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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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Netflix works fine on my TV, but the "app" is not very elegant. I found it clunky and hard to navigate. I still use my Roku box to stream Netflix, as the Netflix app for Roku is far better than the Netflix app for Vizio/V.I.A.
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I have the same question:Can I watch a show from a different TV in my house other than this device is connected?I guess the answer is no. So if the device is connected to the TV in the living room I will not be able to continue to watch a movie in my bedroom unless I purchase another Roku and connect it to the TV in the bedroom. Correct?
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I am thisclose to cancelling my cable TV for Roku. I'm going to order the XD and try it out. I do have streaming Netflix. I'm sick of paying $60 a month for 80 channels and only watching maybe 6 of them. Cable TV is such a ripoff. And the 3 major Networks are PURE GARBAGE and have been for years now.
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O.K. I can not answer this question but thought maybe I could ask something along this line...I am NOT a tech person so don't laugh at me. What is a Fire/ROKU stick do? Maybe you Kathy can let me know...I get basic cable on it.
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I just cancelled my cable this week, even w/ our 'bundle' (cable, high-speed internet & phone). Now I'm paying only $60.00 per month for my high-speed internet & phone! I do have a question for anyone who may know: Is there a way to get local news & weather w/ Roku? Thanks in advance (btw, i live in So. Cal.)
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If you are mainly interested in Netflix, my vote would be to go with the Roku. I got a Linksys dma2100 and I still cannot get the vmcNetFlix plugin to work to watch Netflix through the Media Center software. Plus I was hoping to stream Hulu.com through Media Center and cannot do that either. My plan at this point is to just find an older XP tower and set it next to the TV. This way I am free to choose Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, Boxee, etc. I will probably hang on to my extender to see whether there will be more options for it over the next year.
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Netflix and Plex are generally okay, but I get stuttering on Amazon probably 50% of the time which is unbearable. I would guess that this unit has a weak CPU that struggles to handle some Amazon encodes @ 1080p. I don't have this issue at all with a Roku 3 and that unit feels much snappier overall.
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I have both cable and Roku, but my brother in law cancelled his cable when he got the Roku. The programs are not the same though. He uses an antenna to get local channels. You might want to check out what programs Roku offers. It isn't the same as live TV.
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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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Nope mine works great. Actually I love it. wish I would've dropped the extra couple hundred on the slim though. But if you get a new one don't get a "smart' tv for another 80 bucks you can buy a Roku box, if you don't already have one, and it's WAY better.
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No. NO Netflix and NO Pandora. = NO SALE for me. :(i guess i will get another roku...sigh...just want netflix and hulu, and cnn. ruku says it is going to get hulu 'this fall'. cnet says it is great. don't like no service.
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Streaming the netflix isnt the greatest though. I have had good luck with my wireless internet connection through my playstation 3, but the selection on netflix is horrible. It doesn't do me any good to have the entire setup when I can only download about 5% of the netflix inventory. For example, of the netflix top 100 movies, you can only stream 6 of those movies to your TV. The other 94 movies are available to be shipped on DVD, but not the direct stream to your TV. The concept of direct streaming is misleading, just giving you a heads up!!!
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Totally forgot it had that capability Sonya..I also need to connect my Roku to my TV and figure out the wifi situation. Let me try working on that soon. I'll post a review as soon as I can. If you do yours first let me know. :) Thanks! Good luck! -Frank
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I have no problems, I believe I was prompted to update once or tw i ce, no big deal. I paid 50 used about 2 years as go. My son has a Roku and loves it. I have a sony and a vizzio video streamer, a sony DVD player With wifi and a smart tv. I like them all, but sony's soft ware is easy to use.
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Thanks Richard! I'll try the reboot first. I almost bought a Roku but needed a dvd player so just got that. So I can hook up the Roku and still have the blu ray player while using the Roku for streaming?I appreciate your advice!
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There are many channels that are free - if you like a lot of older movies and movies you never knew existed then you will love ROKU. I love movies period and I never run out of stuff to watch (except time to watch them) - from tech, news, episodes I never knew I would even like, old horror movies. Keep an open mind and you may be surprised at all the stuff that's available out there ( or ) you may find yourself just wasting time.