I just got a Roku and I'm thinking about returning it. Why are some of you switching to Roku from conventional cable or satellite?
From: Benjamin Zachary [mailto:li...@levelfive.us] Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 7:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT: Streaming media device I use the mediabox devices at home for my kids rooms and their gaming TV (55' LED Samsung). It works well wirelessly as long as we aren't doing 1080 streaming. On wire its fine, or over USB / internal HDD its fine. They don't have any additional streaming services though, my main TV (Samsung 55' LCD) has the 3D, and media center built into it, which is pretty good. I cant stand HULU ... FWIW, I signed up for it on my ipad to use for a few months while travelling and I felt like it was the Sundance channel and Independent Movie Channel... never found anything worth watching myself.. From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 5:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT: Streaming media device If you don't yet...subscribe to the Amazon.com Daily Woot! service. They have Roku's in the daily email a lot. From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 5:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: Streaming media device Yeah, that is what I've read in the reviews. On paper, the Sony sounds great, since they have all the items I'm looking for, but the actual experience isn't as good (interface issues, issues with DLNA, etc....). So hopefully the Roku will be as good as I've heard, and I'll just get another one for myself. Thanks, Chris Bodnar, MCSE, MCITP Technical Support III Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Email: christopher_bod...@glic.com Phone: 610-807-6459 Fax: 610-807-6003 From: Ben Scott <mailvor...@gmail.com> To: "NT System Admin Issues" <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> Date: 11/07/2011 04:54 PM Subject: Re: OT: Streaming media device ________________________________ On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 4:07 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr <michealespin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I see CostCo is carrying several blu-ray players, Sony, Panasonic, et al, > > Some interfaces are severely lacking. I'll second that. I bought a Sony Blu-Ray Disc player about 10 months ago. While overall it's good, there are some really stupid things in the streaming side. In particular, the Hulu interface is just about useless. It handles each segment of program and advertisement as a separate stream, requiring a buffering period between each; it can't fast-forward or rewind across those boundaries; it doesn't remember where you left off watching a program. It's actually *worse* than broadcast TV. I have a friend with a Roku, and the Hulu is night and day better. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> > ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ <http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/> or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ----------------------------------------- This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
