I have an original Roku. Didn't bother with Roku 2, but was wondering if I should get a 3? Anyone getting one? If so, why?
Hmmm. help me understand. I have a Roku 2XD in one room with a TV, the router (is that what it is? Husband is MIA), and a desktop. We have wireless. If I get the 3 would I just move the Roku to the bedroom and watch games from there? Or does the remote do it? The guide wasn't clear. Currently, if it's late and I want to finish the game, I just watch on the Driod. Being able to watch from the bedroom (games and Amazon VOD) is worth the $99 to upgrade.johnmd20 said:As an unabashed Roku fan, I can't see too much of a reason to get the 3 when I had the 2HD. But it might be worth getting so I don't have to move it around the house when I change TV's.
Roku is pretty awesome, so much better than the TV apps or blu ray players that come with the components. And it has Amazon VOD, which I use just about as much as Netflix.
Barbara said:Hmmm. help me understand. I have a Roku 2XD in one room with a TV, the router (is that what it is? Husband is MIA), and a desktop. We have wireless. If I get the 3 would I just move the Roku to the bedroom and watch games from there? Or does the remote do it? The guide wasn't clear. Currently, if it's late and I want to finish the game, I just watch on the Driod. Being able to watch from the bedroom (games and Amazon VOD) is worth the $99 to upgrade.
BTW the Seinfeld shorts on Crackle are pretty good.
My experience is with the Roku 2 so hopefully someone will chime in if things have changed with the 3--I did a little googling and nothing is obviously different.SeoulSoxFan said:So we just got a great deal on a 64" plasma (Samsung 64e8000) and am considering purchasing a Roku 3. Never had a streamer before either.
We haven't had cable in about 5 years, and don't miss it. However, we would like to stream content from our laptop (movies and TV shows), but it has to display subtitles (.srt or .sub files).
Is that possible with Roku and something like Plex? Is the quality decent enough (i.e., average 1080p content)?
Also, anyway to get NFL games on this setup?
LoweTek said:If you have multiple Rokus, don't you need a sub for each, e.g. Hulu?
Guessing: Kids can't order shit.Oil Can Dan said:Out of curiosity, what's the benefit in not giving a CC to register/activate a Roku?
I know I'm replying to 9 month old post but just because this thread has been bumbed I thought I'd chime in. I'm using Serviio instead of Plex and I like it WAAAAY better. It does on the fly transcoding and has a profile for the Roku built in so there's no need to figure out any settings. With the Roku 3 I got through work last week and the Roku Media Player app, everything is looking great and super easy to setup.SumnerH said:My experience is with the Roku 2 so hopefully someone will chime in if things have changed with the 3--I did a little googling and nothing is obviously different.
First, the Roku only supports a very limit set of codecs (.mkv and .mpg with h.264 and mp3/aac) so anything else will have to be transcoded.
The Roku can display .srt or .sub files from locally connected media (E.g. if you're playing from a hard drive or USB thumb drive). You can't mount Windows shares from a Roku, so you'll need to use Plex to stream files to the Roku--but that means that the device can't see the subtitle files, so you'll have to transcode the video into one with hardcoded subs. Plex supports transcoding of .srt files perfectly; .sub files I never got working. Streaming from Plex (or whatever) in general is a little flakier than straight playback and when combined with transcoding means that seeking within files is incredibly slow. If you're willing to double your storage space you could store the recoded (hard-subbed) files and stream them directly.
You're not going to do high-quality 1080p encoding realtime on your laptop, that'd need dedicated hardware (e.g. the Matrox MXO2 mini can do it IIRC) and wiring that through Plex could get tricky. You can get pretty decent-looking high-def streams, but they're going to sit more around good 720p quality unless you have a really beefy machine doing the transcoding.
If that quality's not good enough for you, you can reencode ahead of time rather than on the fly (again requires 2x the storage space).
(FWIW, I returned the Roku 2 and got a WDTV Live SMP that supports .srt and .sub files and can remotely mount Windows and NFS shares so that it can see the subtitle files and display them without needing to transcode; it also supports a much wider array of video codecs than the Roku, pretty much every mkv/avi/mov/mp4/mpg that I've thrown at it works no problem.)
kwa1430 said:Only negative with Roku is Comcast blocks HBO Go app. Very annoyed. Dont have option to switch to Verizon Fios because it is not available in my area.
On Crackle (free) Jerry Seinfeld's "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee" are 15-minute shorts that are pretty funny. He finds some vintage car, meets the comedian and they go for coffee.Omar's Wacky Neighbor said:Some of the Nowhere apps are good. The main Nowhere has some live TV streams, so I use it for NJ12, which I dont get because I'm on Fios. There's also an adult Nowhere that has some pretty decent speed compared to other apps of that genre.
Crackle.
ESPN
If you have more than one Roku in the house, are you able to use the same Hulu subscription, Netflix subscription etc.? I always assumed a second Roku would be considered another device entirely and be subject to additional subscription fees, like Sirius/XM devices.Looking to buy the Roku streaming stick for a second TV in the bedroom (Roku is offering them for $29). I have the Roku Lt and wonder if there is any downside to the stick?
Also will the iPhone Roku remote app work on the stick?
EDIT: Roku is offering the LT for $29 and the Stick for $39.
LoweTek said:If you have more than one Roku in the house, are you able to use the same Hulu subscription, Netflix subscription etc.? I always assumed a second Roku would be considered another device entirely and be subject to additional subscription fees, like Sirius/XM devices.
LoweTek said:If you have more than one Roku in the house, are you able to use the same Hulu subscription, Netflix subscription etc.? I always assumed a second Roku would be considered another device entirely and be subject to additional subscription fees, like Sirius/XM devices.
jayhoz said:Bump. Anyone found anything new and worthwhile on Roku?
The reviews of the new Plex app that is coming have me excited.
Recently we've been making use of Foxfire streaming/mirroring video from my tablet to the Rokujayhoz said:Bump. Anyone found anything new and worthwhile on Roku?
The reviews of the new Plex app that is coming have me excited.