| Roku!! [message #72884] |
Fri, 01 June 2012 19:11  |
TurnItUp
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Registered: April 2012
Location: Atl
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We just got a Roku box for our living room because we were getting bored with the Netflix offerings. You can watch tv from around the world on this thing and we have barely scratched the surface on what you can get. For a one time $60 price tag I am unclear as to why anybody is still paying to watch tv!
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| Re: Roku!! [message #72886 is a reply to message #72884] |
Fri, 01 June 2012 21:04  |
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Wayne Parham
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Registered: January 2001
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I'm with you on that. We have three wireless HD Roku boxes and love them. Now days, a lot of BluRay manufacturers are also bundling in streaming services, much like a Roku box. I really like those too.
The only thing I don't like is the occasional dropouts. But this isn't the Roku box's fault - it's the fault of the core technology of the IP network layer, the very nature of the internet. It isn't made to run video through.
IP was never intended for real-time feeds; In fact, it was specifically designed to recover from situations where connections fail, and not suffer data loss. So everything is broken into packets, and they do not necessarily arrive in the right order. This is great for computer data, that can be re-ordered after it arrives. Not so good for a real-time feed though, like a video transfer.
In spite of that (severe) handicap, in practice, video streams over good IP connections work pretty well. Just don't try and run them on mediocre lines or where wifi has a lot of interference. That suuuuuuucks.
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| Re: Roku!! [message #73738 is a reply to message #72884] |
Mon, 03 September 2012 15:40 |
Rockstar
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Registered: November 2010
Location: NY
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So you don't have cable or the big cable bill? Can you watch sports and reality TV on it? I would love a cheaper version of cable if I can still watch football!
Let's chat!
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| Re: Roku!! [message #74253 is a reply to message #72884] |
Thu, 25 October 2012 10:19 |
Nymeria
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Registered: April 2011
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My TV has video streaming capabilities, either through my computer or directly from Amazon, Netflix, and Hulu (although I'd have to pay for them of course). I'm not sure if Roku would get me anything extra.
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how do you find out what is available and when it will show? I may have to get a box myself.
