[GRLUG] Roku, boxee, etc

[Don Ellis]

Be aware that the units I have checked (Apple TV 2, Sony Dash) do not
play Hulu free, just Hulu Plus.

Also, when Woot.com offered a Chumby 8, there was no mention of
Netflix service (which does work with most of the others mentioned).
Doesn't mean it doesn't do Netflix, but that should be a basic
assumption. (btw, my Sony Dash [Chumby version] plays Netflix, but
sometimes spends way too long rebuffering)

Not having used the Roku variant, I would be glad to get one now,
either v1 or v2, except that I have a sufficient supply of Netflix
players at the moment.

--Don Ellis


On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Matthew Seeley
<matthew at threadlight.com> wrote:
> I'll plus one the roku suggestion. I have the older one with usb and its
> very nice. Especially for netflix, hulu, and rdio
>
> On Dec 17, 2011 1:22 PM, "Richard Nienhuis" <richardnienhuis at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Those are actually roku 1 machines not roku 2.
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 9:54 AM, Dagny Scott <parsleyfirefly at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> They have a Roku on sellout.woot for $50 today.
>>>
>>> http://sellout.woot.com/sale/roku-xd-1080p-streaming-player-2
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 6:36 PM, Richard Nienhuis
>>> <richardnienhuis at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I was looking at some actual dev boards rather than trying to reprogram
>>>> something else. http://www.origenboard.org/ might be a good start.  ST makes
>>>> a competing part http://www.calao-systems.com/articles.php?lng=fr&pg=6186
>>>>
>>>> This wouldn't be suitable for a final product, but more for getting
>>>> everything running.
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 3:35 PM, Casey DuBois <casey at grlug.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi GRLUG,
>>>>>
>>>>> So I'm thinking of getting some more hardware for testing.
>>>>>
>>>>> Here's the ones I was leaning towards: BoxeeBox from
>>>>> D-Link, ROKU2, Apple TV
>>>>>
>>>>> What others would you suggest?
>>>>> Hey Richard, didn't you mention one with a Dual Core in it??
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Casey DuBois
>>>>> 616-808-6942
>>>>> casey at grlug.org
>>>>>
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