[GRLUG] Roku, boxee, etc

[Don Ellis]

Oh, and I meant to say I've had pretty good luck with Woot, for the
most part. Returned an Altec alarm clock/radio because of poor design.
I've returned several Jawbone BT headsets I got from a similar site
(Daily Steals) because the batteries have gone stale.

--Don Ellis


On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 3:40 PM, Don Ellis <don.ellis at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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>

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