[GRLUG] Roku, boxee, etc

[Ryan Pusztai]

I ended up getting a Roku from woot today. Sparked by this discussion. I
will let you know how it goes. My main things are local media and Pandora.
I will bee using Plex media server to stream my local video files to the
Roku. Hope it work good.
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Ryan

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On Dec 17, 2011 4:50 PM, "Don Ellis" <don.ellis at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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