[GRLUG] Roku, boxee, etc

[Topher]

On Dec 17, 2011, at 6:19 PM, Ryan Pusztai <rpusztai at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
> 
The biggest complaints I've read about roku deal with its lack of ability to play locally shared media, like from another machine on your network.  That's making me look hard at boxee.



> Regards,
> Ryan
> 
> Sent from my Droid
> 
> 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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