Comments on: Roku’s TV Box Adds Amazon Video on Demand

By: Will S

Will S — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:40:16 +0000

… and for just over half a million dollars you can watch Amazon’s whole collection. You can’t compare an $8.99 unlimited Netflix subscription to a pay-per-view service. It is apples and oranges.

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By: Bob Forsberg

Bob Forsberg — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:49:33 +0000

I ordered the Roku box the day it was introduced and another one for my sister last Christmas. Set-up is simple and works without a hitch wirelessly on G, but doesn’t do N. I wirelessly stream their HD content, noticeably better than normal streaming without pauses or artifacts.

The remote is simple and what you would like to see in many other products. I use its HDMI connection.

Between Netflix’s “Watch it Now” on my 24″ iMac or streaming to my 73″ Mitsubishi HD with an unlimited 1 at a time Netfix $8.95/mo DVD subscription, I can always find something to watch. In my queue I have seasons of complete TV series I’ve missed and many old movies I never saw, to stream on the Roku box or watch streaming to my computer.

An excellent value if you don’t need the instant gratification to be the first to watch what has just been released.

By: DaveinOlyWA

DaveinOlyWA — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:16:00 +0000

have had the box for about 6 months now, got it just after netflix introduced it, and ya the instant selection is limited, but it a great filler while waiting for my 3 movies of recent releases to come in. now the instant view options are strange to me. many TV series have only selected seasons on instant view while other seasons are only available on DVD. now if it was just newer seasons, i could see that, but frequently its simply random.

my box is using wi-fi and my station is upstairs but i only occasionally experience a “re-queue” of the stream. for the money, its a great deal