3D LED TV

Eric Gors

2010-09-03

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roku player hd-xr
does what it says idk i have problems only with netflix amazon on demand does the best!! other than that the thing works flawlessly!!

APC

2010-09-01

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very happy I bought Roku
Have one in the living room (HD) and one in bedroom (HD-XR). It is so easy to use. I love having the extra Netfix choices when I do not feel like watching cable. I have discovered that I can also rent movies from Amazon on this thing! It offers other program features that as of now I do not subscribe to. Am very happy I finally bought one, (two).

Douglas

2010-09-01

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Netflix finally becomes super useful
Very easy to set up and learn to use. Quality of the instant broadcast is superb. I can now see the day coming when we wont be messing with DVDs.

Fastlane

2010-08-28

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A must have for Netflix subscribers
If you have the Netflix Watch Instantly available to you, this enables watching it on your main TV instead of just on your PC. My first Samsung Blu-ray player had this Netflix feature built in, but the player went bad in less than a year and that left us with no way to play discs from my Netflix subscription or Watch Instantly. The ordeal with getting the Samsung repaired is another story, but I bought an OPPO BDP-83 instead.
The OPPO was not cheap at $500.00 and it does not have the Netflix feature, but it is an amazing player for everything from CD, SACD, DVD-A, plus Blu-ray and DVD movies. That too is another story, but I think the improvement in sound quality for movies alone is worth the difference in price.

We have gone for several months without access to the growing list of movies and tv shows available on Netflix Watch Instantly and have many times wished it was in the living room again, where it is much more comfortable to watch a movie. From what I read, it sounded like the Roku was the best choice for a stand alone solution and among the lowest priced options. Of the three models Roku offers, I went with this HD-XR because we have both the HD video and the WiFi N dual-band home network. The box is small and takes up only a small area of the top shelf of my equipment rack below the TV. A 3' HDMI cord was plenty to reach the connection for the monitor's sound and picture and I also ran a cable from the optical out to my HT receiver for surround sound. There are also connections for component video and analog audio/video plus S-Video, if needed. I echo everyone else who said how easy it was to connect to their equipment and wireless network.

The main reason for buying a Roku, for us, is Netflix, but there are other good channels and features. Pandora is excellent for listening to your own radio stations that you create on the PC. It too was very easy to connect. Amazon Video on Demand looks interesting, but I won't be renting $5 HD movies when my Netflix movies come by mail or I can pick up a Blu-ray movie at the local Redbox for $1.50. I can even reserve the Redbox online and know it's there when I want to pick it up a few minutes or a few hours later. Some of the deals on AVOD look ok and there is some free content, but I think they need to be more competitive with some of their pricing considering the options we now have.

I find the Roku easier to use than the Netflix receiver in our former Blu-ray player. There are more players and even some TVs with Netflix built in that were not available when we got our first Samsung player, which didn't come with wireless built in. I recall that wireless adapter we had to buy separately cost almost as much as the Roku. Now, if we have another problem with the Blu-ray player, we will still have access to Netflix movies with the stand alone Roku player.