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brecklundin · 06-05-2009, 07:15 PM

kind of amazing the choices we have no since the original release of the Roku. And clearly Roku is well behind the curve now.

I did have a box setup as a media center/server for a number of years and used remote access options to control it. But at the time there were no remote controls. So, I used a couple VNC apps to enable use of my PDA and N800 to essentially act as remote controls for the PC's beside each TV in the house. I used old laptops which were still good enough for the purpose. But now most of them simply cannot maintain the video processing. And I don't feel like building new PC's (I have up that part of the biz a loooong time ago, after building your first 2k systems, like pulling miles of cable or using a manual transmission, I got tired of it...hehehehe).

Gideon, I have read so many folks LOVE their Xbox as a media device. It does interest me a lot, but not enough to pop for the price. My original purpose with the Roku & Netflix was to save that just under $130/mo expense for DirecTV figuring I already keep the fastest internet connection offered in my area and change every time an faster connection is offered, why not use it...I know that is immaterial to the device, but for me the Roku made sense last year. This year, might have gone the Xbox route...

I thin, just like reading devices, we are going to see a lot more options soon.

Has anyone tried Boxee? It's another interesting option at which I've only recently looked more closely. My biggest frustration with Netflix/Roku streaming is the lack of a playlist feature as well as the worlds worst organization of media queue content I have ever seen...I mean, cripes, unless one wants to keep just 30 or so items in the list it's just unwieldy, that said, I typically have over 300 items in my Instant Watch queue...I KNOOOW, that is just, well, my fault.

In my defence, the reason is, I do not always want to use a PC to access the site, find the content I want, add it to the queue then go watch it. So, I keep a lot of TV series, especially BBC shows which I LOVE but also US shows like CSI and I forget the other one or two. I just would love to see sort of a subscription style playlist not too different from Hulu but also the ability to create playlist/groups of content. Last to filter the list, on the box by genre or topic or ?? would be ideal. I'm sure it's coming "real soon now".

Great reads on the other options we have these days.

06-05-2009, 07:15 PM	#20
brecklundin Banned Posts: 1,906 Karma: 15348 Join Date: Jun 2007 Device: mine	kind of amazing the choices we have no since the original release of the Roku. And clearly Roku is well behind the curve now. I did have a box setup as a media center/server for a number of years and used remote access options to control it. But at the time there were no remote controls. So, I used a couple VNC apps to enable use of my PDA and N800 to essentially act as remote controls for the PC's beside each TV in the house. I used old laptops which were still good enough for the purpose. But now most of them simply cannot maintain the video processing. And I don't feel like building new PC's (I have up that part of the biz a loooong time ago, after building your first 2k systems, like pulling miles of cable or using a manual transmission, I got tired of it...hehehehe). Gideon, I have read so many folks LOVE their Xbox as a media device. It does interest me a lot, but not enough to pop for the price. My original purpose with the Roku & Netflix was to save that just under $130/mo expense for DirecTV figuring I already keep the fastest internet connection offered in my area and change every time an faster connection is offered, why not use it...I know that is immaterial to the device, but for me the Roku made sense last year. This year, might have gone the Xbox route... I thin, just like reading devices, we are going to see a lot more options soon. Has anyone tried Boxee? It's another interesting option at which I've only recently looked more closely. My biggest frustration with Netflix/Roku streaming is the lack of a playlist feature as well as the worlds worst organization of media queue content I have ever seen...I mean, cripes, unless one wants to keep just 30 or so items in the list it's just unwieldy, that said, I typically have over 300 items in my Instant Watch queue...I KNOOOW, that is just, well, my fault. In my defence, the reason is, I do not always want to use a PC to access the site, find the content I want, add it to the queue then go watch it. So, I keep a lot of TV series, especially BBC shows which I LOVE but also US shows like CSI and I forget the other one or two. I just would love to see sort of a subscription style playlist not too different from Hulu but also the ability to create playlist/groups of content. Last to filter the list, on the box by genre or topic or ?? would be ideal. I'm sure it's coming "real soon now". Great reads on the other options we have these days.