![]() ![]() I don't have a Roku, but from what I've seen, it's mainly application (channel) based. DLNA is just a cherry picked subset of UPnP. I don't believe there is a Plex application. The other applications were usable, but not great. I started out with a WDTV Live (flashed with WDLXTV), it works extremely well for local media (hard drive) or media streamed via UPnP or DLNA (upnp > dlna). The box is well supported by the company and they are still working on the hd streaming, kind of odd that hd works through my nas and the internet fine but not through the network ota streamer though.Īre you still planning on using it as a portable media player? Does the Roku support external hard drives? I know it works swimmingly well with Plex and everything else, but if you're going to be taking the box and an external hard drive, the WDTV is probably the better choice. The only problem I have now is that live hd tv streaming through Xbmc the audio is behind the video, this is a problem with the hardware on the box I believe (probably a driver issue or something) because my computer and android tablet both stream the same oat tv channels fine with no audio delay via xbmc. What I eventually settled on (which is not perfect but is being actively worked on still) was the android set top box with xbmc, it has a web browser and via Xbmc I have plenty of streaming options (7p stream fine from online and my nas) and an HDHomeRun which streams live tv through my network. I could have got you tube and nas streaming working on it but some of that required a pc running software (at that point I may as well have a HTPC instead) or lots of modification to my nas programming that I did not want to do, so it left something to be desired not to mention I want to be able to stream OTA channels to it which it wouldn't support (I don't know if atv supports that either). I settled on a roku which was nice for streaming Netflix, hull and Amazon but I missed out on things like you tube (haven't looked at the Roku 3 so this may be a non issue now). When I was looking for a device to use for my media interface for my tv I looked at quite a few options, I looked at the Apple tv but I don't own any other Apple devices and didn't want to convert my nas library to a format that will work with the Apple tv, it seemed like a great box if you used iTunes a lot and had other Mac devices though. I'm fairly new to the set top box scene for media playback/streaming I've only owned a roku2 and an android set top box (the g box midnight mx2). So WD-TV-Live gets the big thumbs up from me. ![]() Network streaming is nice, no NetFlix for us aussies, but the youtube stuff works (been overdosing on Derren Brown shows - Enigma, Svengali, his full shows on YouTube are awesome+) The 'little box' (its name according to the TV) is a welcome component of our home setup, and has virtually replaced the hard working PVRs we had been using -constantly- since the early noughties. If I put these on USB device it might work, but I'm too lazy to do that, and just watch something else instead. It's played almost everything I've thrown at it, with the exception of HD Blu Ray rips, which are frame-limited to the point of it being a slide-show (wifi bandwidth insufficient). ![]() I had some initial difficulty with it 'forgetting' my network credentials, preventing it from accessing my PC's library of video, but that's been ok for a long time. A large number of Firmware updates which didn't seem to change how it works. I bought the WD TV Live, and it's been stellar. WD TV Live This is what I wanted, a small (equivalent of Apple TV size) no-nonsense box with WIFI support, HDMI out, which could read USB and handled most codecs without any fuss or limitations. Never saw this in Australian stores, it has phenomenal user-support in various fora, but the lack of local availability was the biggest deterrent. Seeing this is now Abandonware, I'm pretty pleased I avoided the early hype. When I was doing my research, this was the hot item, but it was also quite expensive in comparison to what I got. I did a fair bit of research before I jumped.Īpple TV was looking nice, 'cept my only Apple device is my iPad, and it seems to have a dependency upon iTunes - then there is the media restrictions, and the whole 'Apple Walled Garden' media nastyness. ![]()
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