{"id":13324,"date":"2012-08-16T16:49:15","date_gmt":"2012-08-16T15:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=13324"},"modified":"2012-08-16T16:49:15","modified_gmt":"2012-08-16T15:49:15","slug":"bought-a-second-roku-streaming-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=13324","title":{"rendered":"Bought A Second Roku Streaming Player"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several months ago I bought a Roku 2 XS<\/a> streaming player for my living room. I wanted something simple, economic, and quiet to play media (movies from my Home Server via Plex<\/a>) or web content (Netflix and TWiT).  It worked great with Netflix and other online streaming services. Most MP4\u2019s were fine but some were jittery; that seemed to sort itself out over time \u2026 I guess an update to the software fixed it.  My Sky satellite box had a cabling fault so I couldn\u2019t watch much TV.  It was like that for months, and I didn\u2019t care.  Why?  I was watching stuff via the Roku more than I was watching broadcast TV.  Broadcast TV became the filler between things I wanted to watch online or streamed from the home server.<\/p>\n

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When I bought my house I decided not to put a TV in the bedroom.  The reason is that from time to time I just can\u2019t fall asleep and I wanted a simple clean room with no distractions.  It turns out, that no distractions is a distraction for my overactive mind.  So today I finally relented and bought an LED HD TV for the room.  I hate cabling and I didn\u2019t want to put in a second Sky box (with the additional subscription cost).  I didn\u2019t want to put in an Xbox360 with the noise it creates.  Instead, I decided to go for the lower end Roku LT<\/a>.  That\u2019s all I need; it\u2019ll play from Netflix, it\u2019ll stream from Plex on my home server, and there\u2019s even a channel that has the network stations from the USA.  It\u2019s not going to play 1080p HD like the Roku 2 XS but it\u2019s half the price and is enough for the \u201csmall\u201d screen TV.<\/p>\n

Luckily I work for the Irish distributor of Roku and of the brand of TV that I bought so the package didn\u2019t cost me too much \"Smile\"<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re outside the USA then note that the number of channels available on Roku is much<\/em> smaller.<\/p>\n

I did have the choice of going Apple TV (we also distribute Apple) or even an Android thing from Noontec.  But the Roku has done the job.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Several months ago I bought a Roku 2 XS streaming player for my living room. I wanted something simple, economic, and quiet to play media (movies from my Home Server via Plex) or web content (Netflix and TWiT).  It worked great with Netflix and other online streaming services. Most MP4\u2019s were fine but some were … Continue reading “Bought A Second Roku Streaming Player”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t