Technical details from Amazon page: * 400+ channels with movies, TV shows, music, sports & more * High-definition streaming up to 720p HD * Works with virtually any TV * Built-in wireless (Wi-Fi b/g/n) * Smaller and more energy-efficient than any other streaming device
This is for the Roku HD device only - lowest price I've ever come across for this particular model.
Enjoy!
Edit: Updated title to show free shipping, also included in description, + some specs
Be careful. I have a Roku and I love it, but have been having some issues with the TV flickering every so often. Just found out that the warranty on the new units is only 90 days. Seriously, Roku?
blahbooboo2 said: Had a Roku 2 XS, returned it. Just not reliable enough and the Plex app was atrociously buggy. Went back to my HTPC.
Were you using the official Plex app that was just released a month or two ago or the beta app? I loaded the official app on my moms and played around for 30 minutes and thought it worked pretty good streaming over Comcast 12MB HSI from my house across town.
gremln007
Senior Member
posted: Jun. 6, 2012 @ 6:44p
ahcool said: Do you need to pay monthly fee for the channels? TIA
Most are free. Some are paid monthly (Netflix, hulu) or paid as used (Amazon pay per view model) or paid once.
gremln007
Senior Member
posted: Jun. 6, 2012 @ 6:44p
ganjagadget said: blahbooboo2 said: Had a Roku 2 XS, returned it. Just not reliable enough and the Plex app was atrociously buggy. Went back to my HTPC.
Were you using the official Plex app that was just released a month or two ago or the beta app? I loaded the official app on my moms and played around for 30 minutes and thought it worked pretty good streaming over Comcast 12MB HSI from my house across town.
+1 The official app is significantly better than the old beta one.
SK1911094
Senior Member
posted: Jun. 6, 2012 @ 8:23p
Thanks, ordered
retiredlawman
Senior Member
posted: Jun. 6, 2012 @ 8:25p
Several other outlet type places have the rebuilts..... know two folks that bought them wished they never heard about them. Buy new, no matter who is selling it.
retiredlawman
Senior Member
posted: Jun. 6, 2012 @ 8:30p
Plex app did have several short falls before some of the code was rewritten. I don't know if it is perfect now or not but from what I hear people are much happier with it.
jaredb03
Addicted Member
posted: Jun. 6, 2012 @ 8:32p
does anyone know if this has a usb port that can be used to watch mkv or similar formats?
netmaster911
Broke Member
posted: Jun. 6, 2012 @ 8:37p
I have this one. This is Roku 2 LT model. It does not has any USB ports.
Very nice, needed something new for Prime and Netflix
invisible
Senior Member - 2K
posted: Jun. 6, 2012 @ 10:13p
I bought new Roku 2 XS from an Amazon deal here @79.99 bux ~2 months ago, ok but quite annoying that many "channels" play ads every single time something is viewed. So at times more than if you were to view that site on your PC/tablet. We got sick of the constant 5 hr energy ads that sometimes loop, meaning you see ad, then it waits to get content but instead of content reloads ad! This often is endless loop for some channels or sub portions.
I am realizing Roku is basically just a list of bookmarks with affiliate codes that one can select in serial + or - sequence only, so that certain content websites (movies, shows, etc) based on the affiliate code that we do not see, allow some content to play with specified amounts of ads thrown in. Not quite thrilled with this but is better than nothing I guess, and some channels are better than others in amounts of ads. Annoying bcos even several otherwise free sites like NASA's with Roku show with pre load ads
coolbreeze
Senior Member - 3K
posted: Jun. 6, 2012 @ 10:21p
SSi said: Woot has the Refurb Roku XD Streaming 1080p for $50 today. This is arguably the better deal...especially if you want 1080p. On a side note, are there any features the HD will get but the older w00t one won't?
retiredlawman said: Several other outlet type places have the rebuilts..... know two folks that bought them wished they never heard about them. Buy new, no matter who is selling it.
Refurbed from Roku carry same 90 day warranty as new ones!
jaredb03 said: does anyone know if this has a usb port that can be used to watch mkv or similar formats? Target has the Roku 2 XS which has usb port on sale for $89.99
jaredb03 said: does anyone know if this has a usb port that can be used to watch mkv or similar formats?
For that, the Western Digital WD TV Live is a better choice. Put your media library on an external USB drive, and you're good to go. Or stream wireless if you can get that function to work on your wireless network.
That said, the Roku has a much better streaming channel selection. For example Roku has Amazon instant video (free if you have Amazon Prime) and the WD doesn't. Roku also has more free channels than WD.
But for video file format versatility, WD TV is the hands down winner.
I own the WD TV unit, but not the Roku. I did a lot of comparison before I bought. Both are good choices, but with slightly different feature sets.
DarkStar71 said: jaredb03 said: does anyone know if this has a usb port that can be used to watch mkv or similar formats?
For that, the Western Digital WD TV Live is a better choice. Put your media library on an external USB drive, and you're good to go. Or stream wireless if you can get that function to work on your wireless network.
That said, the Roku has a much better streaming channel selection. For example Roku has Amazon instant video (free if you have Amazon Prime) and the WD doesn't. Roku also has more free channels than WD.
But for video file format versatility, WD TV is the hands down winner.
I own the WD TV unit, but not the Roku. I did a lot of comparison before I bought. Both are good choices, but with slightly different feature sets.
Can you stream wirelessly to your Roku? If you have movies on your PC Hard Drive that is? If so, no need for usb port really.
mrodrig2
Senior Member
posted: Jun. 7, 2012 @ 4:14p
skeez said: jaredb03 said: does anyone know if this has a usb port that can be used to watch mkv or similar formats? Target has the Roku 2 XS which has usb port on sale for $89.99
Currently $84.95 at Amazon so you can save $5 plus tax and shipping.
breaux124
Senior Member - 2K
posted: Jun. 7, 2012 @ 4:52p
skeez said: Can you stream wirelessly to your Roku? If you have movies on your PC Hard Drive that is? If so, no need for usb port really.
It can stream through an application like Plex on your PC, and then you add the Plex channel to your Roku. But this requires a computer with enough CPU to transcode the video files on the fly, since it doesn't directly support MKV playback (at least my version doesn't).
I've got a Roku, various WD media player models, and a HTPC running XBMC. Each has it's advantages.
Thanks for sharing that, price is ok, the most important thing is that i like this product.^ ^
badjamesotron
New Member
posted: Jun. 8, 2012 @ 8:38a
Woohoo, thanks!! i like this product!
blahbooboo2
Addicted Member
posted: Jun. 8, 2012 @ 9:21a
ganjagadget said: blahbooboo2 said: Had a Roku 2 XS, returned it. Just not reliable enough and the Plex app was atrociously buggy. Went back to my HTPC.
Were you using the official Plex app that was just released a month or two ago or the beta app? I loaded the official app on my moms and played around for 30 minutes and thought it worked pretty good streaming over Comcast 12MB HSI from my house across town.
Official app. It was buggy as hell. Surround sound didn't work, constant crashing either the entire Roku box or the Plex app itself. It will work for some things fine, others it just crashed. One bug was changing the video streaming type inside of the Movie area would crash it back to Roku main page.
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liddonibblez
Blissful member
posted: Jun. 11, 2012 @ 9:51a
flyhighutah said: oklahomadude said: not the same offer (last link)...I am a prime member..
$59.99 + $7.83 shipping In Stock. Sold by DataVision Computer Video See on the right hand side it says "More Buying Choices" sold by Amazon for $49.99 and Free Shipping, BTW thanks for the RED
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