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Anyone here use Roku? I hear its a popular streaming service though I'm not sure how its used.
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It's pretty cool! I use it as part of my desk TV, my little under 21" HDTV for my desk. I can watch YouTube on there, with my phone being the remote, I can watch live TV through my cable provider's app, obviously Netflix and Hulu, and there are a couple of other smaller content creators that I watch through there. It's pretty cool to be able to have that setup with dual monitoring my MacBook.
Yeah, we have a Roku hooked up to our living room TV and its nice of streaming. Since I have an Xbox in my room I just use that. If you have a smart TV which lets you stream directly from that then its not worth investing in a Roku which does the same thing so I wonder how it will last once more people start switching over to Smart TVs.
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The cool thing with the Roku is the established ecosystem. It's the same reason why I'd go with that or an Apple TV over a Smart TV, despite the fact that both have games and apps. People are developing for those platforms, while a Smart TV feels like an add-on specifically to charge more, at least in my experience.
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Roku does look like a nice device for people looking for an affordable streaming settop box.
But, the Nvidia Shield TV console settop box which runs Android TV looks like a good choice as well because the Nvidia Shield TV can play mobile games with a controller, and also stream PC games to it, and use the controller to play games.
I think Android TV has a lot of streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, YouTube, and other streaming apps available for it.
But, the Nvidia Shield TV console settop box which runs Android TV looks like a good choice as well because the Nvidia Shield TV can play mobile games with a controller, and also stream PC games to it, and use the controller to play games.
I think Android TV has a lot of streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, YouTube, and other streaming apps available for it.
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One of my relatives use the Roku device and even after plenty of explanation, I still don't get how it works. I hear it can be pretty complex as far as the settings go. But it seems like the hot item to get for those who have a flat screen TV and need some channel surfing in their lives. As far as I go I prefer to stay away from the modern day Television programming. It just doesn't cut it anymore in my eyes but to each its own and I do hope you were able to figure this out by now.