| 419 of 425 people found the following review helpful  So tiny, so simple, By Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Roku 2 HD Streaming Player (Electronics) Why Roku:I have been looking at getting a Roku for a few months now and when I saw that the Roku 2 had just been released, I figured it was time to take action. I've never owned a streaming video box like the Roku before, but I have a Wii I use to watch Netflix and my parents have an Apple TV that I've watched Netflix and other video on. I was originally planing to get an Apple TV, but decided on the Roku for a few reasons. First, the Apple TV requires a HD TV, which I don't have, whereas the Roku can handle both a regular TV and HD (nice if I upgrade :). Second, as much as I love Apple products, I wanted a device that had more streaming selection. Specifically, a device that had a Crunchyroll channel. And finally, the Roku is just the least expensive device of this kind. Setup: So I got my Roku yesterday and had it set up in about 10 minutes. It would have been quicker if I had been using a computer instead of an iPad. The Roku itself is TINY. A little taller... Read more 66 of 69 people found the following review helpful  Roku Rocks! And still Does!!!! 12-31-2011 Update, Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Roku 2 HD Streaming Player (Electronics) Bye Bye Cable! Just got my first Roku Box today, although we have been streaming TV (PS3 and Wii) for awhile now. I linked my Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Hulu Plus accounts to the box in a matter of minutes. Set up was easy and the free content is excellent! The box itself is tiny you dont even notice it next to the TV. We dumped our cable provider a few months ago and got by with just streaming through the Wii and PS3, but with the Roku Boxes there is a TON more content and I dont really care for the Wii platform/dashboard. The box is about 25 feet away from my wireless router and signal is full. Im very happy with this purchase and will be ordering 2-3 more for the rest of the TVs in the house.*******UPDATE******* 12-31-2011 I now have 2 of these little boxes one connected to a HD TV and one connected to my old 27 inch CRT TV. I'm just as impressed today as I was when I got my first one back in August. They at Roku have continued to add content both... Read more 135 of 148 people found the following review helpful  Simple to use, but doesn't live up to the original, By This review is from: Roku 2 HD Streaming Player (Electronics) Customer review from the Amazon Vine™ Program ( What's this?) I have an original Roku Netflix player. I swapped it out for this new Roku2 HD, and was sorely disappointed!Pros: - It's small. Like really small. About half the size of the original, and a bit bigger than a couple decks of cards. - Comes with HDMI. Not a bunch of inputs/outputs to confuse unsophisticated users. - Extremely easy to set up. Head to the website, and 2 minutes later, you're ready to go. - Sets up via wireless. Cons: - No indicator showing the current picture quality level - The picture quality was very, very, very poor. I swapped the old and new ones a few times, and consistently got a much, much lower quality and lower bandwidth picture from the new one. Overall, I can't recommend this due to the picture quality issues. This unit uses dynamic bandwidth, so I couldn't determine if it was messed up due to this unit's design, or if it was just drawing poor bandwidth. An item like this is pointless if every... Read more |
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