need media streamer suggestions (WD TV Live, Roku, etc)

[Darren Dirt]

Really eh.  Not one problem with mine, and works online, with plex, and with the games on the device itself.  Wife just loves it.  Maybe you got a lemon?

How often does your internet drop out? Try unplugging it, or killing it's access to wifi (without turning it off/disabling it on the roku itself). See if the roku or youtube/netflix manage to figure it out after you give it access again. I haven't tried wired on the xs, so I have no idea if that's a problem.. but she could never get access again on the roku with out a reboot, or hard reset after the internet dropped out when using it.

Hmmm well mine is wired in, and my internet may blip once a month if that.  I'm not sure how reliable it is in a flaky internet situation or bad wireless signal.

Mine is WiFi only, and even at the other end of the long hallway with plenty of walls to get in the way of the signal it works just fine -- maybe once every 2 weeks do I need to do a cycling of the Telus modem if the Roku seems to "lose" its connection ... never had to "bounce" the Roku itself though.

- don't do HD over wifi (its all about sustained Minimum throughput)

Agreed with that -- one of the first things I did after getting Netflix was logon (on PC, not Roku) and make sure the quality wasn't tops cuz I wanted to reduce the chance of both bandwidth over-consumption and LAG.

Of course, I don't have a monster-sized TV screen so I ain't missing much by not choosing HD. Others may find it unacceptably poor quality of picture...

[Tom]

Sooo, I thought roku had youtube? Turns out no. Was just going to give it a try. Ah well. I still have Chrome on my media box for that.

[Lazybones]

Sooo, I thought roku had youtube? Turns out no. Was just going to give it a try. Ah well. I still have Chrome on my media box for that.

No, however if you are using it with plex I believe Plex has a YouTube channel you can add.

I suggested a google TV if you wanted YouTue, I have hate every YouTube app I have tried on LG, Samsung and the WDTV. If I recall the plex channel isn't very good as well.

To watch YouTube on my TV I usually send the video to my Plex Queue to play directly in plex. You can do that with a bookmarklet or email. 

[Tom]

Yeah, I pretty much dislike every non web youtube interface I've tried. and the newer web interface has its issues. Especially on my media box, they've made the top bar always show, and the left side bar pop over, and not scroll, so trying to access the list of my subs is really annoying, especially if I have the page zoomed up to 150%.

Google TV is pretty hard to get in canada (as I had mentioned) on a device that doesn't suck horribly. Tempted to try and get my hands on a chrome-cast, but I still really dont like the mobile youtube apps. I really dont know what google is thinking sometimes. They keep breaking things.

[Mr. Analog]

Roku owners, you can now watch Livestreams on your TV

[Lazybones]

Roku owners, you can now watch Livestreams on your TV

Can you give an example?

[Mr. Analog]

Roku owners, you can now watch Livestreams on your TV

Can you give an example?

I found out about it today:
http://new.livestream.com/tv

http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/04/livestream-roku/

[Darren Dirt]

Roku owners, you can now watch Livestreams on your TV

do you mean this majigger?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livestream

[Lazybones]

Roku owners, you can now watch Livestreams on your TV

Can you give an example?

I found out about it today:
http://new.livestream.com/tv

http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/04/livestream-roku/

So you answered your own question?

The roku has all sorts of individual dedicated channels such as NASA TV, which features live content.

As with all devices like this, there are limits.

[Darren Dirt]

http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/04/livestream-roku/

Roku "add channel" link: http://www.roku.com/channels/#!details/29216/livestream



so... does this news mean that with Livestream you can stream (live) ANYTHING (video, etc.) that is displaying on your PC screen?

cuz if that's the case, now there really is no more reason to pay for cable tv service...

[Mr. Analog]

Roku owners, you can now watch Livestreams on your TV

Can you give an example?

I found out about it today:
http://new.livestream.com/tv

http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/04/livestream-roku/

So you answered your own question?

The roku has all sorts of individual dedicated channels such as NASA TV, which features live content.

As with all devices like this, there are limits.

I'm confused :? the original post I made was a statement of fact, not a question.

You can now watch anybody's Livestream on Roku

Roku owners, you can now watch Livestreams on your TV

do you mean this majigger?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livestream

Y-yes?

Is there something else named Livestream out there??

[Tom]

http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/04/livestream-roku/

Roku "add channel" link: http://www.roku.com/channels/#!details/29216/livestream



so... does this news mean that with Livestream you can stream (live) ANYTHING (video, etc.) that is displaying on your PC screen?

cuz if that's the case, now there really is no more reason to pay for cable tv service...

nope. Might want to read the techcrunch link.


Livestream in this case is a content delivery service, which I suppose you could use to live stream anything... But twitch might be a better option for regular people.

[Lazybones]

Roku owners, you can now watch Livestreams on your TV

Can you give an example?

I found out about it today:
http://new.livestream.com/tv

http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/04/livestream-roku/

So you answered your own question?

The roku has all sorts of individual dedicated channels such as NASA TV, which features live content.

As with all devices like this, there are limits.

I'm confused :? the original post I made was a statement of fact, not a question.

You can now watch anybody's Livestream on Roku

My brain processed it as:

Roku owners, can you  watch Livestreams on your TV?

Brain no worky...

[Tom]

Just gave it a try. It's ok. Mostly US news channels at the moment, but there are some upcoming music and tech streams. They do TED live which is darned cool. Actually right now, theres a live jazz performance on the go. not my bag, but some of you may like that sort of thing.

[Mr. Analog]

Ah yeah no worries.

I sometimes watch art livestreams so I thought it cool that I could watch them on TV if I had a roku box

:-)