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[CHONGS]

I have a Roku and its pretty good for what it is.

was curious about this as well, but I want to be able to stream Hulu without paying for Hulu's premium service. 


Also, do you get ESPN3 on Roku?

Hulu plus is worth it to me.  No espn3 at this point in time, but you get Amazon.  I get great picture quality.

[Duncan]

i've been underwhelmed by netflix streaming.  tv shows are pretty good, but not much in terms of movies.  hopefully that gets better. 

quality is hit and miss.  hd tv/movies look pretty good, but sometimes you'll get one that is somewhat pixelated, or stutters/drops frames.  not due to bandwidth, just that particular movie encoding.

[kitten_mittons]

i've been underwhelmed by netflix streaming.  tv shows are pretty good, but not much in terms of movies.  hopefully that gets better. 

quality is hit and miss.  hd tv/movies look pretty good, but sometimes you'll get one that is somewhat pixelated, or stutters/drops frames.  not due to bandwidth, just that particular movie encoding.

Netflix streaming is worth it just for TV shows.

I do not know why they don't put any good movies on streaming, but I'm sure someone here knows.

[pissclams]

costs more.  the tv stuff they stream was, before netflix, pretty dead.  so it was really cheap to get the rights owners to allow them to stream that stuff.

[hemmy]

Some jackass companies refuse to put their content on Netflix streaming.  I do not support those companies.

[Rage Against the McKee]

Some jackass companies refuse to put their content on Netflix streaming.  I do not support those companies.

Even the ones that rely heavily on subscriptions like HBO?

[dmartin]

We ditched our cable about a month and a half ago, and just built a cheap (around 300) HTPC.  Between Hulu, Netflix, and Playon we can watch just about anything we wanted to, and local channels still come through the internet cable just fine. the few network shows that can't be found online (ie criminal minds) we just set up to record off the cable feed.  Haven't watched sports yet (nothings on now, don't care for baseball, and no time to watch NBA playoffs) but espn3 should cover just about everything.

[HeinBallz]

As someone that's been streaming netflix for about 2 years now; the selection has quadrupled in the last year.  It really sucked to begin with, but it's been getting better.   It's forced us to watch some movies that I would never have even heard of, which has been both good & bad.

[Rage Against the McKee]

As someone that's been streaming netflix for about 2 years now; the selection has quadrupled in the last year.  It really sucked to begin with, but it's been getting better.   It's forced us to watch some movies that I would never have even heard of, which has been both good & bad.

Netflix usually does a pretty good job of recommending me movies, so I haven't really been burned too many times on watching movies I haven't heard of. It's a great service, much better than any paid subscription to a movie channel.

[KCFDcat]

watching season 2 of Friday Night Lights on netflix as I type. Next up: Psych. Don't know how I lived without 'flix, streams right to my beautiful 55" vizio LED. 

[steve dave]

how you people live your lives watching this amount of tv/movies is beyond me.  you could be message boarding that entire time. 

[CNS]

watching season 2 of Friday Night Lights on netflix as I type. Next up: Psych. Don't know how I lived without 'flix, streams right to my beautiful 55" vizio LED. 

Psych is great.

[KCFDcat]

watching season 2 of Friday Night Lights on netflix as I type. Next up: Psych. Don't know how I lived without 'flix, streams right to my beautiful 55" vizio LED. 

Psych is great.

maybe one of the funniest shows ever. not exaggerating

[michigancat]

thinking about google tv for watching espn3. anyone done it or know of something better? (that isn't cable)

[jdagg2003]

thinking about google tv for watching espn3. anyone done it or know of something better? (that isn't cable)

espn blocked streaming to Google tv devices.

[michigancat]

thinking about google tv for watching espn3. anyone done it or know of something better? (that isn't cable)

espn blocked streaming to Google tv devices.

link?

not even through the browser? is xbox360 the only thing that works? I know you would at least have espn3 and netflix.

[06wildcat]

thinking about google tv for watching espn3. anyone done it or know of something better? (that isn't cable)

espn blocked streaming to Google tv devices.

link?

not even through the browser? is xbox360 the only thing that works? I know you would at least have espn3 and netflix.

Are they even selling Google TV anymore? I'm currently paying the price of being an early adopter, back when Google was supposedly rolling it out early and going to be adding ways to add apps etc. Never happened. Very expensive Netflix player.

And espn3 is blocked on it.

It's also incredibly underpowered for the price. You're better off buying a cheap lap/desktop and going the wireless mouse/keyboard route. Best way I've found to get around site restrictions on Google tv and other similar devices.

[kim carnes]

thinking about google tv for watching espn3. anyone done it or know of something better? (that isn't cable)

espn blocked streaming to Google tv devices.

link?

not even through the browser? is xbox360 the only thing that works? I know you would at least have espn3 and netflix.

Are they even selling Google TV anymore? I'm currently paying the price of being an early adopter, back when Google was supposedly rolling it out early and going to be adding ways to add apps etc. Never happened. Very expensive Netflix player.

And espn3 is blocked on it.

It's also incredibly underpowered for the price. You're better off buying a cheap lap/desktop and going the wireless mouse/keyboard route. Best way I've found to get around site restrictions on Google tv and other similar devices.

  at you buying one of those.  What were you thinking?