[olug] Off topic: Roku box users?

[Adam Lassek]

You need an official install of Silverlight to use Netflix on a PC, this is a DRM restriction not a technical shortcoming of Moonlight.
I have Boxee on an OSX HTPC and I actually like my Roku's interface better. I think a streaming box like Roku/AppleTV is a good complement to an HTPC but you can't do everything well with only one.

On Oct 3, 2010, at 10:52 AM, sean sinclair wrote:

> I'm a netflix user. I tried the Boxee thing but could never get netflix
> to work on my Ubuntu machine. Boxee wouldn't allow me to add Netflix to
> it. I used the boxee-0.9.21.12563.x86_64.deb package.    And  be careful
> with Boxee, It was running super sluggishly. 
> 
> On Sat, 2010-10-02 at 18:56 -0500, Todd Wittenmeier wrote:
> 
>> No Cable here either, it's almost to the point now where you can get
>> whatever you want online legally so.. WHY keep cable? esp when most of the
>> programming on it doesn't appeal to a guy like me when I can find it online
>> anyway.
>> 
>> I'm buying an HDTV soon and net putting a small Atom Powered Net-top box on it
>> with Ubuntu and Hulu Desktop / Boxee on it, Most of my movies I ripped
>> already (I'm lazy lol what can I say :D) and sitting on a drive share. I
>> plan to use one of these to remote control this machine:
>> 
>> http://www.buy.com/prod/new-2-4ghz-mini-wireless-rii-keyboard-with-touchpad-for-laptop-pc-wii/q/sellerid/26076229/loc/101/216607284.html
>> 
>> <http://www.buy.com/prod/new-2-4ghz-mini-wireless-rii-keyboard-with-touchpad-for-laptop-pc-wii/q/sellerid/26076229/loc/101/216607284.html>It's
>> cheap so we will see if it flops.
>> 
>> I already have a wii which if I really want to I could use with Netflix but
>> I'm not really concerned about it atm.
>> 
>> If it works out I'll make 2 more.
>> 
>> 
>> On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 2:36 PM, John Moran <bugs.moran at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> My wife said she wanted a Wii for her birthday, just for watching Netflix.
>>> I got her a Roku, and she LOVES it.
>>> 
>>> We've been without cable for years.  I like this setup a lot better.
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Anyone a user of a Roku box on the list?
>>>> 
>>>> I'm looking at ditching my Cable TV, and go to NetFlix+Amazon Video On
>>>> Demand for my TV.  (Possibly add a small Myth TV box to capture local
>>>> over-the-air stuff via antenna.)
>>>> 
>>>> Anyone gone down this route that wants to share experiences and hints?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> DanL
>>>> 
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