Roku2 xs vs. Google TV

[bupkus]

I'm wondering if the Google TV box expected to sell for $100 will allow me to do more with my backed up Movies residing on my NAS than the Roku2 xs.

 

[frowertr]

??

Do more what?

 

[bupkus]

Stream from NAS to flat screen TV.

 

[Slick5150]

Once they port XBMC over to it (which likely won't take long), then yes.

 

[smitbret]

If you wanna stream locally stored media, get a WD Live or Boxee Box. Better format support than Google TV and much easier to setup than Roku.

 

[KK]

Would it be worth it for 20 dollars more than a roku2 to get a wifi bluray play like the LG bp620. What benefits does a roku like box give over something that has smart tv type capabilities?

 

[jhansman]

Install the Plex channel on your Roku and you can stream just about anything to a connected device. I use it for HD and SD movies, music, pics, you name it.

 

[JustMe21]

Yeah, Plex was originally a fork from XBMC, but it already has a Roku channel, and Andoid and iPhone/iPad client apps that work with it while supporting OS X, Windows, and Linux on the server side. Plus, you can automatically download the movie/tv synopsises from free internet databases, so it ends up looking like your own personal Netflix.

The only downside I've encountered is that I encode in Divx, which Roku doesn't support natively, so I can't do a direct stream to Roku, it has to transcode it. On my Android tablet, using my my AMD E-350 as the server and direct streaming, it shows virtually no CPU utilization, but if I have to transcode, both cores on the E-350 max out. On my i5-2500, CPU utilization is low when transcoding.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

I just use my Playbook. It is awesome.