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I don't really see anything on the 3 that is any better than the 2XS, except now the 2XS will drop and I can grab another for the wife's hobby room tv.
Faster CPU and better remote are the only really big upgrades here. The Roku 2 XS is now discontinued and is being replaced by the Roku 3 for the same price. All Roku 2's will be getting the new interface upgrade in May.
I'm debating it, but I'm going to hold out a little longer and read some of the experiences Plex users have. I've only gotten my Roku 2s to work reliably with Plex by forcing transcoding, contrary to what the Plex devs say to do. I am not sure this will change with Roku 3, but I'm hoping it does.
Can Rokus run XBMC?
http://www.roku.com/why-its-cool?gclid=CImUgJfB67UCFQ2nnQod1kkA5A
Anyone buying one? I may have to replace my Roku HD in my bedroom for this one for the Remote headphone ability alone. My wife gets annoyed when I watch TED Talks or TWIT when she is trying to sleep![]()
Still no Youtube?
Haven't had this issue at all, however it helps if they are already encoded to what a roku will accept w/o transcoding.
Sorry, I wasn't very clear or specific. To be clear, the issue is with MKV files. The issue I've found is that when I encode them to MPG, they work without issue but the audio is strictly stereo in my home theater. If I use MKV with audio passthrough, the audio comes through as intended (5.1 with DTS, Dolby, etc). The problem is that Rokus crash when trying to play MKVs, so Plex is supposed to detect that and only transcode when necessary. However, I've found it doesn't work so I force transcoding. It works beautifully but I wish I didn't have to. Maybe I'm overlooking something.
Yeah, the Rokus and ATV are still crap for local streaming. The boxes that are good at local streaming don't have the online capability of the Roku or ATV.
It's a never ending struggle. Can't wait for someone to eventually get them both right. I'll be on that waiting list.
Videobuzz plays youtube videos, and 1080P plays only 1080P youtube videos. So, while not natively supported, theres channels for it yes.
And it already does things like airplay with android devices...so...I haven't personally used an APTV2, but those I've talked to who use both say Roku beats it.
The Plex requirement is a deal-killer for me.
I have several computers in the house actually, but I just found it to be an extra layer of complexity and maintenance to have a computer-based server. I much prefer just using my NAS.Totally understandable. I just happen to have enough parts for a server build and electricity is cheap here. So I figured what the heck![]()