Nothing in this thread has anything on a real HTPC.
It is if you just want a remote control friendly setup that allows you to access online content with as few buttons and little maintenance as possible.
It is if you just want a remote control friendly setup that allows you to access online content with as few buttons and little maintenance as possible.
Nothing in this thread has anything on a real HTPC.
Without Plex, the Roku is pointless. Plex is what makes Roku, otherwise, you may as well get something else. It does do 1080p and has the best Netflix interface you'll find.
Over the holidays, I setup my in-laws with a couple of Roku boxes & Plex, and ripped all of their movies to their computer using Handbrake & MakeMKV. It works incredibly well over wireless. They have SDTV's (a giant RPTV & a smaller tube) and even transcoded stuff looks great, although I think the Roku does MKV & MP4 files natively, so you don't have the quality loss. I'm the only one that transcoding bothers (and only on HDTV) so no one else really cared
You can really see a quality difference when content transcodes
You can really see a quality difference when content transcodes