I used Roku once about 4-5 years ago and returned it to Amazon.
So I'm not too familiar.
But what is the advantage of getting a Roku vs a Sony BD player that can stream (5.1 DD+ Netflix, 5.1 DD Amazon) and play BD?
The advantage of a Roku is the massive number of
channels (hundreds, plus all of the
unofficial channels) that they offer. Most beyond the major movie and music channels are niche channels but if you have any interest in those niches it's a pretty cool toy. I primarily use mine for Netflix, Amazon, and older HBO shows (must have HBO from cable to access HBO-Go) that are not available free on demand from my cable provider, plus
techie TV channels, but there are hundreds of funky channels to explore and I have 96 channels currently loaded on mine. Want to learn Thai
cooking? There's a channel for that
. But if you're going to install zillions of channels I recommend adding a 2GB MicroSD card so that it can cache the graphics instead of downloading them each time because it really does help keep it snappy.
I think someone posted that the update would have been last week. I keep going to update software everyday and nothing, frustrating.
Hopefully it will happen before May.
The rumors on the Roku forum are late May. BTW it automatically checks for updates every day.
