Roku vs. Squeezebox...

[bkfitz]

If both support streaming from MOG, Spotify, etc... why would anyone buy a squeezebox in lieu of a ROKU (which also streams video, netflix, amazon, tons of channels, etc)?

 

[jonnythan]

Roku requires a TV and doesn't stream files from the local network (except through iTunes shares).

Completely different animals.

 

[jcunwired]

Yep, for this use case Roku is not the device you're looking for.

 

[sholling]

Roku requires a TV and doesn't stream files from the local network (except through iTunes shares).

Completely different animals.

+1 completely different animals. The Roku us a great internet media player but a pretty lousy network media player and because it's designed as an internet-TV device it requires a TV. I use a two-box solution with a Roku and a Netgear NeoTV 550 (~$90) network media player to cover all of the bases but again it requires that my TV be on.

 

[etoinshrdlu]

My Roku now sits in a drawer since my Visio TV is Internet capable and I use my squeeze box to access 2TB of digital from my iTunes server in another took with my Rhapsody remote.
Doug