Im messing with the streaming from my desktop to it atm. Is it worth spending the $40 more and getting the high end box ?No autoplay for Amazon prime either. Seek/browse times on my external HD attached via USB is painfully slow. Seems like it scans the whole directory anytime you jump to one. Pretty sure it scans the whole HD on initial load of the 'file browser app'. Haven't tried anything shared over the network yet.
No but streaming all movies and having my hard drive plugged into it does everything I need, even if I have a HTPC i would only use it for what the Roku box doesYou can't expect a full blown HTPC for $100.
Roku. But it really depends on if you have services you subscribe to or what file types you have in your current library.If it came down to Roku or Apple TV which would you pick? I've messed with Apple TV and it's nice but never screwed around with Roku.
Yeah I run PLEX on my HTPC and it works well but I really hate that the themes overlap the awesome fucking pictures for the show. Will the PLEX stream over WiFi only?I bought the Roku HD for my older bedroom TV so I could watch Netflix and DLNA from my computer. Setup was a breeze, the footprint is tiny, and once you get Plex set up right home media streams consistently well. Plex itself was annoying to setup initially, but that's another story. Roku was $75 well spent.
Works just fine over CAT5.Will the PLEX stream over WiFi only?