


gavbon86: I now have nightmares #techrepair #oof.RyanSmithAT: RT My team and I have spent a huge amount of time over the past year+ getting XeSS into games, so I'm stoked that we're final….Just under $400 for two LG player's isn't bad but I still wonder if they're better/worse than an XD or WD box. I really wanted to put a dedicated laptop for all the net on the big TV, but $500+ (with wireless kb/mouse) was too expensive since the wife had to have Netflix on both TVs. Only the LG BD570 did everything decently enough but I had to spend $40 extra for the wireless version because the BD550 wasn't DLNA capable. I skipped Samsung since they didn't seem to offer anything that the other didn't. Neither Panasonic's nor Toshiba's units could do it and Sony's wireless was flaky and didn't like NTFS drives.
#ROKU UPNP PLAYER MP4#
I just got 2 bluray players with the specific goals of accessing Netflx AND my MP4 collection (either from my home server or USB hard drive). I was planned to buy a Roku XD a couple of weeks ago, but since they weren't in stock yet, I figured another $100 for a networked bluray was worth a try.
#ROKU UPNP PLAYER CODE#
These are channels not available in the channel store, but you can add them to your Roku player via a code process. There is an extensive list of the publicly available content for the Roku available on their webpage there are also private channels available through some of the Roku forums, and a quick search of the web will reveal some of the user generated content out there. Once inside the channel store, you can pick and choose from the Roku's list of supported content and add the channels to your main page.

#ROKU UPNP PLAYER PLUS#
Hulu Plus shows up as "Coming Soon" at the time of writing and we do not yet have a specific timetable for when that will be available the website simply says November 2010 so it could be any day now. It isn't as flashy as many other players, with only a few options including a settings menu for the player, the channel store, and a few default channels the Roku wants to draw your attention too (Netflix, Hulu Plus, and the Amazon VOD store). Once the syncing with a Roku account finishes, up comes the main menu this same menu greeted me any time I started the player afterward. All in all the process was straightforward and went off without a hitch.

After configuring my display settings and my wireless network, the setup tool opens the Roku webpage to create a Roku account and sync my box up with that account. Having established that this is a device designed primarily for video streaming, I plugged it in to my receiver via HDMI and a power outlet and was immediately greeted by the screen below.
