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Old 07-12-2012, 02:23 PM
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Netflix made simple?
I have a couple of seniors (80's) who want to watch old movies on Netflix. They would need A: a device to decode Netflix, and B: a network connection to their home router (wireless preferred)

Is Roku a better, simpler solution (interface, ease of use), or would a DVD player with WiFi and Netflix support built-in be the way to go, and if so, any recommendations (they like to buy things at Costco, so that limits it to Samsung, Panasonic and Sony)

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Old 07-12-2012, 03:04 PM
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I have a couple of seniors (80's) who want to watch old movies on Netflix. They would need A: a device to decode Netflix, and B: a network connection to their home router (wireless preferred)

Is Roku a better, simpler solution (interface, ease of use), or would a DVD player with WiFi and Netflix support built-in be the way to go, and if so, any recommendations (they like to buy things at Costco, so that limits it to Samsung, Panasonic and Sony)

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Roku 100% in my opinion. The UI is DEAD simple, and it just works... and works very well.
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For $50 I think one of these would be your best bet. Dead simple to use, and one of the few streamers that has 300mbps wifi built in. Supposedly the higher rated speeds will have better throughput at greater distances, I use mine wired so I can't speak to how good the wireless signal is.
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Roku 100% in my opinion. The UI is DEAD simple, and it just works... and works very well.
I have to agree with that I recently Installed some in a senior home and very simple to use.
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Old 07-12-2012, 03:15 PM
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For $50 I think one of these would be your best bet. Dead simple to use, and one of the few streamers that has 300mbps wifi built in. Supposedly the higher rated speeds will have better throughput at greater distances, I use mine wired so I can't speak to how good the wireless signal is.
key point here is this is for seniors.... while neo tv seems sorta cool i guess id say for 49 you are better off with a roku LT
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You got my vote for the Roku. Dead simple.
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Old 07-12-2012, 03:33 PM
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brilliant - thanks everyone - and they are available at Costco lol
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The advantage of the DVD box, would be 1 remote, but then you have to navigate more. In this one case, I'd vote Roku, too.

Oh, one point I forgot. If the TV remote will control the DVD player thru HDMI (mine does) I'd go with the DVD box, as that would be 1 remote for the whole thing, vs. 3 remotes. (Samsung SMART TV and a Sony(?) low end BluRay $70-$80)
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key point here is this is for seniors.... while neo tv seems sorta cool i guess id say for 49 you are better off with a roku LT
Funny thing is that the neo TV is made in some sort of partnership with roku. The only reason I bought one over a roku is the fact that roku omitted CEC which I need to control my box with my remote.

I also didn't realize that the cheapest roku was only $50.
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Old 07-13-2012, 11:52 AM
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I also have access to a 'WD TV Live Plus'.

Anyone used one of those in comparison to a 'Roku 2 XS' (the only Costco model I could find)?
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Different animals. WDTV is great for streaming, but also has the ability to gather metadata for stored media. It's actually a pretty cool little device. If you wanted the extra capability I would grab one, but with the plex channel on the roku, you really get the same functionality, but have to have the plex media server running on your server. Roku is by far the most robust streaming device. It has way more channels than the competition.
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Different animals. WDTV is great for streaming, but also has the ability to gather metadata for stored media. It's actually a pretty cool little device. If you wanted the extra capability I would grab one, but with the plex channel on the roku, you really get the same functionality, but have to have the plex media server running on your server. Roku is by far the most robust streaming device. It has way more channels than the competition.
I agree, if you don't want to transcode, get the WD Live, and have a poor interface. If you don't mind trancoding mpeg-2, or have no mpeg-2 data, the Roku is better. (I'll be giving my Roku away to a friend at some point, may keep the WD Live, "just in case", to show you their respective value to me. I hate transcoding in real time more than a pretty interface!)
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these guys are all giving you bum advice. First, ask the seniors if they prefer AMD or Intel CPUs. Then ask them what flavor of Unix/linux they prefer to interact with...
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these guys are all giving you bum advice. First, ask the seniors if they prefer AMD or Intel CPUs. Then ask them what flavor of Unix/linux they prefer to interact with...
Just what does this have to do with a Roku or streaming media? Or Netflix made simple?
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Just what does this have to do with a Roku or streaming media? Or Netflix made simple?
You may have missed the joke...
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thanks, any response I would have had would have been snarky ;-)
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these guys are all giving you bum advice. First, ask the seniors if they prefer AMD or Intel CPUs. Then ask them what flavor of Unix/linux they prefer to interact with...
I get it now !!! sorry IVB
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sadly thats a quicker realization than my wife or kids at my (bad) jokes. And with 2 daughters, its really just a gigantic "who can roll their eyes at him in the most insulting way" contest.
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these guys are all giving you bum advice. First, ask the seniors if they prefer AMD or Intel CPUs. Then ask them what flavor of Unix/linux they prefer to interact with...
you forgot to ask Gnome or KDE and whether they want IPv4 or IPv6!
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the only thing that seems to be missing from Roku is 'YouTube'.

any idea WHY, or when they may implement it? If Youtube inclusion was a deal-breaker (along with Netflix), then what box is the next most-friendly one for seniors who find technology daunting...would it be Apple TV, or a DVD player of some sort?
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