Roku Streaming Device

[willyfantastic]

Anybody got one? Are they any good?

Want to get one to have connected to the TV for SKyGo, BT Sport and also streaming off websites, but not 100% sure it can do this...does anybody know?

THanks

 

[Mileoakman]

Well I had the Sky Now box which is essentially the same thing. It will only let you connect to the apps you can download from the Roku site which did include some Sky movies and Sky sports but everything else was standard stuff like Facebook, Spotify, Picasso, Twitter. Did also come with a months free subscription to live USA tv channels which was quite good.
Got a bit bored with it in the end and its now disconnected. Pretty certain you wont get BT Sports or general streaming off websites as its very controlled on what you can get.

 

[Grombleton]

My mate has a Roku box - I know he streams the usual things like iPlayer, Netflix etc from it, but i don't know about Sky channels. I'll have to ask him. I do know he has mixed it up with Plex so he can also stream from his laptop from there, which may be an option?

I've got a Now TV box which as [MENTION=786]Mileoakman[/MENTION] said is pretty much the same thing...i don't know if it can be 'jailbroken' as such, but i might give it a go.

 

[willyfantastic]

thanks for the replies - doesn't sound as dynamic as I'd hoped

 

[desprateseagull]

a pal has an appletv box, similar thing?

http://www.which.co.uk/technology/t...ew-and-freesat-set-top-boxes/Apple-TV/review/

 

[CheeseRolls]

Google chromecast due to launch in the UK this week, well worth a look.