Home audio & video forum: Roku, Logitech Revue, or something else?

I would compile a list of the shows you absolutely need to see. Then hit the various network web sites, along with the supports sites for the products you mentioned to see who carries the content you are after. Sometimes even the so called 'best' product might be lacking enough where you simply want to continue w/ the status quo.

n/t

I don't like watching TV on my PC, which is one reason I'm considering a TV box. And that's one of my vague, generic questions: can a box, hooked to the internet, get me some of the same web sites as I can get on my computer? Which ones? If not, how does it work? What could I watch with a Roku? What could I watch with a Revue? I'm just at the For Dummies stage, trying to get the general concept after reading a few web forums and reviews that didn't quite answer all my basic questions.

NTG

But only if that box contains what your PC has. The Revue is pretty good since it has a decent browser but your vague questions leads me to write -> "It's 99 bucks to find out."
Bob

Guilty! My questions are vague because I don't yet know what it is that I don't know. And $99 may not be much, but it's a little more than I care to burn on ignorant curiosity. I always like to reduce the ignorance quotient before launching into something unknown.
What do you watch on *your* boxes?

NTG

When I gave the nod to watching content on the PC, what I *really* was alluding to is using a PC to send along video content to your HDTV, either through a HDMI or VGA connection. This way you gain the entire content of what you can access via your broadband connection/web browser and not have to worry about any sort of embargoed content that Roku (etc.) isn't licensed to provide, albeit what to can provide is at relatively affordable pricing. The networks would prefer your traffic for many shows they stream from their web sites. Given the number of mobile devices that can ubiquitously stream via a simple app, perhaps there's a reason why some of the content is on the skimpy side elsewhere.

-P

I ended up getting a Roku LT and was quite happy watching mostly Netflix and listening to Pandora. But I gave it away and now I need a replacement and I'm curious. . .are there any other inexpensive boxes that provide a built-in web browser function? The Roku didn't and the D-Link MovieNite 310 seems to be a "no" but I haven't been able to determine from Google whether or not the Neo TV 200 has this function. Are there some that do?

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It is LIMITED in many ways. For starters sites like HULU.com don't work along with may other video web sites.

DO NOT GET ANY OF THESE IF THE INTENT IS TO USE VIDEO WEB SITES. The products are not there yet at 99 to 199 bucks.

Still have my Revue and it's fine.
Bob