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| Thread ID: 148027 | 2019-06-22 22:21:00 | Is the Roku Ultra is good as it looks? | ruup (1827) | PC World Chat |
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| 1461690 | 2019-06-22 22:21:00 | king to replace my aging WD Media player, has anyone had any experience with the Roku Ultra? Cheers |
ruup (1827) | ||
| 1461691 | 2019-06-22 23:38:00 | What type of media do you play? And was your wd the one that was a streamer of played local media? Most media players now are what I consider as streamers . They run apps which allow the app makers to show their Content . Eg Netflix, Hulu amazon prime etc . You have to have access to, and subscriptions to these services to access their content . Most rokus fall into this category (I have a 3) . Unless the roku ultra has an inbuilt hard drive or something, I’d expect it the same . Also given you have to import a roku, there are no local nz apps (light box, fan pass, spark sport and the like) . So it comes done to what type of things do you want to play . You can do local media, but it’s normally through something like Plex, which needs a server to run . Or you can look at a shield tv which can also run Plex, but possibly kodi and some of the NZ apps all on one box . Or for cheaper the android “kodi” boxes . Can run local media and there are some methods for getting your sky go subscription, and live broadcast tv . At the higher end of cost is the Apple TV, like the roku can install apps, but on the same device you can have us, UK and nz apps . And Plex for local media . |
psycik (12851) | ||
| 1461692 | 2019-06-23 01:53:00 | Thank you for your response, I usually plug an external hard drive or USB into WD Media player and that would be my primary use until I update my TV at the end of the year. However I would like to see what streaming channels that I might be able to watch. | ruup (1827) | ||
| 1461693 | 2019-06-23 02:39:00 | Review here: www.techradar.com |
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