Originally Posted by Rausch (Post 10535635)

When I first got my Roku I thought how cool it was to have the media options and all those cool games.

They didn't have any cool games. They had a great idea with the remote and gaming options and it just never went anywhere. A real shame.

Perhaps this will pull in people who don't have a Roku/AppleTV but I see no reason to upgrade from what I've got. Other than the gaming problems mentioned above I love my almost invisible, reliable, and versatile Roku...

Originally Posted by Fish (Post 10548736)

Within a matter of weeks/months they'll have revamped customized Amazon dashboards that have XBMC available as a dashboard item. You can have different profiles too, to restrict/simplify things for kids and old people.

Originally Posted by DaFace (Post 10548758)

I don't have any room in my media repertoire for yet another toy. Sounds fun though.

I do hope that there will be some convergence of all these devices as time goes on. I've got 2 smart TV's (one LG and one Vizio), one Roku box, and a Chromecast. They all work great, but it's a bit odd getting used to all of them having slightly different interfaces for Netflix, YouTube, etc.

Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 10548835)

We won a Sony Blu Ray player a while back at a charity auction. When the family room DVD player burnt up, we shopped around on Amazon and got a good deal on another one.

They both run XMB so they function, for all intents and purposes, exactly like my PS3. I admit, it's kind of nice having pretty much the same interface in every room.

Originally Posted by Guru (Post 10548762)

I don't see Amazon ever embracing XBMC. Would be kind of counterproductive to their bottom line.

Originally Posted by Guru (Post 10535920)

You might be surprised. Its one of the things I really appreciate about Netflix. The ability to choose when I watch in HD.

Originally Posted by ragedogg69 (Post 10549052)

One question about sony. my inlaws picked up a sony br player, subscribed to netflix and such. Of course had me set it all up for them. Netflix had to be setup through Sony's ecosystem requiring codes and a sony account to throw on top of the netflix account.

To say the least, it was a convoluted mess and a good example why I swear off Sony. Is that every bluray player from them now?

Originally Posted by Fish (Post 10545864)

OK.... this thing is really gaining momentum already. It's already been rooted(giggle). It's now got XBMC support, and it can be easily installed without even needing a computer. That's HUGE. It's already being hailed by some XBMC developers as the new best XBMC device. And this is just the very tip of the iceberg.

• Size 4.5" x 4.5" x 0.7" (115 mm x 115 mm x 17.5 mm)
• Weight 9.9 oz (281 grams)
• SOC Platform Qualcomm Snapdragon 8064
• Processor Qualcomm Krait 300, quad-core to 1.7 Ghz
• GPU Qualcomm Adreno 320
• Storage 8 GB internal
• Memory 2 GB LPDDR2 @ 533 MHZ
• Wi-Fi Connectivity Dual-band, dual-antenna Wi-Fi (MIMO) for faster streaming and fewer dropped connections than standard Wi-Fi. 802.11a/b/g/n
• Bluetooth Bluetooth 4.0 with support for the following profiles: HID, HFP 1.6, SPP
• Cloud Storage Free cloud storage for all Amazon content
• Ports 5.5 mm DC Jack, Type A HDMI 1.4b output, w/HDCP, Optical Audio (TOSLINK), 10/100 Ethernet, USB 2.0 Type A
• Audio Support for Dolby Digital Plus, 5.1 surround sound, 2ch Stereo and HDMI audio pass through up to 7.1
• Content Formats Supported Video: H.263, H.264, MPEG4-SP, VC1
• Audio AAC, AC-3, E-AC-3, HE-A, PCM, MP3
• Photo JPG, PNG
• Output Resolution Supported 720p and 1080p up to 60fps

I might make a purchase soon......

Originally Posted by Fish (Post 10546298)

Yeah... we'll see who comes begging for help from this dork when someone else buys one and bricks it..... :evil:

Remember this thing is only a week old. It's going to get much much much better still. There's a $40 game controller available. They've hacked a Ouya controller to work with it, and will likely have a PS3 controller working on it before long. And it has the juice to play some decent games.

Putting the source code out there for any nerd developer to play with? This has the potential to explode, and overtake AppleTV/Roku/Ouya in a landslide. It's already taken huge leaps in it's first week of release.

Originally Posted by Cave Johnson (Post 10553811)

It'll definitely finish off the Ouya, even at a higher price point (with controller).

Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 10553864)

Yeah, I would call the Ouya a failure but that's probably giving it too much credit. :D

Originally Posted by Cave Johnson (Post 10553877)

I liked it well enough, but they were never going to get enough of a customer base to have a robust game lineup. And the wifi was abysmal.