Roku HD-XR Player
by Roku, Inc.
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Manufacturer: Roku, Inc.Release Date: 2009-11-23
Model: N1101
Product features:
- Start watching movies on your TV in seconds using your high-speed Internet connection
- Instantly plays the entire Netflix Instant Watch library with your Netflix membership - no additional subscription cost required
- Instantly plays over 45,000 movies and shows from Amazon Video On Demand
- Extended range wireless (Wi-Fi N dual-band) built-in the latest standard
- Plays High Definition as well as DVD-quality video; works with any TV
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Roku HD-XR Player
Customer Review: Works great... after I got it to work
Summary: 3 Stars
I ordered this from Amazon and had got the box before my HDMI cables came in, so I set it up with the included RCA cables. I used all settings for HD and everything worked great. Setup was easy, syncing to my Apple Extreme network was brainless. I watched a show from my Netflix queue and life was good. The next day, I got my new HDMI cable in, plugged it in, and could receive sound but the picture was only a blank blue screen. RCA hook up continued to work, just not HD.
I'm no expert, but I know enough about technology that I rebooted, restarted, switched ports, unplugged, flipped, and replugged. I still had the same problem. I bought a new high end HDMI cable. Same problem. I finally stripped apart my setup and used the HDMI from my blu-ray, same problem.
I sent it back to Amazon and got a second Roku. This time I connected only using the HDMI cable. Same problem. I returned it and Amazon refunded my money saying they have had similar complaints.
The standard Roku support is terrible, as has been said elsewhere, and offered nothing to me. However, I had been sharing my problems on the Roku support forums on the Roku website and found this to be an uncommon but not rare problem. One day I get an email from a guy who claimed he was from Roku support in California. We emailed back and forth and eventually he included a phone number for me to call (not an 800 number). We talked about the problem for a while and he agreed to prep a box and send one to me that he could guarantee works in his lab.
A few days later, a box arrived. I plugged it in via HDMI and.... blue screen! ARGH! I unhooked everything and boxed it up. I let it sit for a few days, but decided that before I sent it back to the support tech who went out of his way to help, I would give him another shot. This time. I set up it with the HDMI and all went perfectly. That was two weeks ago, and I have not had a single problem since.
Apparently the issue has something to do with the digital "handshake" between the Roku and the TV. I have no idea if it is only certain TV's that have this problem or not. I still dread the time that I have to unplug the box and start over. I worry that I'll have to deal with the handshake issue again, but until that point... It works great. I can watch an HD movie and rarely have a buffering delay like many on here claim. I have connected the sound to my tuner via Toslink digital audio cable, and aside from a curiously tight fit with the Roku casing directly above the port causing a brief locking problem with my, perhaps, abnormally large handled Toslink cable, it works awesome.
Final word: Get it, try it. If it works, you'll be happy. If it doesn't work, get something else, but the purchase on Amazon is pretty risk free as long as you try hooking things up within a few days.
Description of Roku HD-XR Player
Now featuring extended-range wireless, Roku is the easiest way to stream instant movies and shows directly to your TV - over 50,000 and counting, from Netflix, Amazon Video On Demand, and more. The top-of-the-line HD-XR model uses the latest wireless standard (Wi-Fi "N") to deliver the best quality video virtually anywhere in your home. It's so easy and powerful; no wonder Roku is Netflix members' top rated streaming player.Digital Cameras & Photo Categories
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