I pay 50 dollars a year for Chinkbox. I get everything, even cholera.

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Don't exist in freedomland unfortunately.

wankers even figured out how to kill free to air satellite, er, I mean "satellite testing".

I can watch movies before they are released in the cinema.,,at home, without downloading anything. The only thing that sucks, is that the ping pong subtitles are not optional.

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Roku is good. The interface for HBO Go on it is pretty stupid, but it is not any worse than the one you have to use if you watch it through a normal web browser.

As long at it isn't Apple.

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Endless Cycles [Capital Heaven]
The Charlatan [Morphosis]

I recently bought a Roku and I liked it a lot better than my older generation Apple TV. It has a really nice interface and it is very responsive.

I'd go for firestick because you can sideload android apps. I dont think roku can do xbmc?

laptop and xbmc / kodi

thats all you really need. find a way to make your phone a remote, or get a small wireless keyboard and mouse.

link in your netflix etc

i dont think roku works with xmbc

thanks brosephs.

Laptop and XMBC aint an option; most laptop's video outs are too shit and get all choppy with any serious motion shots. It also sucks having a laptop on your mantelpiece just to watch TV.

Also, whatever I get has to be girlfriend proof and seeing as she can make any electronic device crash the moment she uses it, it can't be anything too complex.

How clunky is roku? The main thing I hear about it that there are too many channels/feeds so it basically becomes a pain to navigate.

Sideloading apps on the firestick might be a nice feature but I can't think of what I'd use it for in terms of TV?

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Originally posted by DJ RANN thanks brosephs. Laptop and XMBC aint an option; most laptop's video outs are too shit and get all choppy with any serious motion shots. It also sucks having a laptop on your mantelpiece just to watch TV. Also, whatever I get has to be girlfriend proof and seeing as she can make any electronic device crash the moment she uses it, it can't be anything too complex. How clunky is roku? The main thing I hear about it that there are too many channels/feeds so it basically becomes a pain to navigate. Sideloading apps on the firestick might be a nice feature but I can't think of what I'd use it for in terms of TV?

Roku is super user friendly. I actually didn't get it for myself, but as a gift for my parents. My mom in particular really struggles with technology and she can use it just fine.

This is the model that I got:

http://www.amazon.com/Roku-Streamin...5&keywords=roku

Pretty much just does what you want.

also it's small. about the same size as Apple TV.

Roku is generally good. Though the interface could be improved in some ways, it is superior to what you will find built into many TVs or Bluray players. Also more reliable. It crashes once in a while, but just restart it and you are ready to go again in a minute.