This would be for a bedroom TV (we're getting a GINORMOUS one for the living room and moving our previously-considered-ginormous older set into the bedroom) so yeah, the headphone jack would come in really handy.

Right now my thinking is that compared to what we're about to spend on the television itself, $30 for a slightly higher-end Roku won't break the bank. t /rationalizing

From my experience, you won't be disappointed. I don't know if the UI for other channels is as good as the one for Amazon Prime, but it blows away the other streamers I've used. The UI for streaming from our Synology NAS is also quite good, but that's done by Synology rather than Roku.

Jessica,

I love my Roku! I don't use the headphone jack often, but note: when I did use it, the batteries in the remote ran down kind of quickly. I have (3) Rokus I think. Each and upgrade because of a feature I needed in the Roku. I got the 3 because I needed the HD and the new menus are the BOMB.

I'm wanting a tablet for reading ebooks as my old faithful Palm's screen is just getting too small for my agining eyes. I'd rather not get a Kindle, so I'm looking for something that could handle basic text, or epubs if that format is supportable on a non-dedicated ereader. Net access is not a priority, I just want something a little bigger than the Palm for reading, and the file management on ereaders is annoying.

when I did use it, the batteries in the remote ran down kind of quickly.

I'm assuming it takes regular AAs, which I can just recharge, though, right? As long as I can get through a whole movie on one set of batteries I think I'm good.

I have a Roku 2and it is great. I feel zero need to upgrade and expect the interface is basically identical to the Roku 3 - it is upgraded regularly. But the remote feature is cool if you will use it.

I think my Roku 2 didn't have the interface upgrade. when I got the Roku 3. There was something I couldn't do that I really wanted to do - and it wasn't remote audio.

Meara, late to the conversation, but I got my mini for my Europe trip. I like the smaller size because I can fit it into my purse, and I was trying to travel as light as possible. I've never had any problem with the screen being too small for what I wanted to do, and I find it much easier to use and handle when i dont have a table (including when navigating on foot using Google maps). However, I have relatively small hands and generally set font sizes pretty small.

The tablet is an absolute art win for me so far. Nothing complex, but I've been able to pull off more in a week with the Note than I have in five years with a large Intuos.

Which makes me realise--I would be able to use a Cintiq...shit. Don't even want to think about saving up for one of those. I'd been thinking I was a complete tablet fail, but it seems to be an hand-screen thing. Still, I'm happy to see what I can achieve with a 10.1" screen and Android apps. So far Autodesk Sketchbook Pro is best suited to my monochrome stylings. I've also tried PS Touch, S-Vermeer, and Infinite Painter, with the verdicts photo retoucher, limited painting tools, and too complex & therefore laggy respectively.

Wow, you can seriously draw. Nice work!