I love my Roku box.
We have to see the chimp playing hockey! That's hilarious! The ice is so slippery, and, and monkeys are all irrational. We have to see this!
Anya ,'Bring On The Night'
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Consuela - Dec 03, 2013 6:09:51 am PST #23372 of 25497
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le nubian - Dec 03, 2013 8:45:55 am PST #23373 of 25497
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Cass, I too love my Roku. The only thing it won't play is Apple TV.
Gris - Dec 03, 2013 11:03:21 am PST #23374 of 25497
Hey. New board.
Yeah, the Roku is probably your best bet for simple Amazon playback. The low-end version is something like $39 and will probably serve your needs just fine. Even the most expensive ones are under $100. Plus it can do Netflix, Hulu Plus, Spotify, and Pandora and can even do a decent job streaming videos off a computer/server with the aid of Plex. I love my Roku and basically use it as my exclusive home entertainment provider: between Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon (grand total of $25/month for those subscriptions) I get more entertainment than I can watch, though I can't get everything out there.
The Chromecast doesn't do Amazon Video because Amazon is trying to spite Google (there is no Amazon video player for non-Kindle Android at all. Which is the only reason I don't buy videos from Amazon, so they're losing money on at least one front with that policy, but I assume they think the theoretical additional Kindle Fire market share the exclusivity grants is worth it.)
Cass - Dec 03, 2013 3:49:30 pm PST #23375 of 25497
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
and the Mac Mini that I use as a media center.
This was my design but since it's in a different room, it never works quite as smoothly as I imagined.
Yeah, the Roku is probably your best bet for simple Amazon playback. The low-end version is something like $39 and will probably serve your needs just fine.
Low-end Roku wins.
Thanks!
meara - Dec 06, 2013 10:58:31 am PST #23376 of 25497
Grumble. My (shitty) cable company (my only option unless I go to DirecTV) is jacking my rates, and when I called, was like "Well, if you give up phone service, it'll only go up $20/month!" which...no. *Supposedly* there's a company bringing fiber-optic to my neighborhood in Q1 of 2014...but they haven't updated their website or twitter since October, which makes me feel like that's not happening anytime soon. GRRR.
omnis_audis - Dec 06, 2013 11:23:52 am PST #23377 of 25497
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
How is your internet speed? Have you thought of "cutting the cable". Using an AppleTV, or Roku, or media server connected to your TV. Then using Hulu+, Netlfix, Amazon Prime, & iTunes for your video entertainment?
News & sports has kept me from doing it. But, there are more and more sources for that. When my contract is up in a year or so, I may finally cut the cable.
meara - Dec 06, 2013 11:43:43 am PST #23378 of 25497
omnis, the price for just-internet from the cable company is nearly as outrageous. If/when the fiber optic comes, then I will totally contemplate it--I figure between an antenna and Hulu/Netflix/Amazon, I'm set. While I like to watch HGTV on bingey couch weekends, all the shows I really watch are network ones.
omnis_audis - Dec 07, 2013 9:07:07 am PST #23379 of 25497
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
$99 tablet. Monday only. Limited quantities. [link]
omnis_audis - Dec 07, 2013 9:07:09 am PST #23380 of 25497
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
DCJensen - Dec 07, 2013 11:08:58 am PST #23381 of 25497
All is well that ends in pizza.