Lifesperience

As an owner of the Roku 2 XS since last year, I've enjoyed the little box of streaming and have used it to most of its full potential.  From the Wii like motion controls to playing my own content via USB drive, the Roku is a jack of all trades (but a master of none) that deserves a place in almost any living room.   Is it worth the upgrade investment?  In a word, yes.  Read on for more detail. This year, Roku has released the 3 series which includes a new processor that is 5x faster than the 2 series along with an improved controller/remote that has a built in headphone jack. The diminutive system is slightly smaller than the Roku 2 XS with sleek rounded edges giving it a more modern look.  It's a little heavier than its predecessor but honestly this is a good thing.  The older Roku was so light that an HDMI cable could easily lift it up from a surface.  That is now no longer an issue. Ports included are Ethernet, Micro SD, HDMI, and USB...

August DTA240 Cutting the cord is a trend that has gained momentum in the U.S. over the last year.  Cable companies have seen record numbers of customers cut the cord on many of their TV services due to the unreasonable price increases and contract politics of  pay TV.   At the moment, I am one of those subscribers and have recently gone the Internet only route with an Antenna, and a Roku. As someone who has had cable for over a decade, I have been used to my broadcast channels in HD.  Luckily, over the air broadcasts are now 1080i HD signals as well.   I had some "rabbit ear" style antennas and setting those up, I was able to receive most of the basic stations minus ABC and WPIX in New York City.  The stations that did come in were clear, much clearer than my cable signal most of the time due to there being less compression.   With that said, I do not like rabbit ears sticking out of my clean looking set up so I went on amazon and came acros...