Roku HD 48.00 + tax Walmart (In-Store)

amazon and Roku has LT version same as 49 and may without tax..
from what I seen. there is no difference.

Quote from bohmwu : amazon and Roku has LT version same as 49 and may without tax.. from what I seen. there is no difference.

-The Roku HD is the newest of all the Roku devices and the HD uses the newest BCMl7208 chipset instead of the BCM2835 that all of the other Roku 2's use including the LT.

-The HD also uses less power (2W vs 4.5W)

-The Roku LT is all purple, The HD one is mostly black with a little purple on bottom. Most people prefer black for electronics for matching with TV and other devices.

so is the new chipset better, or worse than the ones in Roku 2's ?

Quote from focusdave : so is the new chipset better, or worse than the ones in Roku 2's ?

I'm not a major techie, but this forum might help that talks about the new processor.
http://forums.roku.com/viewtopic....a8e92096ab

with the sale prices looks like roku is gearing up to release a new product soon

Quote from icanhasboost : with the sale prices looks like roku is gearing up to release a new product soon

Maybe. I have no idea.

Can someone explain to me what the real benefit of these units are? Are they basically a glorified QAM tuner that picks up some channels, or do they do alot more? I've been trying to get an idea of what they actually give you in terms of channels and selection. Do you get local channels with these? Are the channels free? I know some channels require a pay for subscription. Any and all comments are very much appreciated.

Quote from Dicka24 : Can someone explain to me what the real benefit of these units are? Are they basically a glorified QAM tuner that picks up some channels, or do they do alot more? I've been trying to get an idea of what they actually give you in terms of channels and selection. Do you get local channels with these? Are the channels free? I know some channels require a pay for subscription. Any and all comments are very much appreciated.

Yes it has a QAM tuner and will descramble all your cable channels. It will also decode DirectTV and DishNetwork. It till also become a dvr when you hook up a external harddrive.
It will also upscale all your 320x240 files to Blu-Ray quality 1080p in 3D.

Quote from foghorn2 : Yes it has a QAM tuner and will descramble all your cable channels. It will also decode DirectTV and DishNetwork. It till also become a dvr when you hook up a external harddrive. It will also upscale all your 320x240 files to Blu-Ray quality 1080p in 3D.

I you haven't noticed. Foghorn is being sarcastic.

Quote from Dicka24 : Can someone explain to me what the real benefit of these units are? Are they basically a glorified QAM tuner that picks up some channels, or do they do alot more? I've been trying to get an idea of what they actually give you in terms of channels and selection. Do you get local channels with these? Are the channels free? I know some channels require a pay for subscription. Any and all comments are very much appreciated.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question...508AAWOL3I

Thanks OP. Just purchased one. Now I can give the Wii back to my daughter.lol Hope it is better than using the Wii game system !

Quote from gypsygenie : Thanks OP. Just purchased one. Now I can give the Wii back to my daughter.lol Hope it is better than using the Wii game system !

It is. Especially if you have a 720p or higher tv. Wii only does 480p

You have to have hdmi cable for 720 p though. Buy a cheapie through amazon if you don't have one.

do these have the dlna services that some of the other boxes have? i currently have apple tv but its kind of a pain streaming some stuff b/c you first have to convert it before you can play it over itunes through the apple tv. i'm assuming dlna just gives me full access to all files i choose on the computer? also, regarding cable someone said something about it improving the quality of cable channels possibly? i may have misunderstood, but that would be awesome considering we don't have HD cable. thank you.