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Smart Blue Ray DVD player vs. Roku/Chromecast, etc: advice?
Posted on 7/29/14 at 1:57 pm
Posted on 7/29/14 at 1:57 pm
getting ready for football season. we get Dish but no movie channels. Netflix uses a Wii on an ancient Vizio but I want to make smart TVS for the Watch ESPN app for what's coming up w/ the SEC TV network on at least one other TV. Once in a blue moon we'll watch a DVD when my daughter comes over w/ one of her collection, but mainly we watch Netflix. Should I get a smart blue ray player? or Roku? if the DVD, what specs am I looking for? not a gamer at all.
This post was edited on 7/29/14 at 1:58 pm
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Posted on 7/29/14 at 2:01 pm to SFVtiger
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Should I get a smart blue ray player? or Roku?
Roku or AppleTV, the smart disc players and TV's are painfully slow, IMO.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 2:20 pm to SFVtiger
If you are going to use it for WatchESPN and Netflix, just get Chromecast. If you will be using it for a lot more, get something like FireTV or Roku. I have the FireTV and love it. Will be installing XBMC on it soon.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 3:10 pm to surprisewitness
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If you are going to use it for WatchESPN and Netflix, just get Chromecast
chromecast does alot more than that.
with plex, i have full access to all my downloaded 1080p MKV BD rips on my PC and the integration with pandora & google music are awesome as well as being able to mirror your android screen.
i'm finding it hard to find something i can't do with chromecast these days.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 4:55 pm to CAD703X
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chromecast does alot more than that.
What I was saying is that if he was only going to use it for that, to get the cheapest option. If he had other things in mind, it would change the answer depending on the desired task.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 5:04 pm to surprisewitness
Definitely get a Roku or Chromecast. TV and Blu-ray apps universally suck.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 5:51 pm to h0bnail
Roku3 or Amazon fire. I got the Roku3 a few weeks ago and love it.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 6:13 pm to SFVtiger
Chromecast
$30 on amazon today (regularly $35)
Plex
WatchESPN
Netflix
Hulu
And a lot more
$30 on amazon today (regularly $35)
Plex
WatchESPN
Netflix
Hulu
And a lot more
Posted on 7/29/14 at 7:56 pm to InflateADate
Thank you all for the responses.
Posted on 7/30/14 at 6:53 am to SFVtiger
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Blue Ray
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