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Roku HD1000 Review

Here is the place to discuss anything about my review of the Roku HD1000 HDTV media player.
Published Friday, June 11, 2004 10:47 PM by andypennell
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Thursday, June 24, 2004 8:03 PM by Steve C

# re: Roku HD1000 Review

Excellent review. I have the HD1000 and agree with all. Found your review actually trying to resolve playlist issues on the ROKU. It is indeed "overly fussy." But your details give me some hints and hopes. Thanks.
Friday, June 25, 2004 5:12 PM by Andy Pennell

# Video Works (a bit)

I have managed to get a bit of video working: I used DVDDecrypter on a DVD and CinemaSix did play the resulting VOB files, but the audio was instantly and massively out of sync with the picture. However the picture quality was staggeringly good, so it shows great promise.

However if I try and play a file that the Roku doesnt like, I have to reboot the box to get it to work reliably afterwards (e.g. to display photos). This is the trick to playing VOBs: make sure you reboot right before (and maybe right after for good measure).
Saturday, July 10, 2004 11:12 AM by Clay

# re: Roku HD1000 Review

For music playback you should try the Mucic Jukebox located on the devlopers page of roku's web site. I've had decent success with it. If you would like to reply, my email is clay@tautfestinc.com
Monday, July 12, 2004 5:42 PM by Andy Pennell

# re: Roku HD1000 Review

Thanks Clay, I might do that, though right now I am reasonably happy with the Music playback, its the Video I'd like a solution for.

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