February 28, 2011
Feedback submitted!Unable to submit feedback! This box is fairly amazing. Yes, many of these features are bundled with flat panel TVs and BluRay players, but they are not as easy to use with a remote. Also, compared to my Panasonic BluRay player, the Roku is lightning fast. So while I'm a big fan of this unit, there are a couple of improvements I'd like to see. I wanted a unit that could both access my home iTunes libraries and Pandora. Apple TV only did iTunes and Roku only did Pandora. I realize that there are hacker workarounds for both issues, but I didn't want to deal with them. I wanted Pandora more, which is why I went with Roku over Apple TV. The Pandora onscreen menus are rudimentary compared to the iPhone app, Pandora One and the web site. There's no bookmarking or more information or seeing why this song was selected. The other area for improvement is integration with Logitech's Harmony One remote. With the iPhone remote app (DVPRemote), I can jump right to a "channel." However, with the Roku or Logitech, I always have to scroll through all the channels to get to the one I want. Also, it would be nice if they could figure out how to do Slingbox (placeshifting) functionality.