[mythtv-users] netflix + myth 0.23

Kevin Kuphal kkuphal at gmail.com
Mon Apr 12 01:38:31 UTC 2010


On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Yan Seiner <yan at seiner.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, April 8, 2010 1:44 pm, Brian Wood wrote:
>>
>> On the plus side, the success of the dedicated hardware units (like the
>> Roku
>> player) should prove to the program suppliers that Linux can "protect"
>> their
>> content as well as any other OS, and that Linux is not just a pirate tool.
>
> I am considering a Roku.... Can someone who owns one please clue me in on
> the bandwidth requirements?  I apparently live in the digital hinterlands.
>  I currently get 1.7 up/1.7 down; I can get "up to" 7 mb/sec down but I
> only get 896kb/sec up - and I pay more.
>
> I'll settle for SD if I can get it with the bandwidth I have.

I have a Roku and have 3Mbps down/1 Mbps up DSL from AT&T and SD
streaming on the Roku works perfectly fine.  4 "dot" quality almost
all the time and it looks DVD quality to me.

Kevin


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