I am also still using a 2-XD, and I'm still pretty happy with the performance. As you say, streaming is just fine, but some channels seem to take longer to load than others. As for me, YouTube is really the only one that I have been trying to avoid. The rest I can handle. One thing that helped speed...

arindos, Being an electronics geek, I would probably be tempted to fix it myself. Otherwise, personally, I would feel more comfortable having it fixed by somebody local. Or if you know somebody that is good with a soldering iron, there are a number of good threads talking about the different methods...

Did anybody happen to notice which sci-fi movie has been voted #1 the most often in previous polls?

Hey, Shawn. Like what you've done so far. Keep up the great work!
Welcome to the Roku Forumhood.

Yeah, that's a tuff one. I'd probably have to toss a coin and pick Blade Runner, since I have the movie poster hanging on the wall in my great room.

My cable ISP has had a 100GB per month allowance for about a year. I've never gone over the allowance and I watch the Roku almost every evening. My average usage is 30GB per month. They charge $1.50 for each GB over the allowance. I don't like caps, but I just went back through the logs on my route...

So..I was on the phone with a Comcast rep and it turns out for exactly the same amount I was paying for just internet, I could get basic cable too. I didn't know. I think $60/month is a ridiculous price to have to pay, but at least now I don't need an OTA antennae. I've had the same thing for a few...

I have a simple challenge for the OP, or anyone who feels the same way about having a similar problem. Find a friend (relative, etc.) that has a known-good environment that works with their Roku player. Take your box over...hook it up...and see if it works. If it works on their network; have another...

Looks like a good start. I'll bet that Amazon will put up a good portion of the content that is available from other streaming providers, if they can work it out with the studios. It will be interesting to see how this plays out and how Netflix responds. Anyway -- keep those options heading this way...

Wow - That's awesome! I just added the channel when I saw your latest update. Works great! Now I can listen to a private shoutcast stream. Very cool.

You're The Man, Endless!

None, now. But I used to homebrew some years back, and I would encourage anyone who has been thinking about it, to go for it. When done right; there is no better beer than a fresh handcrafted beer.

Cheers

Comcast ISP (avg. 12-18Mbps down & 4-7Mbps up) Motorola Cable Modem Linksys WRT54G-L running DD-WRT v24 SP1 Roku HD (N1000) connected via wired Ethernet No complaints. Smooth sailing most of the time. UPDATE: Issues on & off again with Netflix rebuffering... http://forums.roku.com/viewtopic....

rilex wrote:

That guy is about the biggest idiot out there (raw sockets, on noes!).

@rilex: Thanks for that insight. Very helpful.

@Tydog07: If you can, I would suggest trying both of them for yourself, and see which results work better for you.

I'm a fan of Steve Gibson & Gibson Research, so I used DNS Benchmark, which worked great for me. It's freeware and runs on Windows and also on Linux through Wine.

MOJA=Modern Jazz
As played by primo DJ, Russ Davis, at http://www.mojaradio.com.
The kind of music that I listen to most of the time.