My Roku came USPS last Friday, the 6th, after an online chat on Sunday evening, the 1st. Pretty quick, considering the holiday on the 4th! 
Did you get a free Roku offer?
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Doubtful it's that cheap. They are probably just paying wholesale dealer price. The MSRP is $59 for the refurb XD. So, my guess is that Dish is paying around $39.I bet Dish is paying about 10 to 25 cents on the dollar for each re-manufactured Roku box.
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I tried it, and it only finds the Roku 2 XD, not my older XD. I wonder if it only works with Roku 2 models?
Just wait until you get it hooked up via HDMI, and view some HD content. You will be amazed that this tiny device can produce such a fantastic picture on a large flat screen TV via web streaming. DD5.1 too on some content.
I had the glitch. My original order (a week ago) wasn't placed after being promised, and some lengthy investigation from a member of Executive Restorations Team (if I got that right) I'll be getting mine within three to five business days. A good man, and I have to thank him for getting my problem resolved.
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I am very satisfied with the picture quality on Netflix and Amazon. They pay a lot of money for bandwidth and are amazingly engineered.
Other free channels you get what you pay for. Put the ABC stream from USTVNOW on the screen then look at the ABC station on Dish.
Having a fast Internet connection is great, however do a trace route and you will see multiple hops between you and the content server. Speed is only as fast as slowest link.
Also in heavy viewing periods even Netflix's servers can get bogged down. The Roku is a simple device that has a limited ability to smoothly buffer video. With adaptive streaming it just drops the picture quality down until the entire network can handle the stream without buffering.
Finally some members don't like watching shows in SD and most of what you get on the Roku is SD at best. Take the Roku for what it is and enjoy. I am very satisfied with mine.
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Most of what is available for the Roku may indeed be SD, or worse. However, the majority of what most users will choose to watch will be HD - Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, Epix, HBO GO, etc. Big difference.
hopefully the rain will not hurt it!Wife just called me saying the Roku box was sticking outside of our mailbox. Too bad we just had a storm come through....
Got it in the mail today. Called late last Monday night.
Very cool little box. Hooked it up with an HDMI cord and am watching a little clip of "Meet the Press" as a test. This is definitely HD quality! Looks way better than my SD Dish setup, ironically.
Great thing to essentially get as a gift from Dish. They hit this one out of the park as a customer relations move. Honestly, I wasn't sure it was really coming until I received it. Never had a company offer a free no-strings attached device like this that doesn't have to be used in conjunction with their service.
Very cool little box. Hooked it up with an HDMI cord and am watching a little clip of "Meet the Press" as a test. This is definitely HD quality! Looks way better than my SD Dish setup, ironically.
Great thing to essentially get as a gift from Dish. They hit this one out of the park as a customer relations move. Honestly, I wasn't sure it was really coming until I received it. Never had a company offer a free no-strings attached device like this that doesn't have to be used in conjunction with their service.
Ordered mine on the 2nd or 3rd and just recieved it. It is B stock and it is tiny, pretty much the size of a hockey puck. Now to figure it out.
I have been pretty impressed with mine as well. A definite step up the PQ scale compared to my other streaming devices.
I noticed that many are commenting about picture quality. If you are hooking up the Roku to your TV via HDMI, make sure to go into the settings and select 1080p if you have a 1080p HDTV. It was set (my guess at default) to 720p which also looks nice.
Kewl!
My biggest issue is going to be getting 5.1 sound.My old ht receiver has only spdif or digital coax inputs for 5.1.Looking at some analog l/r to spdif and coax adapters on amazon and ebay.Just not sure if they work very well.
New L/R Analog to Digital Coaxial RCA Optical Toslink Audio Converter | eBay
would like some opinions before I buy one.
