RoKu Video Streamer December 02, 2013, 04:08:50 pm Yahoo Message Number: 143883http://www.roku.com/?gclid=CJj09a_CkrsCFUjNOgodTzYAHQ With such a small device footprint it seems a RoKu 2 video streamer combined with a good content subscription such as Netflix is the perfect solution for the camp sites that offer site WiFi access. If you need gaming the RoKu 3 looks like a better option. Or Apple TV Streamer if you are heavily invested in Apple content already. A one time $59 fee for the RoKu streamer and a monthly $7.99 subscription to Netflix is a lot cheaper than my cable subscription although I'm not sure I could go without Duck Dynasty. This would be good for home use and then just take the streamer with you when you travel to WiFi access sites (or maybe use phone as hot spot?). I think this is getting to be a mature enough product it's time to cut the cable TV line at home. The new cable TV is clearly headed to internet channels. This is probably old news for many of you techies but I'm just spotting the trend. I've only recently dropped the phone land line and I my cable is soon to follow or be restricted to internet service only. Does anyone else use the RoKu this way for TV and Movie entertainment RV use? Sorry if this has already been covered.LarryD
Re: RoKu Video Streamer Reply #1 – December 02, 2013, 04:17:49 pm Yahoo Message Number: 143884The WiFi quality at most commercial campgrounds is so poor that streaming (and gaming according to my wife) is virtually impossible. If you provide your own WiFi such as through Millenicom the monthly bandwidth quota is going to be too limiting to do much streaming.Don
Re: [LD] RoKu Video Streamer Reply #2 – December 02, 2013, 04:39:03 pm Yahoo Message Number: 143885There's someone over on the Escapees Discussion Forum who works for RV parks and helps them set up their Wi-Fi. He says that people who stream a lot of video on the Wi-Fi system, and thus, slows it down for the other users, gets a warning...and is asked to leave if they don't stop. I think you'll find that many (most?) RV park Wi-Fi systems are not set up for people to do a lot of streaming...not a strong enough signal, too slow, whatever. And you're not going to made other campers very happy if you slow down the Wi-Fi system so that they can't use it.Linda HyltonWith such a small device footprint it seems a RoKu 2 video streamer combined with a good content subscription such as Netflix is the perfect solution for the camp sites that offer site WiFi access.
Re: RoKu Video Streamer Reply #3 – December 02, 2013, 06:33:28 pm Yahoo Message Number: 143890Roku probably offers the best value proposition--better than Apple TV and *way* better than Chromecast--but any streaming video, regardless of how it enters your TV, requires huge amounts of bandwidth day in and day out.At home, with an unlimited DSL, cable modem or FioS connection, these devices are fine. But on the road, you'll have to ration yourself quite carefully. Even with Millenicom's 20 GB per month, if you like to watch TV it's very easy to exceed your limit in a week or two.And I can tell you from experience that many campgrounds that offer Wi-Fi either don't have a fast enough "backhaul" internet connection to support multiple users streaming video... or in an increasing number of cases, simply ask campers not to do so.Andy Baird http://www.andybaird.com/travels
Re: RoKu Video Streamer Reply #4 – December 02, 2013, 08:16:17 pm Yahoo Message Number: 143895Campground WI-Fi installations suffer from two major problems: 1.) Coverage within the CG; 2.) Uplink (Internet connection) bandwidth. You can partially solve the first issue by using a good "Wi-Fi" repeater that has more power than the typical Wi-Fi adapter in a laptop or the Wi-Fi "adapter" built into most routers or "hotspot" boxes. You can do nothing to help the second problem, except by having your own 3G or LTE connection. I have found that most CG owners\managers are not very Wi-Fi knowledgeable and have depended on some outside company to provide them with a "working" Wi-Fi System. Most of them work, to some degree or other, but all too often they don't work very well.Doug Baker
Re: RoKu Video Streamer Reply #5 – December 03, 2013, 06:39:29 am Yahoo Message Number: 143901TiVo just released an away from home streaming feature for their line of DVR products. It provides streaming and/or downloading of recorded video content on your home DVR, to an Apple iPad (and other Apple advices) anywhere on the Internet. If you are using a more expensive cellular connection for Internet, it provides a degree of control of the bandwidth consumed, limiting bandwidth to as little as 250 MBytes per hour, sacrificing quality a bit.However, it is very rare to find campground Wifi that would even come close to supporting that modest rate, especially in the evening. With a bit of advanced planning (terrible concept, I know), it might be possible to download some content for your evening viewing pleasure, during the day prior when Internet usage in the campground is lighter.We really have turned into media junkies!-Dave '06 MB, Indianapolis
Re: RoKu Video Streamer Reply #6 – December 03, 2013, 07:11:21 am Yahoo Message Number: 143902While it is technically possible to track down a device or a person behaving badly on a Wifi network. it requires some pretty expensive tracking and tracing equipment, and a quite knowledgeable network engineer to do it, and then pin it down to specific vehicle in a crowded campground without knocking on everyone's door.The only way around that would be an intrusive advanced registration process of all your computing devices when arriving in a campground. Between iPads, iPhones, and laptops, I travel with a minimum of six computers in the LD, sometimes more. Each with a cryptic 12 character hex hardware address. Not gonna happen.Reasonable rule of course, but completely unenforcable.-Dave '06 MB, Indianpolis
Re: RoKu Video Streamer Reply #7 – December 03, 2013, 08:35:33 am Yahoo Message Number: 143903Perhaps that is an incorrect translation of an over-simplified explanation. Knocking on the offender's door would take NSA grade equipment. Identifying an offending address and blocking it from my network is easy.Quote On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 7:11 AM CST While it is technically possible to track down a device or a person behaving badly on a Wifi network. it requires some pretty expensive tracking and tracing equipment, and a quite knowledgeable network engineer to do it, and then p
Re: RoKu Video Streamer Reply #8 – December 03, 2013, 12:52:39 pm Yahoo Message Number: 143909I'm guessing a commercial wifi system in a campground could easily monitor the amount of data each connected device uses, and deny access to any device desired. It would not be long before the "abuser" contacted the campground office and complained, thus identifying himself. Or, simply putting a data rate limit on any connected device to prevent the problem in the first place. That would also explain the slow connections we sometimes experience.Eric Greenwell wrote, On 12/3/2013 5:11 AM:
Re: RoKu Video Streamer Reply #9 – December 03, 2013, 04:10:41 pm Yahoo Message Number: 143910"I'm guessing a commercial wifi system in a campground could easily monitor the amount of data each connected device uses, and deny access to any device desired."This is technically possible... but I'm guessing the average campground owner wouldn't have a clue how to go about doing it. As Dave pointed out, these folks are no more likely to be network engineers than you or I are. It just isn't in their skill set. And from what I've seen of campground internet systems installed by contractors, they're not sophisticated enough to do this automatically.Andy Bairdhttp://www.andybaird.com/travels
Re: RoKu Video Streamer Reply #10 – December 03, 2013, 04:46:24 pm Yahoo Message Number: 143913On our visit to the Mothership last month, we stayed
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