/2011/11/04/roku-points/
{"item":{"status":"visible","url":"\/2011\/11\/04\/roku-points\/","trash":"","name":"roku-points","parent":"","title":"Some things about the Roku","date":"2011-11-04 13:23:31","filepath":"posts\/2000747_roku-points.xml.json","type":"post","content":"<img class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Roku2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.roku.com\/Libraries\/partners\/xs.sflb.ashx\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"100\" \/>Here are four items that are worth noting about my Roku experience:\n\n1. If the space around the Roku is covered (like on a small shelf or TV stand), the wifi connection degrades and the Roku wireless connection is lost and takes a long time to reconnect. \u00a0It is necessary to move the Roku into the open and reconnect to the wifi hotspot.\n\n2. When interacting with the device via the remote, there are audible CLICKS on the TV output. \u00a0It is very loud and jolting when using the navigation buttons or other buttons. \u00a0There appears to be a voltage spike running into the HDMI output corrupting the audio signal. \u00a0Very annoying! \u00a0I almost sent the device back with the 30 day guarantee because of this. \u00a0The little box looks pretty, but it behaves like a POS.\n\n3. Before buying Roku I was using my Wii to watch Netflix streaming. \u00a0I was a Netflix customer for years and enjoyed the DVD's via mail program. \u00a0However, their recent behavior forsook my loyalty and I ditched them. \u00a0Good news for Roku since they directly made a sale because of Netflix's stupidity. \u00a0Yay for free markets!\n\n4. It is not Roku's issue, but it should be worth noting Amazon Prime browsing is horrendous. \u00a0There is no history or save list and the video offers shown are not good.\n\nOne more tidbit. \u00a0Tell the remote control designer to stop making the bottoms of the plastic remote curved. \u00a0It's been a recent fad, but no one has done a proper user study on it. \u00a0Sure it appears to fit snugly in our paws while we thumb the buttons, but rounded bottoms don't stay where they are put.\n\nWhen you place an object down you don't expect it to wobble and slide off tables and the arms of chairs. \u00a0The thing has the same heft as a wiffle ball and the same quality plastic. \u00a0Feel free to make the edges slightly rounded, but keep the thing rectangular, streamlined, solid. \u00a0Even the iPhone5 designers learned this one."}}
