HBO GO - I didn't know!

[ripnbigc]

Dish's demand sucks, so I guess I'll spring for a Roku. How does the picture quality hold up?

 

[dan188]

you can use hbo go pn you computir or droid or iphone as well

 

[Tampa8]

Roku picture quality is excellent. True 720P for most things, 1080 for a very few. With even just a decent internet connection you get a very good picture. The interface for HBO GO or Amazon is excellent. I've tried through friends or on my own other boxes, I just don't see any of them, including Boxee box comparing. It does not act as a true interface for all your media, but for getting a huge variety of internet services it can't be beat.

 

[TNGTony]

Only downside to the Roku, no Dolby Digital sound. At least not so far.

 

[Tampa8]

Roku does 5.1 Dolby Digital surround sound. It's a pass through, meaning it will pass the digital information on. You just need a Dolby digital receiver. I have an older model and even it does it. If the source is in Dolby digital, the sound will be.

 

[dan188]

Roku does 5.1 Dolby Digital surround sound. It's a pass through, meaning it will pass the digital information on. You just need a Dolby digital receiver. I have an older model and even it does it. If the source is in Dolby digital, the sound will be.

also the prider has to support dd as well. I had the orginal box when netflix was only on it and it had it then

 

[GaryPen]

For any of you Roku guys and gals who may not have been aware, google "hidden Roku channels" and "private Roku channels" and you'll find a couple dozen more that you might not have known about?

Is that a question?

 

[Tampa8]

also the prider has to support dd as well. I had the orginal box when netflix was only on it and it had it then

prider? Not familiar with that but there is no question it passes Dolby digital 5.1 Surround sound from the source.

 

[dan188]

sorry typo. I ment provider

 

[TNGTony]

Roku does 5.1 Dolby Digital surround sound. It's a pass through, meaning it will pass the digital information on. You just need a Dolby digital receiver. I have an older model and even it does it. If the source is in Dolby digital, the sound will be.

Uh...Really? I have the Roku hooked up to my Yamaha digital receiver via optical output and never once had it detect anything other than PCM. I have checked the settings on both the receiver and box as well as switch optical jacks with the 622 to verify the receiver is seeing DD signals properly. Using HBO Go, Netflix (while I had it), Epix movie channels I have yet to see a DD program via Roku. The PCM carries great Dolby surround, but no DD.

 

[ibanez_ax]

Uh...Really? I have the Roku hooked up to my Yamaha digital receiver via optical output and never once had it detect anything other than PCM. I have checked the settings on both the receiver and box as well as switch optical jacks with the 622 to verify the receiver is seeing DD signals properly. Using HBO Go, Netflix (while I had it), Epix movie channels I have yet to see a DD program via Roku. The PCM carries great Dolby surround, but no DD.

Is your Roku 1st or 2nd generation? The 1st generation boxes won't stream 5.1 from Netflix but will stream some 5.1 content from Amazon.

 

[Tampa8]

[h=3]Can Netflix on Roku play audio in 5.1?[/h]

Roku Support
posted this on July 29, 2011 14:33


Yes. However, only Roku 2 series players support 5.1 audio streaming. Not all Netflix titles are available in 5.1 audio. If a movie or TV show title is available in 5.1 audio, a 5.1 icon will be displayed on that title’s details screen.
To turn on 5.1 audio, first select a title you wish to watch instantly. Next, select audio & subtitles to select the 5.1 audio option, if one is available. Once selected, press BACK on your Roku remote to exit the audio & subtitles selection screen.
Please note that you must have your Roku player connected directly to a receiver capable of decoding Dolby Digital Plus. Also, you must ensure your audio mode is set to 5.1 surround. From the Roku home screen, select Settings > Audio mode > 5.1 surround.

 

[SQUEEZON]

It may have not occurred to anyone but certain stored series are not available on the Roku for HBO. If you have a Dish subscription, and a HDTV then HBO-GO provides all of its programming. Also I noted that sometime last week late at night, the full HBO series of 36 episodes of Deadwood magically re-appeared after showing just 10.

 

[dan188]

ok so you get some hbo content on roku?? doea this apply to boxee as well.

 

[TNGTony]

I watched all 36 episodes of Deadwood on the Roku not two weeks ago. It's HBO OD on the Dish Network boxes that had only 10 episodes.

Sorry Dan, I don't know the answer to your question

 

[GaryPen]

It may have not occurred to anyone but certain stored series are not available on the Roku for HBO. If you have a Dish subscription, and a HDTV then HBO-GO provides all of its programming. Also I noted that sometime last week late at night, the full HBO series of 36 episodes of Deadwood magically re-appeared after showing just 10.

As is always the case, your comments about HBO Go and Dish are incorrect and/or indecipherable.

HBO Go on Roku has all of the HBO content. Of course, you need an HBO subscription thru Dish or another carrier that has agreed to Roku carriage. (DiecTV doesn't allow it for their HBO subs.)

ok so you get some hbo content on roku?? doea this apply to boxee as well.

You can get ALL, not just some, HBO content on Roku, if you have an HBO subscription with a carrier that supports it, and add the HBO GO channel.

I watched all 36 episodes of Deadwood on the Roku not two weeks ago. It's HBO OD on the Dish Network boxes that had only 10 episodes.

Sorry Dan, I don't know the answer to your question

Yes. HBO OD on Dish receivers has a very limited selection. Plus, the interface is so bad as to be almost unusable.

 

[TNGTony]

Just did a side-by-side comparison with HBO GO through the HBO interface on my laptop and through ROKU. Same exact title selection.

267 movies
49 Series not including the HBO family series listed separately on both sites. Every episode of each series is available up to the current week for current series and every episode for older series listed. Luck actually had episode 2 on HBO Go right after episode 1 aired as a promo.

Once again, HBO OD (On Demand) through Dish Network's receivers is highly limited in comparison to HBO GO through Roku or via the computer.

 

[dan188]

I beluve I read where time warner is blasting providers that are blocking the roku acess and other box acess to force customers to get their box. doesn't make sence since hbo go is different that hbo od and the live channels

 

[GaryPen]

I beluve I read where time warner is blasting providers that are blocking the roku acess and other box acess to force customers to get their box. doesn't make sence since hbo go is different that hbo od and the live channels

The carrier's logic, such as DirecTV's, is that if you were able to watch unlimited HBO programming on your TV without a DirecTV receiver, you just might choose not to have a DirecTV receiver in that room, depriving them of an extra receiver fee. It really seems like something Dish would do, not DirecTV.

 

[dan188]

it still makes little sence