Picture looks absolutely fabulous. What's the framerate?
(Crysis also looked incredible on my PC but at 6 FPS it was unplayable)
(Crysis also looked incredible on my PC but at 6 FPS it was unplayable)
Is Dish going to provide the NBC 3D Channel for the Olympics?
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I am guessing 30 frames per second.No stutter at all. Looks outstanding on my 50 inch HDTV. (Watching it on there using a Boxee Box with the SlingPlayer app for Boxee.) 
Ok, I'm still pretty much Roku ignorant in terms of the private channels. Can we get what you are getting and how??I am guessing 30 frames per second.No stutter at all. Looks outstanding on my 50 inch HDTV. (Watching it on there using a Boxee Box with the SlingPlayer app for Boxee.)
BBC is part of Nowhere TV.
Roku Channels from the Nowhere Man
Links to many channels there
Other lists of private channels can be found at
StreamFREE.TV - cut the cable cord with Roku private channels and Boxee apps
or Mummy Box
catastrophegirl's roku channel list: Mummy Box
Wow this opening video was made for 3D and I can tell you it will look amazing in 3D! You could almost see the effects and imagine how they would look while watching the 2D broadcast.
Looks like they are broadcasting the Opening Cermonies live on BBC News on the Roku. Wife is glued to the couch for the next few hours. lol
BBC World News (watching on iPhone) are talking about it instead of showing it.
Katty Kay just mentioned the cost of this opening ceremony is half of that for Bejing 2008, but one million times what the cost of the first time it was held in London.
Katty Kay just mentioned the cost of this opening ceremony is half of that for Bejing 2008, but one million times what the cost of the first time it was held in London.
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I understand your point, but on the flip side, if a company's management only thinks in the short term, they are doomed, too.
The public relations of not carrying 3D for the Olympics is horribly negative.
Imagine your neighbors come up to you, and ask, "Wasn't that opening ceremony in 3D amazing?",
You have to answer, "We have Dish Network. They didn't have it in 3D."
"Oh." "Glad I don't have Dish Network."
How many companies have failed, because their products "weren't compatible"? How many have failed, because they didn't keep up? Blackberry comes to mind.
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Wife is now happy that we have the Roku. After getting the free one from Dish, I went out to the local BJ's Club and got an XS. That one came with the game controller. I now have the XD here in the computer room.
Thanks, but only SLIGHTLY better. Looks like VHS copied a couple of times. Oh well.
Are you sure? World News has something else on. Only BBC News seems to have the feed.
It is on the, stand alone, non-"nowhere" BBC World News Channel. On nowhere, yes it is on BBC news
One must weigh all aspects of the choice in carrier. Certain channels may carry more weight than others. Cost. Hardware. These are all things to be considered.
If the only difference between Dish and DirecTV, Comcast, or U-verse was just 3D or the 3D Olympic channel, the choice would be easy. But, for me, they carry a channel not available on DirecTV that is the most-watched channel in my household. Plus, they carry it in HD which is not available on ANY carrier in my area. So, my only choice is to make my displeasure heard, and desires known, through written word.
