I appreciate the information. I will never have four television going at the same time. There is only two of us that live in the house to start with. The majority of the time we are watching the same thing on the same television. I would say that at the most two televisions might be going on at the same time.
I contacted Silicon dust HD and they basically said I would have the same issues with them because the problem is with Roku. Which was very strange to me. Here is what Silicon dust told me (below). I hope that Roku monitors and sees this reply.
Dman1, the issues with Tablo's and SD's Roku apps are absolutely because of the significant limitations of Roku devices and, more importantly, the Roku "OS". The Tablo and SD developers have probably done the best they can, but Roku couldn't care less about anything that doesn't make them significant ad and/or subscription revenue.
Had anyone tried the AirTv2 with the Roku? https://www.airtv.net/products/airtv2/ I know it will work with Sling TV, because that is advertised. I also have read that a person doesn't have to have sling for it it work. I just don't know how well it works on a Roku device?
Since Roku doesn't seem to care about OTA compatibility, I may start switching over to a more OTA friendly device.
Dman1 wrote:Since Roku doesn't seem to care about OTA compatibility, I may start switching over to a more OTA friendly device.
None of the streaming players are particularly interested in OTA. It's simply not something that has any meaning for online streamers. It's more which platform will the developers make the effort to provide a good app. Right now, I don't see the HDHR app all that much better on my Shield (Android) than a Roku. Yeah, it's a bit better, but mostly only because the Shield has much more processing power compared to even the best Roku. Functionality is pretty much the same on both of them. And I just tried it on both devices to see if anything has changed recently.
Here is what Silicondust said about Roku streaming devices.
"Our products are specifically designed to take the signal from an antenna and make it available to streaming devices such as FireTV/Google TV/Apple, or a phone, tablet, or computer. There really is not a good answer for getting broadcast TV into a Roku device because Roku is not designed to do that, and their system is severely locked down to prevent it from being used to do things it wasn't designed to do.
- Silicondust Support"
Roku support needs to see this and fix their platform.
