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.
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.
I wouldn’t bother to switch, at least not right away. Just add more devices as you see fit. If you want to add your fifth device, and your TV only has 4 HDMI inputs, then you might want to reduce the collection, only after you’ve had time to learn the strengths and weaknesses of each. (Or you could get an AVR or HDMI switch and keep going.)
