The Roku 2 XS is an attractive little piece of kit that's ideal for someone looking to turn their old, but still capable TV, into a newfangled Smart TV without too much fuss. Unfortunately that's pretty much where the good news ends, as its lack of networ...
Published: 2012-04-11, Author: Michael , review by: Digitaltrends.com
Brain-dead simple to set up, Broad range of apps and services, First Roku streamer to support games
No DLNA support, so you can't stream content you own over your network, Supports a very limited collection of audio and video file formats and codecs, Can't mount disc images
The Roku 2 XS is a fabulous media streamer — for casual users, at least. It's extremely easy to set up and use, and it delivers most of the popular services, including Netflix, Pandora, and Facebook. It delivers HD video with surround sound, comes with ...
Easy to set up and use, Supports Netflix and iPlayer
Can be sluggish to use, No digital opticalout, YouTube not supported, Poor streaming and USB playback features
The Roku XS has a good stab at bringing web content to your TV, but it's too expensive for what it offers and is no match for the WDTV Live or the latest Apple TV....
Neflix is brilliant on the Roku, some great content available, Crackle has some free movies, compact box
No-premium movie rental service, not designed to stream video from your home network, XBox and WD TV are both better value on a features basis
The Roku us a great device, it's small, easy to use and can produce some terrific quality video. At £100, it's a little expensive, given the absence of home network streaming, but Netflix and BBC iPlayer are both superb and the extra apps are often bri...
Abstract: Sitting snugly in the palm of your hand, the Roku 2 XS is as small as streaming players get. An 84mm x 84 mm x 23mm box with rounded corners, it weighs just 85 grams, with a gloss-black finish that will see it hide away easily among your other AV gea...
Easy to set-up, Simple navigation, Great version of Angry Birds
No coax or optical digital audio out, Lacks DLNA support, Poor USB media playback, Lacks some key services such as YouTube and Lovefilm
It's difficult to know what to make of the Roku XS. On the one hand it does what it'd designed to do very well – make internet video-on-demand services very easy to access via your TV. However, it's currently lacking some key services and we think it's fr...
Easy to set up, good range of internet streaming channels,
Lacking some key channels, can't stream from networked computer
The Roku 2 XS is a great little device for connecting your TV to the internet and despite missing YouTube and LoveFilm, has lots of content available. But then again, if you're considering a new Blu-ray player, games console or smart TV, a dedicated st...
