Comment Bad Review, Possible bad unit or network issue (Score 1) 216
I own one of the Roku HD-1000's.
I replaced my Turtle beach audiotron with it.
I would have to admit, although the HD-1000's is a bit immature, it's not as bad as that review.
The only time I had lockups is when you mount a large number of samba/network shares and the unit runs out of memory or you have network problems. After I condensed my shares I've never had a lockup again. (I've owned it for 3 months.)
Yes it takes a minute to boot and load the OS.
After that it's on all the time.
I use this unit to browse over 60,000 MP3's. It uses directory based navigation. If you arrange them logically in directories, navigation works fine. Compare this against the 30,000 limit of the audiotron that must scan all Mp3's or load a vtoc file during it's boot.
I also have a modded XBOX with the Media center on it. Out of the Audiotron, Xbox and HD-1000, the HD-1000 sounds much better. Pictures look better.
The remote and interface is a bit sluggish, then again so was the XBOX media center. IMO, it's a small price to pay for not having limits on file access and having the ability to install user apps or program your own.