I just recently found out that Plex made a windows based media server that works with a custom app they made for Roku. This is very interesting to me as it helps to provide me with a solution to getting my HTPC content to other rooms in the house. My hesitation in just picking up a Roku is how well it handles the content being streamed to it. Has anyone tried out these two services together, if so can you tell me how it's been? How well does the Roku device handle the file formats that Plex can...

Currently they do not have a Netflix subsription so that's something I would consider including for a month or two as part of the present. My biggest overall concern is that I do not have either product myself so I do not know how user friendly these are to married empty nesters in their 50s. My parents would likely use it on their 10+ year old monster 65" rear projection tv so HD is a must. They have a very nice speaker system too, but I don't think that should really affect the... Read more →

The one piece of official information I can't find about the Roku box is whether or not it supports UPNP media servers. Specifically, I am wondering if I can stream video/audio from my Mediatomb server or my laptop running Windows 7. Anyone have any success in that department?