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Roku LT Review

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Pros Roku LT Review

  • Easy to set up/wifi connectivity
  • An amazing selection of apps and content
  • Just 4” by 4” square
  • Search for content across all channels
  • Great value at $49

Cons

  • Content is only 720p
  • No ethernet, USB, or SD card slot

Our Score

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The Geek’s Take

With Smart TVs and Blu-ray players becoming so prevalent, Roku’s selection of streaming boxes may soon be a dying breed. But for those still stuck with an older HDTV for a few more years, the Roku LT is an inexpensive way to obtain web connectivity and video streaming to your home theater. It lacks some of the features of Roku’s more expensive options, but has the ones you need and the content you crave to be our top choice in this category.

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ContentRoku LT Review

The biggest reason to go with Roku over the competition is it’s insane content offerings. Roku’s streaming boxes support nearly every online channel out there in nearly every category available – somewhere in the neighborhood of 700 total – many, many more than most smart TVs or Blu-ray players offer. From premium sports channels like MLB TV and NBA Game Time to streaming video channels like Crackle and Netflix to Pay per View channels like Vudu to internet radio channels like Pandora and Spotify, Roku has the most comprehensive channel selection of any streaming box, period. Simply put, if you can’t get it on Roku, you probably can’t get it. The selection is so complete, smart TV and Blu-ray owners might even consider using the Roku to supplement their current streaming setup. It’s only $50 after all.

For a complete list of Roku’s channel selection, check out Roku’s official site.

Features

There are a couple different flavors of Roku box, with more expensive models offering an escalating set of features. The Roku LT is the base model, with just the barest set of features and capable of streaming only 720p video. You can upgrade to the Roku 2 XD for $30 to get 1080p streaming, but keep in mind that most content is only available at 720p anyway. The Roku LT also has no ethernet port of hardline web connectivity or USB for playing digital video files from a thumb or external hard drive. If those are important to you, the Roku 2 XS makes them available and also adds an accelerometer driven motion remote control for playing games like Angry Birds. Here’s a grid of the available models and their features.

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The Roku LT is wifi only and connects to SDTVs via included component cables or HDTVs via HDMI (sold separately). The setup process is simple: plug in, connect, follow the onscreen prompts to configure and connect the Roku LT to your existing wifi network. It’s seamless and takes just a few minutes to get rolling. If you can connect a laptop to a wifi hotspot, you should have no problems with Roku.

Value

At $49.99, the Roku LT is probably the best value in the Roku family and a great deal compared to other streaming devices we’ve seen. Not only is the 700 channel content there, but there’s something to be said for buying from one of the oldest names in content streaming. There’s a bit of a pedigree in the Roku name, and for good reason. It seems well worth $50 to us. 

Summary

If you’re looking for a simple, no nonsense streaming box that offers more channels than you’ll ever be able to watch, the Roku LT is for you. At just 4” by 4” square, the Roku LT is unobtrusive in its design but still packs a pretty mean punch. Sure, it might not be as feature heavy as some of its big brother Roku’s, but it gives you everything you really need to start streaming every episode of Hogan’s Heroes right out of the box for just $50. That’s good enough for us to earn an Editors’ Choice.

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