XenonMan, does the Roku offer any sort of DLNA, UPnP, or similar support for playing files stored on the local network? I poked around Roku's site, but couldn't find anything that clearly said they could.
I have run cat 5 from where the modem is to where the 990 will be located once the house is finished. It sounds like using a Roku might be the way to go.
So can I hard wire between the Roku and the 990? If so, when using say Pandora will what is playing show up on the monitor for the HT system.
I watched the video and looked at what was on the Roku site but it wasn't as informational as I would have hoped.
Can you explain how this would work in a bit more detail or tell me what site to acess to find more information on connecting to a HT receiver.
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Thanks,
Brad
I haven't spent time with the Roku streaming boxes, but the connection process is pretty straightforward: connect audio to the Model 990 and video to your display (either directly from the Roku or through the 990's switching). The two basic Roku boxes (Roku HD and Roku XD) only have HDMI and analog audio outputs, so if you had either of those you wound be running analog audio to the 990 and HDMI to your display (either directly or through the 990's DVI switching). The Roku XD|S also offers optical digital output and component video in addition to HDMI. Optical is the preferred way to get audio into the Model 990, as it gives you full benefit of the 990's DAC's. Either HDMI or component could be used to connect to your display (again either through the 990 or directly to the display).
The Roku will display information on what audio is playing on screen while it is playing, whether it's Pandora or some other audio source.
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