Play Statiaon 3 or Roku?

[Hal]

A while back I started a thread on whether to buy a Blue-Ray DVD player or a Play Station 3. The consensus was for the PS3. How do folks here feel about the Roku device? Friends have it and really like it. It's also cheaper than a PS3.

[Sir Terrence the Terrible]

A while back I started a thread on whether to buy a Blue-Ray DVD player or a Play Station 3. The consensus was for the PS3. How do folks here feel about the Roku device? Friends have it and really like it. It's also cheaper than a PS3.

It may be cheaper than the PS3, but it does not play discs. No provision for CD, DVD, Blu ray or any disc based media. The PS3 streams netflix, and with an outboard program Hulu.

If all you want to do is stream, then get the Roku. But if your sights are set on a device that can do almost everything with high quality, then the PS3 is the only way to go, even if you are not a gamer.

[Rich-n-Texas]

I was going to Google Roku and provide some input, but The T. has taken care of it. The new slimline PS3's are awesome machines from what I'm told.