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Given the price and that I only use Live Gold for watching Netflix, it's almost high enough to justify getting a second Roku (would take 2 years to break even,
by ydant 16y ago
Given the price and that I only use Live Gold for watching Netflix, it's almost high enough to justify getting a second Roku (would take 2 years to break even, though) for our house. It'd be a lot less of a heat-generator for my small office.
If I actually used the Live Gold for gaming, I wouldn't mind the cost as much. It's still not much for what it does provide. I just don't like playing multi-player games on the console. It's frustrating, however, to pay $60/year for the mere privilege of opening an app that likely doesn't cost Microsoft anything. If Roku can stream for free from Netflix, I'm imagining Microsoft does the same.
- mcantor 16y agoMany modern televisions have D-SUB connectors; if you have a desktop that is near your TV, you can also get a second video card and simply connect it to your TV like any other monitor. Even if you only have DVI-out, you can convert losslessly from DVI to D-SUB with an inexpensive adapter.
- tibbon 16y agoI can agree that if you're using your Xbox mostly as a Netflix player, then it isn't really a good deal. I'm not totally sure why Netflix is bundled into that, since you're already paying for it via Netflix.