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Conference on Roku
Yes I love my Roku, and its gotten better with the upcoming Mormon Channel. I’ve been 1 of just under 200 people who are testing out the Alpha version of the Mormon Channel for Roku and it’s been very cool. Since I no longer have DirecTV I had 2 choices: go watch conference at the church or sit in front of my computer… I now get to choose sitting on my couch in my Sunday clothes and enjoy conference from my Roku. Ok, I don’t watch conference in my Sunday cloths, since it’s been warm it’s more like my shorts and T-shirt. But I’ve told you a bit too much about my dressing habits.
The Mormon Channel is still in development but they were able to get it ready enough to stream conference using the stream that was already set up for the iPad. Yes thats right if you have an iPad you can sit on your toilet and watch conference, in your Sunday best…
If the Mormon Channel shapes up to be what I think is should be, we would have access to past conferences, and any video the church has ever produced (fingers crossed). Thus making it a worth while idea to put Roku’s in the buildings that have High Speed internet in them. It would be super easy to lock them down enough that only the church channel is available. The Lord has blessed us with some marvelous technology, I can’t wait to use it!
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about 1 year ago
It was a bit choppy at times and the resolution would sometimes drop down to probably 480p, but by and large it looked like gorgeous 1080p.
I loved it!
A big thank you to all those who worked to pull this off!
about 1 year ago
The resolution drop only happened to me a couple times, but I really can’t complain. Nothin like sitting home watching conference.
about 11 months ago
I just added the channel and I’m looking forward to using my Roku to show quick messages for family home evening and watching conferences as well. As for the choppiness you have mentioned, I can tell you that I also ran into that watching it via a computer almost every conference so it sounds like it is at least as good as what the computer can offer which is acceptable and a welcome option!