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iaMkcK · 11-21-2012, 04:41 AM

I have the original Roku from Amazon. It works wonders.

The buffering issue you are experiencing is from your internet connection. Many factors are incorporated into that, be it the speed of your connection coming to the house, the age of your modem, and last but not least: the router. I personally have Roadrunner Cable coming into my house, and I just recently upgraded my whole set-up 6 months back, and upgraded my cable plan to their better plan for free [From 10/1Mbps to 20/2Mbps] a month ago.

My modem originally was a Motorola SurfBoard 5100 from April 2001, and my router was a Linksys WRT-54G from the same time frame.. I upgraded to the Motorola SurfBoard 6141 [Got mine for $130, they're now $110 on Amazon], with an ASUS RT-N66U Router [Got it for $200, they're now $160 on Amazon]. After this, the buffering issues ended completely. After a few months, I was offered the upgraded plan. Now, I couldn't dream of living the old set-up -- It was like going from 28k dial-up to the first-gen home cable.

I realize this may be a costly upgrade, but all of these items are DOCSIS 3.0 compatible and IPv6 Ready [Nerd speak: basically means the future of the internet -- in broad terms. If you know what I'm talking about, perfect.. If not: Eventually, and by that I mean soon, the current IP system is going to run out -- The 192.168.1.1 you may be accustomed to is going to become more like 2001:0db8:85a3:0042:0000:8a2e:0370:7334]

Needless to say, my Roku runs flawless now [After my modem/router upgrade, I didn't even need to upgrade my cable plan -- that was just a bonus]. No buffering issues, and instead of getting like 1Mbps and lagging at times, I get in excess of 10Mbps, so the Roku now just shows 10Mbps+.

11-21-2012, 04:41 AM	#4
iaMkcK Feeling at Home Join Date: Oct 2012 First Name: Jarrett Location: SoCal Posts: 570 Trading: (8)	Re: Roku I have the original Roku from Amazon. It works wonders. The buffering issue you are experiencing is from your internet connection. Many factors are incorporated into that, be it the speed of your connection coming to the house, the age of your modem, and last but not least: the router. I personally have Roadrunner Cable coming into my house, and I just recently upgraded my whole set-up 6 months back, and upgraded my cable plan to their better plan for free [From 10/1Mbps to 20/2Mbps] a month ago. My modem originally was a Motorola SurfBoard 5100 from April 2001, and my router was a Linksys WRT-54G from the same time frame.. I upgraded to the Motorola SurfBoard 6141 [Got mine for $130, they're now $110 on Amazon], with an ASUS RT-N66U Router [Got it for $200, they're now $160 on Amazon]. After this, the buffering issues ended completely. After a few months, I was offered the upgraded plan. Now, I couldn't dream of living the old set-up -- It was like going from 28k dial-up to the first-gen home cable. I realize this may be a costly upgrade, but all of these items are DOCSIS 3.0 compatible and IPv6 Ready [Nerd speak: basically means the future of the internet -- in broad terms. If you know what I'm talking about, perfect.. If not: Eventually, and by that I mean soon, the current IP system is going to run out -- The 192.168.1.1 you may be accustomed to is going to become more like 2001:0db8:85a3:0042:0000:8a2e:0370:7334] Needless to say, my Roku runs flawless now [After my modem/router upgrade, I didn't even need to upgrade my cable plan -- that was just a bonus]. No buffering issues, and instead of getting like 1Mbps and lagging at times, I get in excess of 10Mbps, so the Roku now just shows 10Mbps+.