Choose from the biggest selection of quality entertainment and stream your favourite TV shows and films with the Roku 2 4205EU HD Smart TV Box.
1,400+ channels
Get films, TV shows, music and news at your fingertips with over 1,400 streaming channels to choose from.
Roku Search makes it easy to see what's on across all the top channels. Find programmes to watch for free our use subscription channels to rent or buy the latest blockbusters.
With access to your own subscriptions, including Netflix and Hulu Plus, you can rent or buy on demand and control how much you spend. Or enjoy hundreds of free channels available with the Roku 2.
Ready to stream
Roku Feed lets you know when your favourite shows or movies are ready to stream. Find out what channel they're on and how much they cost to rent or buy.
The easy to use remote control also lets you create channel shortcuts, so all your favourites are ready to go.
Also sky are doing an update on their subsidised box so if you want developer mode and many more channels than the sky bos then this is a box worth having!
All comments (27)
IronGlaive
15 Apr 17#1
What update is sky doing to Now TV Op?
Edit: Found it....didn't know that. Not Good. I never used plex but did sideload the media viewer to play movies directly via USB.
Chiptivo
15 Apr 17#2
Removing PLEX and the ability to side load applications.
salahwrexham
15 Apr 17#3
Heat added. Don't forget topcashback.
Anon32 to salahwrexham
16 Apr 17#6
How much tcb on this?
bilbob
15 Apr 17#4
I picked one of these up today from Argos, as an upgrade to a older Roku.
Quick review: Much faster than the old one, with access to much more modern versions of the apps that matter.
lettherebedeals
16 Apr 171#5
Yes I have one of these and much admit its highly impressive, I love it, I replaced a NowTV Box with one of these purely for some specific Roku Apps that you cannot install on NowTV Boxes, the Roku App & Channel Base is fantastic, the BEST by far, I paid £39.99 about 1 month ago, its works perfectly well and I can still enjoy NowTV to, the only drawback is that its always on stand-by and you cannot switch it off unless you unplug the power cable, of course this is not so much of an issue but is a little power-hog, why these boxes do not come with a power-off switch is beyond me.
These things use very little power. The beauty of them is that they are always on, so that there is no waiting for them to switch on.
itm
19 Apr 17#12
If you use this in a hotel room do you need an internet connection to cast content from a tablet?
Siddas
19 Apr 171#13
Just curious about this - I have a Roku for ages and can't find anything worth watching on the Roku channels - what am I missing?
leewills8
19 Apr 17#14
Surely easier using Kodi on a non brand android box?
spannerzone to leewills8
19 Apr 17#16
depends what you want i guess, this box does much more than Kodi.
Dave195985
19 Apr 17#15
Is this because the new Roku players are out soon?
Milkfloat
19 Apr 172#17
After Sky effectively bricked 4 NowTV boxes for me I looked for alternatives. After finding out how much of a stake Sky have in Roku, I jumped onto Chromecast. Plex works incredibly well, much better than on my NowTV boxes.
Heat777
20 Apr 17#18
Do you have a good link explaining the difference between the two for novices?
Qasim7
20 Apr 17#19
Can you watch free premiership football, latest movies and show on this as you can on an kodi android box?
redbutcher to Qasim7
20 Apr 17#20
No, but you wouldn't buy this for that - I find this handy for NowTV/Amazon Prime and Netflix all on one box.
s24adm
20 Apr 171#21
Kodi is an app on things like android tv boxes, xbox, etc. When you first install it, it's a basic media player app, but it can be customised with "add-ons" that let you stream films and live tv channels from the internet. It can be used for legal purposes but mostly, people get kodi to stream films and watch channels such as sky sports for free (illegally). The Roku box is more for legal means of streaming... BBC iPlayer, Demand5, 4OD, Netflix, Amazon Prime, NowTV etc. etc.
For novices, I'd recommend a Roku as its really plug and play. Kodi requires quite a good bit of setup and over time will require updating and tinkering with streaming sources, add-on installs etc. It's really geared more toward tech-capable folks.
I'd class myself as a tech-geek and even I got fed-up with Kodi, having to try several streams before a film would play, finding an source that went offline just before or during a game etc. It's great when it works but often in my experience, the times you really need it to work, something usually went wrong and we ended up watching something on Netflix or Amazon Prime instead.
pauljanet
20 Apr 17#22
Isn't an Amazon Fire box or stick a better bet than one of these. It has access to most of the streaming services and for those who want to you can side load Kodi.
hotrod2 to pauljanet
25 Apr 17#25
It would be if only you could get now tv.
Siddas
20 Apr 17#23
Yes you would. Look at IPTV services that include 3pm kick offs etc. You will pay for this service but they are a lot more reliable than trawling your Kodi streams for a watchable one.
redbutcher
21 Apr 17#24
Fair enough, don't use them.
jaynino
25 Apr 17#26
or Netflix
Tabtester
24 May 17#27
sky never said anywhere than you can use plex or dev mode. Get over it. I have
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1,400+ channels
Get films, TV shows, music and news at your fingertips with over 1,400 streaming channels to choose from.
Roku Search makes it easy to see what's on across all the top channels. Find programmes to watch for free our use subscription channels to rent or buy the latest blockbusters.
With access to your own subscriptions, including Netflix and Hulu Plus, you can rent or buy on demand and control how much you spend. Or enjoy hundreds of free channels available with the Roku 2.
Ready to stream
Roku Feed lets you know when your favourite shows or movies are ready to stream. Find out what channel they're on and how much they cost to rent or buy.
The easy to use remote control also lets you create channel shortcuts, so all your favourites are ready to go.
Also sky are doing an update on their subsidised box so if you want developer mode and many more channels than the sky bos then this is a box worth having!
All comments (27)
Edit: Found it....didn't know that. Not Good. I never used plex but did sideload the media viewer to play movies directly via USB.
Quick review: Much faster than the old one, with access to much more modern versions of the apps that matter.
For novices, I'd recommend a Roku as its really plug and play. Kodi requires quite a good bit of setup and over time will require updating and tinkering with streaming sources, add-on installs etc. It's really geared more toward tech-capable folks.
I'd class myself as a tech-geek and even I got fed-up with Kodi, having to try several streams before a film would play, finding an source that went offline just before or during a game etc. It's great when it works but often in my experience, the times you really need it to work, something usually went wrong and we ended up watching something on Netflix or Amazon Prime instead.