Apple TV and Roku LT are the tow of the leading options for streaming digital media. They both have several advantages over their contenders. They are budget friendly, extremely easy to handle and have enormous range of functions. They are comparatively smaller to have advantageous set up with home televisions. However, if you are going to buy a streaming media box, then you need to choose the best among them. Here you will be seeing a faceoff between the performance evaluation of Apple TV and Roku LT to help you decide the best one for you. Therefore, let us evaluate the faceoff between Apple TV and Roku LT.
Round one:
Comparison
The first round of faceoff is based
on the comparison between the two streaming boxes. For that, you need to know
about the Roku Lt and Apple TV.
Roku LT got the editor’s choice
award for price and variety of content. It costs only US$50 yet it has the
entire major broadcaster lined up as services. It has Netflix, Pandora, HBO,
Game Center, Picasa, Flickr, CNET, NASA and numerous others as the content. The
company has an extensive list in their website. However, the editor’s choice
award is due to its ever-increasing content updating.
Apple TV, on the other hand is all
about providing the quality of the product. You cannot dismiss its claim to the
throne due to its highly versatile browsing capability. Apple TV is twice as
expensive. The services are not cheap but they provide you with the best
available content if you are willing to pay the right price. The Browsing and
navigation is the baseline behind the Apple TV. It is not cheap but the content
it provides competes with the best.
Design
The design of the two streaming
system us quite different, Roku LT is very handy and tiny is shape and size
than the Apple TV. The front panel is extremely simple with just a dim light
glowing to know its status. The Apple TV on the other hand is very vibrant in
color. However, it is bit bulkier than Roku LT.
Features:
It is not always the size and cost
that win a faceoff; it is all about being the smarter and better in terms of
features.
Roku LT may not have a vibrant look
but it can be connected to even the old Cathode ray based TV system with its
HDMI based protocol and mini-jack attachment.
Roku LT has a small collection of games. However, they are not that much
important when compared to its wide content services. The Roku LT has Ethernet
ports, SD card slot and USB port to help it be connected to various gadgets of
our daily use. It can be connected with cameras, mobile phones and other
gadgets that use separate memory sticks. The Roku even have internet
connectivity with its low powered wireless based broadband connection.
Apple TV has much smaller features
compared to Roku LT. However, the browsing capability is state of the art. It
is quite useful when you can pay the price for the best content. The navigation
is very easy. It has a huge collection of paid service that can be browsed. The
best feature is Apple Airplay technology lets you connect to all your Apple
devices to have more usage. They can be connected to these devices. It even
allows you to play the content from your iPad or iPods. However, the best
service is its content transfer capability. If you have purchased a TV series,
you can take them with your phone and watch them on journey. The streaming box
allows you to transfer paid contents to other apple devices.
Winner
In terms of cost and size, Roku LT
is clear winner. It is half the price of Apple TV. However, the color of LT box
is total disaster.
In terms of content diversity, Roku
LT is a clear winner as it has the largest collection of different
broadcasters. Apple TV does not have contents but if you are willing to pay the
price, it gives you the best content available in with highest rotten Tomatoes
rating. Therefore, we can clearly keep both of them together in term of quality
of performance. However, the delivery of the performance keeps Roku LT ahead of
all competitors.
In terms of connectivity, Apple TV
is clearly a winner as it has rich browsing capability if the services are
properly paid. It can connect and transfer the data faster to and from your
Apple iPhone or iPads.
However, overall the winner is the
Roku LT as it is half the price of Apple TV but delivers quadruple amount
features.
