Just noticed on Currys website that they are currently selling the Roku 2 streaming box for £34.97 which seems a pretty decent price if you are looking for a box with the three main streaming services NowTV, Netflix and Amazon Video together with the four main TV catch up Apps, plus other channels and features not available on the NowTV box 
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Might pick one up myself for a direct replacement to my Roku stick which is a bit sluggish and under powered when navigating around the UI.
A quick question to Roku 2 and 3 owners how quick does it take to open up the Netflix App on the box, where my Roku stick takes forever 
@schnapps wrote:
Just noticed on Currys website that they are currently selling the Roku 2 streaming box for £34.97 which seems a pretty decent price if you are looking for a box with the three main streaming services NowTV, Netflix and Amazon Video together with the four main TV catch up Apps, plus other channels and features not available on the NowTV box
Might pick one up myself for a direct replacement to my Roku stick which is a bit sluggish and under powered when navigating around the UI.
A quick question to Roku 2 and 3 owners how quick does it take to open up the Netflix App on the box, where my Roku stick takes forever
Hi @schnapps
The first thing I did was check that the Roku 2 you were looking at was the 2015 version. Roku 2 4205, and indeed it is. because if it was the old version you were looking at you wouldn't want to go anywhere near it. It would be just as bad as a Roku stick hardware wise . The 2015 version of the Roku 2 is on par with the original version of the Roku 3 hardware wise. Apps such as Netflix, BBC iPlayer start within 8 to 10 seconds. And once you have ran Netflix for the first time, it appears to stay part loaded in the background, so the second time you started. It's much quicker at least that's what happens on my Roku anyway.
To be honest though part of me thinks it might be better to wait because dramatic reductions in price are usually what happens just before new hardware is brought out and we all know that the release of new Roku hardware in the UK is long overdue. So it's possible there could finally be new Roku hardware on the way and you have a 4K TV don't you? The current Roku kit is available in the UK doesn't support 4K output.
By the way, don't be surprised if this topic gets moved from the account section into the Roku section
Not sure about the Roku boxes, but my Roku Stick only outputs 60HZ when pressing the info display button on my TV 
No option in the menu settings to change the video output from 60hz to 50hz which you can do on a Chromecast and Fire TV stick
Looks like the Roku 2 are now not showing on the Currys website, so i am guessing they have sold out.
Suggest keeping this thread open, to see if places like Amazon UK and Argos follow suit by dropping their prices on the Roku 2 or 3 models in the coming months where you can post on here of any price drops worth noting.
We are not far off from the Black Friday / Cyber Monday Sales in a couple of weeks time, so it will be interesting to see if there are any Roku deals around during this time
