Okay now I understand. So it's basically the same as having your laptop hooked to the TV so you can browse on your TV screen, but as you say it only shows the subscribed content? Gotcha! Makes sense now. Man, I'm slow. But then, I'm old...
https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/i...Elda3eAvoE_5Ip

Right, it's like having the laptop plugged in but without all the hassle that entails. You can just sit on the couch with the Roku remote and easily get to what you want to watch.

Finally joined (hey, for me that's an instant decision!) but lo and behold! can't access Frasier, which I wanted this for first. How can I make this system think I'm over there in the good ol' US of A? Any ideas? IP disguise? VPN? All very complicated to me...

Thx guys

How To Watch Netflix In Europe & Change Your IP Address - JordanFried | JordanFried.com

I would also suggest looking on Youtube for tutorial videos.

Thanks Pete. I got it running.

One small, probably stupid question: can you not select episodes/seasons on this? I clicked on Frasier it loaded and then launched into episode one of season one, which is fine because that's where I wanted to start, but I won't always. Surely you can control what episodes you watch? Would that not seem vital?

Sorry, sorry! I am heir to the throne of the kingdom of idiots! I see now: click the image and it plays from the beginning, click the name and you get your choice of episodes/seasons.

Finally, I'm ready to go...!

Thanks again!
TH

Oh-kaaayyy... Does anyone know how to hack the Roku LT so that I can stream US content to my sister's TV? The Firefox addon on my PC allows me to watch US stuff but the Roku doesn't seem to have any such capability, and so little of the good stuff is available legit here. I hope I haven't wasted my money. She really wants to watch Frasier.

Any help, very much appreciated.

Thx guys
TH

I've just gone through some walkthroughs for this, but it seems that unless the Roku was purchased from the US, you won't be able to get around the restrictions that are built in the firmware.

Sorry. You just bought it recently so maybe you can return it and buy it from an American retailer.

edit:

http://www.eyeondemand.com/2013/06/0...utside-the-us/

That's where I pulled my information from. It definitely seems like a more complicated process so I dunno if it wouldn't be better to get someone with more computer expertise to help you out.

Thanks Pete but I don't think they'd take that as a reason to refund me. Shops here are very odd about giving you your money back. It would have to be faulty or something and certainly still in its box for me to get them to take it back. Even then they'd probably only give me shop credit, which would be useless. Think I'm stuck with it.

You can buy the entire discography now for 60 percent off TH. OOPS 55 PERCENT OFF.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...55i72y7FPUWLlQ