anyone using a streaming device on their truck?

I hear good things about the Roku box, but haven't used one.

 

Honestly its gonna be tough to find coverage fast enough to really be able to enjoy one of those streaming boxes. I guess it all depends on where you are going to be stopping, too. I had Millinecom (used sprints network until they recently had a falling out) and if I was near a big city 4g coverage was generally decent enough to do a bit of streaming but anywhere outside the big cities coverage fast enough to watch videos was few and far between. Those boxes are generally designed to work with your home internet connection where your download rates are higher and more consistent. Streaming video (especially HD) will also use bandwidth like nobodies business, remember that their "unlimited" plans are usually capped to 50GB or so in fine print. Anything above that is "excessive usage".

 

If I have time and I'm in 4gLTE area and the TV signal is bad, I will fire up my Verizon 60gig hotspot and stream Netflix (hd turned off) for at most an hour or two at a time and it works fine streaming over 4g. I have a larger laptop and use that as a TV (Netflix, Amazon video, etc) ... I do have a ROKU box it's just easier to utilize the computer directly IMO if you're going to stream.

3g, forget streaming, 4g it's hit and miss, 4gLTE always rock solid and streaming-capable but do run in (force) reduced definition modes regardless to conserve data usage

 

Why not hook the laptop to the tv

 

My laptop screen is bigger then my small TV plus has a better display and consumes less power. I personally don't want to deal with a big TV I just don't have enough idle time to want a big TV. (I have an APU and inverter that could run anything I wanted but just don't see any need) but I understand some do want 24 inch + TV's

 

I use millenicom on verizon network 3g only and 90% of the time I can stream hulu and netflix just fine with hd turned off.