I&#x27;ve been considering replacing my media PC with a Roku, so I&#x27;m curious why you would call them &quot;empty plastic boxes&quot; considering the Roku can stream from my local server and I block all outbound requests at my router (firewall). The advantage I see is the 5W power draw vs. my current 20W. I&#x27;m also unclear on what interoperability would mean for one of these devices. I don&#x27;t think 2 Roku on the same network have any capacity to communicate either (maybe I&#x27;m wrong?).