[Sans-Culotte]

I run a Roku box with Plex installed. I can view just about any type of video file on my laptop from my TV that way.

What is Plex? How does it work with a Roku?

[ShadowAce]

Plex is an app you install on both the Roku and on your laptop/desktop at home. It serves up media files to the Roku which then displays them on your TV.

[Charles Martel]

Plex does seem to have the momentum right now as a media server. There's another one called PlayOn that you might check out, also available on the Roku through a "private channel".

Be sure to check out the minimum system requirements for running media server software. A multi-core CPU is pretty much a requirement.