I might dive into Roku programming on weekends I have XDS model connected to our main TV.
I can do my programming/learning when the TV isn’t being used.
However I’m wondering if it would be better to isolate my Roku programming environment, i.e. get a second Roku
so I don’t mess anything up with our main Roku box.
Can I get buy with older or cheaper model Roku for development?
You can put any of the models in developer mode, so you could use any of them to do development. Probably the biggest difference you will notice from a developer perspective is going from 9 to 12 buttons on the remote control from the low to high end skus.
–Kevin
Your development on a roku box is entirely sandboxed from the rest of the device - so you wouldn’t be able to damage anything.
Having two rokus would allow you to leave one in 4:3 display and one in 16:9 display without needing to ever change back and forth to verify layouts.
