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Roku Gets An Update

It seems inconceivable that I first recommended the Roku box over two years ago, but it is true.  This is one of the times when being an early adopter has been a great experience - with every passing month, the Roku has gotten more functional and has added many more channels, including Pandora, Leo LaPorte’s TWiT Network, Vimeo, Revision 3, MLB.com, Flickr, and dozens of others.  Of course, not all of the channels are to everyone’s taste, but you can usually find something to watch in there.

Engadget has just posted a fairly in-depth review of the new Roku XDS box, with support for video up to 1080p (there is some of that on Vimeo, but not much anywhere else - yet.)  When the baseline Roku HD only costs $59, that falls into impulse-buy territory for many folks. Seems like this is a harbinger of even more splintering in the distribution business, and it is exciting to watch. 

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Ah yeah man_I love my Roku_ you know how I got it_ I participated in some online_over the telephone session for Adobe and they sent me a gift card to Amazon_How cool is that?

Posted by Jim Hines  on  09/28  at  05:01 PM

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