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Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Entertainment

Roku HD-XR Hands On: Where’s Roku Going With This?

11:30PM Dan Nosowitz | Roku updated their lineup today with two new models bookending the current Roku HD. I took a look at the higher-end HD-XR — it’s solid, but disappointing, since it needs a firmware upgrade (coming soon) before it feels truly next-gen. More »
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Entertainment

Roku XR Slightly Less Underwhelming With Addition Of 802.11n, USB

7:35AM Sean Fallon | Spy shots of the new Roku XR Netflix streaming box over at Engadget seem to indicate that upgrades like 802.11n and a USB port are on their way—but that isn’t nearly enough to justify getting one. More »
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Entertainment

Amazon HD Video On Demand on Roku Too!

6:59AM Gizmodo US Edition | TiVo’s not the only box offering HD content from Amazon VOD, Roku has also announced HD Amazon downloads which are available today. AU: Also US only, but I like teasing you with what awesome online video streaming solutions could be like if only someone would offer it…
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Saturday, February 21, 2009
Entertainment

Netflix Might Have Streaming-Only Subscriptions Next Year

1:35AM Matt Buchanan | Netflix CEO Reed Hastings says that by late this year or 2010, Netflix might allow people to ditch red envelopes entirely and subscribe just to their streaming service. More »
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Friday, February 6, 2009
Entertainment

Roku Puts Amazon VOD Into Beta, YouTube Coming Next?

11:22PM Mark Wilson | We’d heard that Amazon VOD was coming to the otherwise Netflix-wielding Roku streamer. And according to Roku forums, the Amazon functions have entered private beta. More »
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
Entertainment

Blockbuster Consumes CinemaNow, Still Misses the Point

12:20AM John Mahoney | Still desperately playing catch-up, Blockbuster has struck a deal that brings its pay-per-view streaming service to anything that supports CinemaNow, which will now be known as a Blockbuster-branded service. But it’s still no Netflix. More »
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Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Entertainment

Roku Netflix Box Gets Amazon Video on Demand

2:41AM Matt Buchanan | Roku’s Netflix box is currently a one-trick pony, but it’s getting Amazon’s Video on Demand later this year, meaning you can soon buy or rent and instantly stream movies and TV shows from Amazon’s service. More »
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Monday, December 22, 2008
Entertainment

Roku Player Gets Update for Netflix HD, Future Service Expansion

7:17AM Jack Loftus | Roku owners were greeted with a brand new home screen this morning as the service was updated to handle HD video and a expansion that could see new channels and web content on your TV. More »
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Thursday, December 4, 2008
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Entertainment

Neuros Releases the Link, an Open Source, Web-Savvy Set-Top Box

7:07PM John Herrman | Neuros, who built their reputation with weird, chunky (but wonderful) modular MP3 players, has long since moved exclusively to the home entertainment field. Their latest attempt at eroding the Apple TV’s market share is the Link, a set-top streaming box that will pull video from a wide range of online TV sources — Hulu, NBC, ABC, etc. — as well as stream local audio and video content from any USB hard drive. As is always the case with Neuros set-tops, the Link’s software is open source and ready for modification. This time, mercifully, that might not be the box’s biggest draw. More »
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