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Best new gadget?.Netflix Player by Roku

By Stephen M. Nipper

Netflix (last year?) added a service called “Watch Instantly” where they allowed subscribers to watch streamed selections on their computers for free (as part of their subscription). The titles in the “Watch Instantly” library (10,000+ of them) aren’t “New Releases,” but older movies and TV episodes. Example content available on Watch Instantly: The Office: Season 1, Dexter: Season 1, Heroes: Season 1 and 2, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Young Frankenstein. I guess I’m too Gen X, but watching movies on my computer isn’t my thing. Then…a company by the name of Roku teamed up with Netflix to release a $99 “Netflix Player.” The Netflix Player is a little box about the size of 5 stacked CD jewel cases that you connect to your computer network at home (via wired or wireless) and to your TV set via standard A/V connectors (A/V, S-video, Component, HDMI)...continue to full post

Full post as published by Invent Blog on July 15, 2008 (boomark / email).