Comments on: Netflix player hits the streets for $100 with unlimited downloads

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:20:41 +0000

Yeah thats what I do …. It works great just have to move my laptop next to tv and its movie time. Thinking it would be nice to just have the little box and have it ready at all times so if nothing on tv I can just pop it on and its movie time.

By: Wayne Howland

Wayne Howland — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:32:55 +0000

I have a Sony Bravia LCD HDTV which has a PC input (VGA connection). Can’t I just use a VGA splitter and use my TV as a monitor from my PC to watch Instant movies?

By: NuShrike

NuShrike — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:32:48 +0000

Not sold. If this was queued through TiVo with HD support, then all the way.

By: Glenn

Glenn — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:53:19 +0000

I could live without HD for a while since basically I would save time not waiting for the DVD to come in the mail BUT their library for streaming video is HORRIBLE.

By: DavidB

DavidB — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:15:47 +0000

It’s not the device fault there’s no HD, blame Netflix. The device itself can do HD (read about it at http://www.roku.com/netflixplayer/

What IS good news about this device from Roku is perhaps by being teamed with Netflix this device won’t be orphaned like their prior video devices. Now if only it was also able to stream from local UPnP service it would be killer.

By: keymaker

keymaker — Tue, 20 May 2008 16:26:00 +0000

Although i won’t be buying one, this is really good news cause it will make everyone try to come up with a better device & better prices

By: jerkbag

jerkbag — Tue, 20 May 2008 15:58:11 +0000

if you read the details on the device it works off your netflix queue, so no need to search etc…

just add crap to your queue.

By: Sonny

Sonny — Tue, 20 May 2008 15:49:38 +0000

Will someone please sue Netflix for no closed captions support? This a hit against 30+ million people with hearing loss.

AppleTV with its iTunes has just added closed captions to 72 movies and counting.

By: Illa

Illa — Tue, 20 May 2008 14:47:51 +0000

No HD, no thanks. This would have been really sweet in 1999.

By: Maurice

Maurice — Tue, 20 May 2008 14:17:37 +0000

id have to wait on HD

By: ChrisNYC

ChrisNYC — Tue, 20 May 2008 13:53:07 +0000

Meh, I just bought the thing. $99 one timer, 30 day return policy. If it’s coming over at 480i or something, I’ll return it. Worth a try though.

I know Hewlett-Packard is launching their device soon too, maybe it’ll do 720p, we’ll see.

Thanks for heads up Josh.

By: Dtest5477

Dtest5477 — Tue, 20 May 2008 13:46:36 +0000

no HD no thanks and whats with no search function?

But im all fro the competition but this one needs needs a few things before I consider it.

By: ChrisNYC

ChrisNYC — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:53:05 +0000

I’ll give it a try, but since it’s not HD, that’s kind of a bummer. Regarding quality, the site says:

“Your Netflix ready device automatically analyzes the speed of your Internet connection whenever you start a movie or TV show and chooses the optimal image quality for your connection. For fast connections (3 Mbps or more), picture quality is comparable to DVD quality.”

I think that means it looks like ass if my wifi isn’t 3 megs. I’ll run a speed test tonight.

By: nancy drew

nancy drew — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:44:09 +0000

Returned

By: six2one

six2one — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:40:58 +0000

sold