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Inside the Tech of the Roku Netflix Player

Posted by kdawson on from the no-disks-please-we're-videophiles dept.

MojoKid writes "A little over a week ago Netflix unveiled the Netflix Player, developed by the team at Roku, a set-top box for watching on-demand movies and TV. This interview with Tim Twerdahl, the VP of Consumer Products for Roku, goes into some detail about the guts of the box and the future of the set-top box. Of course the system runs an embedded Linux OS, but interestingly also runs on a Nexperia (Philips) media processor."

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  1. incredibly insightful! by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wow, that was one of the most in-depth interviews I've ever read. They go really into the details of what makes it run and how the system works. Well worth the read!

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  2. INSIGHTFUL +5 TO ARTICLE by SolidAltar · · Score: 5, Funny

    Roku: Third, we've heard feedback from home theater purists who said that they don't want to hear fan noise.
    HotHardware: Is that right?
    Tim: Yep. Quite a few people don't want to hear the hum of a fan in the background while watching TV.

    1. Re:INSIGHTFUL +5 TO ARTICLE by Darkness404 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Roku: Third, we've heard feedback from home theater purists who said that they don't want to hear fan noise. HotHardware: Is that right? Tim: Yep. Quite a few people don't want to hear the hum of a fan in the background while watching TV.

      But wasn't that kinda like what happened at Apple...

      Steve : We've heard feedback from people who said that they don't want to hear a fan in a computer

      Apple Guy But on the Apple III we need to have at least a fan, or air vents...

      Steve : No! We will just make a huge heatsink! No fans, no air vents!
      Apple Guy But...

      Steve : NO BUTS!!!! The Apple III will ship with no air vents and no fans and that is final!!!!


      5 months later....

      Customer : Ummm... My Apple III is displaying random data and the disks seem to be melted....

      Apple Tech : Just pick up the Apple III about 1 inch off the ground and drop it.
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