An Early Review of Roku's Netflix-Streaming Appliance

Robert Green writes "Following and complementing the Netflix instant streaming video service for the PC, Roku has produced a Set-Top Box offering instant streaming of Netflix video to your home television set. Set to compete with Apple TV (major announcement pending), it began shipping last week and here is one of the first reviews." As has been discussed before, the device is fairly limited, but inexpensive (around $100).

Comments

Re:Advantages over computer - HDTV?

[Izabael_DaJinn]

Really thought about it, like ran through your head situations where people have different living situations/setups than you. You would have had your answer.

Oh sure that sounds innocuous enough, but that can only lead to reading my posts before I hit submit, which is the gateway into spell checking, and before you know it, I'm actually RTFA before I post. It's a downward spiral.

Re:advantage over plugging laptop into TV?

[PhotoGuy]

Is there an advantage over just plugging one's laptop's TV-out into the TV, and plugging speakers into the laptop?

Yes, you don't have to plug your laptop's TV-out into the TV, nor do you have to plug speakers into your laptop!