Roku Box Adds HD, Grows Beyond Netflix

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday December 23, 2008 @08:29AM from the watch-anything-anywhere dept.

DeviceGuru writes "Roku has announced two free updates to its Internet-enabled Netflix movie-streaming set-top box. The initial update adds advanced compression capable of streaming HD video over average consumer broadband connections, while the second (expected during the first quarter of 2009) will add A/V streaming from sources other than Netflix (e.g. YouTube, Hulu, Comedy Central, MSNBC, etc.). Roku faces growing competition from other providers of Internet-based video-on-demand STBs, such as Blockbuster's STB, Syabas's Popcorn Hour (aka NMT), AppleTV, and others. Roku hasn't said anything specific, but perhaps it'll partner with Boxee, which already provides a popular AppleTV hack."

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Re:Maybe I'm just not aware of it... by thedonger · 2008-12-23 09:14 · Score: 3, Funny

but seriously when is porn going to get into the streaming scene? (insert joke)
When R. Kelly starts filming again.

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AppleTV running Boxee by Tumbleweed · 2008-12-23 10:30 · Score: 2, Funny

Have you seen an AppleTV running Boxee?
The problem with that setup is all the frakkin' daggits. I hate daggits.