Thumbdrive-Sized Streaming Media Players Coming Soon

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday January 4, 2012 @08:06PM from the size-does-matter dept.

DeviceGuru writes "Roku is building its streaming media player technology into a thumbdrive-style device that will plug directly into a TV's HDMI port. The Roku Streaming Stick, to be priced in the $50-$100 range, will convert ordinary TVs into smart TVs, according to CEO Anthony Wood. One catch is that it will depend on the TV having at least one Mobile High-Definition Link (MHDL) compliant HDMI port. The new standard is not widely supported yet, with only Nokia, Samsung, Silicon Image, Sony, and Toshiba listed as members on the MHDL Consortium's web page."

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I'll have the raspberry pi instead by Anonymous Coward · 2012-01-04 20:37 · Score: 5, Interesting

So.. rolling my own from a raspberry pi will still be the best option this year? That comes with a bog standard hdmi port.
http://www.raspberrypi.org/