Roku CNET review
What makes it cool? At $99, the Roku box is a cheap and simple way to stream movies and TV shows from the Internet to your TV. Users can subscribe to Netflix's Watch Now on-demand video service for as little as $9 a month and watch as many of Netflix's 12,000 streaming movie and TV titles as they like. Roku also recently added even more titles to its service through Amazon's pay-per-view Video on Demand service. For as little as $2 to $4 a pop, viewers can rent movies or TV episodes.
The CNET Reviews team gives this device a high score for being simple to set up with built-in wired and 802.11g Wi-Fi networking. It works with all TVs. And the firmware is upgradeable, so as Roku adds more services and options like advertising-supported programming from the big networks like ABC, NBC, CBS, and Fox--an option that the company is currently exploring--users can grow with the service.
What makes it not so cool? Roku needs more content. Currently, Netflix's streaming library is only a fraction of its DVD-by-mail offering, especially when it comes to popular recent releases. There's no browser to access Hulu.com or other sites offering other programming online. The CNET Reviews team notes that the video quality for non-HD titles is not DVD quality, especially when viewed on large TVs. There's also no surround sound (yet), and the Netflix queue still has to be managed from a PC.
Apple TV - $215 to $329
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