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Roku Netflix Player
Conclusion
It boils down to who could enjoy using a device like this. Basically, it's people who don't want or have a ridiculous home theater setup, people who have no inclination to build or buy a home theater PC, and people who don't own an Xbox 360. (The 360 is scheduled to get a Netflix player along with this November's firmware update.) So what if the feature set is limited? It's simple. It's essentially just a "play" button, and that has a strong appeal in and of itself. It's easy to install and use, that's what really matters. I assume that Netflix is just beginning when it comes to streaming video, and in the future, a more complex feature set will replace what they've got going right now. But they're not there yet, and for a hundred bucks, the Roku Nextflix Player, at the very least, provides an inexpensive diversion that proves its value in nights stayin' at home, eating takeout, and remembering that Magnum P.I. was awesome. And for now, anything besides what the Roku provides, as far as features or functions, is conjecture. Other companies are working with Netflix to provide their own players, but the whats and whens are all obscured. The Roku can take care of everything that Netflix provides, and it does it cheap. Depending on how you look at it, Roku may be ahead of its time or Netflix or the content providers behind. But one thing's certain, and it's that streaming content is the next big thing. Roku is providing a dead-simple way to get in on it. The Good  Cheap Moderate future-proofing Now you don't even have to reach for the mailboxThe Bad  Over-the-air SD quality at best No real features to speak of I hope you like Troma movies
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