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Old Dec 31, 2009 | 04:28 AM
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I am considering buying one of these but all I know is what the advertisement says.

Anyone here have any experience with this product?

http://www.roku.com/roku-products
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Old Dec 31, 2009 | 04:33 AM
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Why not just buy one of the newer Blue-Ray players? I have a Samsung BD-P1600 that plays Blue-Ray discs, Blockbuster steaming, Netflix streaming, Pandora and YouTube. You can find them for under $150 pretty easily.

Samsung BD-P1600

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Old Dec 31, 2009 | 04:42 AM
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Originally Posted by GPW AP2,Dec 31 2009, 08:33 AM
Why not just buy one of the newer Blue-Ray players? I have a Samsung BD-P1600 that plays Blue-Ray discs, Blockbuster steaming, Netflix streaming, Pandora and YouTube. You can find them for under $150 pretty easily.

Samsung BD-P1600

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I've been pricing blu ray and looks like I can get all I want via this unit.

So many variables in blu ray features. It gets a little overwhelming.
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Old Dec 31, 2009 | 05:01 AM
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This seems like a great alternative to having HD digital cable or dish, along with Blue-Ray. It's like both of those in one unit and for $130 for the HD XR, that's not bad at all. Granted, if you already have HD dish or digital cable and Blue-Ray, it's kind of pointless.

Also, was just looking around to see and I would assume that the HD is 1080p. I can't find anything saying it is or not though.
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Old Dec 31, 2009 | 05:08 AM
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you might want to look at something like the dell zino.
starts at $250 with windows 7 home premium.
will do everything you can with this and more.


i have heard good things about the roku though.

try browsing through these posts

http://www.engadget.com/search/?q=roku&inv...nType=wl-gadget
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