A Really Nice Turn The Table Tuesday Gadget! The Roku Box.
September 21, 2009 Post a Comment A Really Nice Turn The Table Tuesday Gadget! The Roku Box.
The back of the Roku Box offers 4 ways to connect to TV sets, including HDMI.Leo couldn’t believe he never picked the Roku Box as a TTTT gadget. But a check of GizWiz Search and the help of the folks in the chat room showed he never did. The Roku Box is a small, affordable (about $100) way to stream movies, TV shows and now baseball games to your TV. You don’t even need a computer. For a while it was called the Netflix Roku, but the selection of things to watch has broadened quite a bit since it’s introduction. You can now watch Amazon Video On Demand movies and TV shows as well as those of Netflix. (An unlimited subscription-viewing package can be as low as $9 per month.) The Roku box setup is simple. It includes built-in wired and 802.11g WiFi networking. Roku says you need at least 1.2 Mbps to watch movies instantly on the Roku digital video player with decent quality. You can hook it to just about any TV with a variety of connections: Composite video, S-Video, Component video (Y/Pb/Pr) or HDMI. The sound is stereo. You can upgrade the firmware to get new features, interface improvements, and bug fixes. It’s not a done-deal, but Leo hinted at another new use for folks who own a Roku Box. If those go well you may soon be able to stream much of the video content from TWiT! And that includes The Daily Giz Wiz. So you don’t catch us when we record the shows on Tuesday afternoons, you can just hit your Roku remote and watch it when you want!
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