Posts Tagged ‘ Roku ’

XBox 360 Movie Rentals Not Ready For Prime Time?

Jul 20th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: Digital Movie Store, General, Internet TV, Video

MG Siegler at Parislemon has an interesting take on the current state of movie rentals on the XBox 360, suggesting that it’s not ready for prime time:
Last night I sat down to download The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. I figured it would take 5-10 minutes to get enough information to start playing and then go. [...]

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Why The Roku Netflix Player Could Change Internet Television

Jul 2nd, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: Internet TV, Streaming Video, Video

There’s been a lot of discussion today about the Roku Netflix Player, focusing on the idea that Roku could its cheap Player to establish a foothold in people’s living rooms, and then add additional services to establish itself as a major Internet television solution.
According to a Forbes report, “Later this year, a simple software update [...]

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