Hands on with Roku's Netflix Player : Christopher Null
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14 months ago
Hands on with Roku's Netflix Player I love Netflix, but I really love Netflix's video streaming service. Wouldn't it be great if you could get those streaming vids on your big ol' flat panel TV? Well, you can, thanks to the curiously-named The Netflix Player by Roku, which Ben wrote about when it was announced. I've been using the Player for several spins now and I have to say, I honestly love it to death. The box is about the size of a stuffed ham-on-wheat sandwich, and it's a featureless box with only a Roku logo and a single white LED to indicate it's on. The LED blinks when it receives a command from the remote, otherwise you won't even know it's there. Hooking it up is brain-dead simple. Just connect the box to your TV or receiver via any kind of connection (RCA, S-Video, component video, HDMI, and even optical audio). Plug it in via Ethernet or configure it for Wi-Fi, and power it up.
