Netflix has a set top box .

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brijenjas
brijenjas Posts: 311
edited May 2008 in Electronics
Netflix has a set top box for viewing "Watch it now" movies.

$100.00 for the box, no extra charge for the movies, as long as you have an subscription with unlimited DVDs.

http://www.roku.com/netflixplayer/
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  • JDOGG
    JDOGG Posts: 433
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    I have Netflix, and that looks like it could be awesome. Do you know if it is capable of Blu Ray?
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  • trubluluc
    trubluluc Posts: 2,067
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    ....I'm thinking you probably need a very fast internet connection to make it look good on a big screen though.
    I doubt that it will do blue ray, not at current internet speeds.

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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
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    JDOGG wrote: »
    I have Netflix, and that looks like it could be awesome. Do you know if it is capable of Blu Ray?

    My understanding is that it is not.
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  • JDOGG
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    What if I have a T1 line to my house? :)
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  • mutelight
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    That is a great idea on their part. I remember hearing rumors that they were going to add support to the 360 and PS3, I wonder if they are still thinking about following through with that since that could potentially limit the sales of their stand alone unit.
    JDOGG wrote: »
    What if I have a T1 line to my house? :)

    Especially not with T1. T1 speeds are 1.544Mbps, the average DSL and Cable speed range from 3Mbps-20Mbps even under the best connections most Blu-ray titles would eat up a lower end cable/DSL line with audio alone which is averages around 5Mbps for DTS-HD, Dolby TrueHD, and Uncompressed PCM. Even if you were to use the core audio codecs the video bit rate is typically at least 15Mbps VBR, spiking sometimes up to around 50mbps.
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  • JDOGG
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    Haha, I was kidding.
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  • Kchill
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    How big is the harddrive in it?
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,878
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    About 3.5 ".



    :rolleyes:
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  • mutelight
    mutelight Posts: 1,054
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    JDOGG wrote: »
    Haha, I was kidding.

    Oh, right... sorry... :o
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  • PhantomOG
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    They should put a big enough hard drive in there to load up a few HD movies. Then just use your online queue and download in that order. You get to play the movie as soon as its download is completed. Sure, you'd have to wait for the download, but it would still be faster than the mail, and besides, you could be watching a previously downloaded movie while it downloads the next.

    As soon as its HD ready, I'll definitely consider it depending on how they implement it and the audio/video quality of it.
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  • WilliamM2
    WilliamM2 Posts: 4,811
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    I doubt you will see HD streaming anytime soon. Current Netflix downloads are not even DVD quality, closer to DivX quality.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 20,290
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    Dude, thank you for posting this. My wife is gonna LOVE it! I now know what I am gonna give her for her birthday. Again, thanks.

    I love technology like this when it hits.
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  • SKsolutions
    SKsolutions Posts: 1,820
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    The Netflix Player is HD-ready. It has all the connections you need to connect it to your HDTV, and it’s capable of playing back HD content. When Netflix releases HD content for Instant Watching, the Netflix Player by Roku will be ready.

    Who knows what that actually means, but. .
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  • JDOGG
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    I might have to check this out when the HD content becomes available.
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