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Roku HD Player |  | Brand: Roku
Category: CE
List Price: $99.99
Buy New: $84.99
as of 7/29/2010 16:05 PDT details
You Save: $15.00 (15%)
New (5) Used (1) from $84.99
Seller: TheRealDeal37
Rating:  755 reviews
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 5 x 5 x 1.8
MPN: N1100
Model: N1100
UPC: 829610847023
EAN: 0829610847023
ASIN: B001PIBE8I
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Start watching movies on your TV in seconds using your high-speed Internet connection | | • | Instantly plays the entire Netflix Instant Watch library with your Netflix membership - no additional subscription required, viewing is unlimited | | • | Instantly plays over 45,000 movies and shows from Amazon Video On Demand | | • | Built-in wireless (Wi-Fi) and wired internet connectivity | | • | Plays High Definition as well as DVD-quality video; works with any TV |
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Product Description
With Wi-Fi and High Definition playback capability built-in, Roku HD Player is the easiest way to stream top-quality instant movies and shows directly to your TV - over 50,000 and counting, from Netflix, Amazon Video On Demand, and more. The best-selling HD Player has everything you need to start enjoying endless entertainment from the comfort of your couch. No wonder it's Netflix members' top rated streaming player.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 755
 Superb - though a little WPA2 wireless gotcha you should watch for July 29, 2010
Ste Cork
I've been a Netflix streaming customer for a while through my XBox 360, and love it. I wanted to do the same for our bedroom so picked the Roku as being the cheapest player rather than buying another console. I'm fussy about security, so I use WPA2 and only allow specified MAC addresseses to connect ( i.e. the Xbox 360 and the Roku ). My Xbox never had any problem, but the Roku completely failed to connect, even when 2 feet away from the router. It could see the network, but was denied. I called Roku's tech support ( long wait on hold, but at least they were eventually available ), and after 20+ minutes we finally figured out that even though my router allows 8-63 char passwords, the 9-char one I was using ( which was fine for the Xbox360 ) made the Roku sulk. I added another digit on to make it 10-chars, changed the Xbox and Roku to also be 10 chars, then it suddenly worked perfectly. Go figure. I'm guessing a firmware bug at the Roku end, but an easy one to bypass.
Roku wireless reception is superb - Apple should ask their engineers to fix the iPhone 4. Example: My wireless router is now (still) on the basement floor, my Xbox is 1 floor up in the lounge, and the Roku is up another floor from that, in our bedroom, yet reception is perfect. I generally get 3/4 dots on the Roku strength meter, and that shows up pretty much perfectly. No hitches/blockiness/whatever. I'll probably pick up another couple of these boxes for the other TVs in the house - they're only 1.5x our monthly cable bill after all, and I'll be ditching that anyway. For comparison, my connection is an ADSL line, "up to" 3mbps, but usually around 2mbps ( thx, AT&T ). I'll probably also use another Roku box instead of the Xbox for the lounge, since a) you can seek forwards/backwards on the Roku without the movie resetting to the start ( which the Xbox Netflix app *always* does ), and the playback quality from the same signal is far better - maybe being dedicated helps with signal processing? I just know I've never seen any blockiness from it even at times when the xbox gets a bit pixelly.
Can't recommend this thing high enough, it's also silent due to no fan. That's the one issue, I'd like to have an on/off switch just for my own piece of mind when out of the house, for reasons of fire/electricity bill etc. But leaving it on means you don't have to wait for couple of minutes for the boot sequence. It's only about 6w consumption anyway.
Works as stated July 29, 2010
Eileen Gorman (Calverton, NY United States)
Arrived quickly and works as stated. The menu is a bit cumbersome, one foreign film had the subtitles off the screen, and it glitches every now and then claiming the signal weakened, but overall works fine. I'd like to see it offered for $50 instead of $100 so it can be purchased for multiple TVs in the house.
 Total crap! July 29, 2010
spratrat
I wish I had never purchased this product. We started having problems with it the day after the warranty expired. We returned that unit (on our own dime) after arguing with customer service and over an hour. They sent us another unit that had been refurbished. That unit was damaged straight out of the box. I wasted another hour arguing with customer service after they wanted me to pay for return shipping on an item that I had received damaged. I am now on my third unit and it is damaged as well. I am not going to argue with customer service on this one. I'm going to throw it in the trash.
Love my Roku HD July 28, 2010
Allen M. Cohen (Los Angeles, Ca)
An amazing bargain. I watch Roku more than regular TV. Great picture and sound quality with HDMI.
Netflix on TV Made Easy July 26, 2010
Roseville123 (Roseville CA)
Although wireless connections can sometimes be tenuous, the Roku device is pretty reliable. After watching around 50 movies, documentaries and TV episodes, the device only dropped one that was not recovered.
Of all the electronics in the house this is by far the easiest one to use. The remote is simple with only 5 controls.
If you enjoy watching instant Netflix selections on a computer then attaching a Roku to your TV is a must.
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