| 736 of 751 people found the following review helpful  Amazing product and brilliant bang-for-your-buck, This review is from: Roku HD Player (Electronics) I purchased this in January, 2009 to add some additional value to my Netflix subscription. It has far surpassed my expectations, and has proven to be one of the best $100 I have spent in a long time. This is true especially in a down economy.Here are the pluses, and the minuses, I have seen in the product after 2 months of daily use Pluses: 1) Huge money saver: Having this box has allowed me to drop from 3 disks unlimited to 1 disk unlimited as well as drop cable entirely. The addition of Amazon on Demand is an even bigger value in that newly released movies will also be in abundant supply. 2) Ease of Set-up and use: I am a die hard apple fan because of their ease of use, and the set-up process was the easiest I have ever experienced. In less than 4 minutes I was watching a Netflix stream on my Sony HD TV. Also, the user interface is as straightforward as possible. A lot of thought went into it, and it shows. Bravo for one of the simplest... Read more 188 of 199 people found the following review helpful My best-spent entertainment dollar ever!, By Musashi (Las Vegas, NV) - See all my reviews This review is from: Roku HD Player (Electronics) I was already a rent-by-mail convert -- switching between Blockbuster and Netflix for a couple of years. For an extra $99, this box has already piped in hundreds of hours of tv shows and movies, filling in the wait times between disks. The Netflix instant movie selection started out not great, but recently they have rotated in some big films like the Lord of the Rings trilogy, pop hits like Superbad, the original "Grindhouse" double feature package, as well as lots of older and more obscure releases for adventurous cineastes like me, with NO extra charge to a regular Netflix membership. The addition of Amazon streams will soon make a good thing even better, and more providers should be coming into the mix soon. I've had the player since its introduction in May, 2008, and I've gotten enough mileage out of it that if it blew up today, I'd have gotten way more than my money's worth.I've heard a fair number of technical complaints from other owners, but mine hasn't even had a single... Read more 161 of 170 people found the following review helpful Kill the cable, By Nomad (Portland OR USA) - See all my reviews This review is from: Roku HD Player (Electronics) This little box rocks. I have killed of all but my local channels on cable. This may have been the best $99. I have spent in years. My sons and I use it everyday. At first I was concerned about content, but there are like 12000 things to choose from...We have watched season 1,2 and in the process of season 3 of Heroes. You have no idea how cool it is to see shows like this with no commercials. Tons of movies to choose from. I really like the fact that the company has more than delivered on what they promised. I bought the box to add to my Netflix and now I can get amazon video on demand as well, and it didn't cost anything for the upgrade. How often has that happened...I am getting a ton more than I paid for. LOVE IT. |
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