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Stream iTunes Music to the Roku Box
You can now stream your iTunes music to your Roku box with MP3tunes. If you don’t have a Roku box you can get $30 off one and a free premium account with MP3tunes on their website. There is a video demo below. Press Release: MP3tunes and Roku Partner To Bring Personal iTunes Music Collection To [...]
Roku Rolling Out Netflix Update
Roku has started rolling out the Netflix UI update. You can manually do the update by going to setting, player info and check for update. The new interface was much needed as blu-ray players, xbox 360 and even the Wii had a better looking UI. The new interface allows you to browse by category, search [...]
Roku Updating Netflix Interface Soon
Roku posted a video of a updated Netflix interface that all users will get for free soon. I have embedded it below. The new interface will allow you to search all instant streaming titles and have the ability to add them to your queue. Xbox 360, PS3, Wii and Blu-ray players have had those features [...]
Roku Expects 100 Channels by Years End
According to Bloomberg, Roku expects to have 100 channels in the roku store by the end of the year. That makes that little $100 box that much more valuable. While I don’t use my Roku boxes as much as I used to, because of my blu-ray player, adding that many more channels will surely add [...]
Roku Adding Channel Store
Roku is adding a Channel Store it’s it’s Roku players. They promised 10 more content sources by the end of the year and they hit the mark. Channel store will allow you to add sources to your Roku player from places like revision3, pandora, facebook and flickr. There are no big names like MLB.TV but [...]
Roku Launches New Netflix Players, Makes Me Wonder Why
Roku is now offering the Roku SD ($79.99), Roku HD ($99.99) and the Roku HD-XR ($129.99). The Roku HD is the former player. I’m thinking their strategy seems a little crazy. You start offering the HD box. Most companies want to go HD along with consumers. But Roku launches a SD box. Seems pointless to [...]
