It looks like the Apple TV launch did some good for a company other than Apple. According to Anthony Wood, the CEO of Roku, their sales doubled after Apple announced the latest Apple TV. Pretty good for a device that many were expecting to have trouble after the Apple TV announcement. Wood went on to more »

If you were considering the purchase of a Roku set-top box then this weekend may be a good time to make a purchase. Those interested, and those who buy between today and Monday November 29th will be able to save 20 percent on the purchase of the Roku XD. And for those not feeling like more »

The Netgear branded Roku set-top box was first spotted back in early-September by way of an FCC listing. And coming as a little bit of an update — Netgear has offered up the official announcement. The player will be the Netgear Roku XD and it is expected to begin showing up in retail outlets shortly. more »

It looks like Roku fans have two other devices to look forward to seeing come available. The devices in question are the Roku XD and the Netgear Roku XD Player both of which have recently been spotted in an FCC listing. The Netgear Roku XD Player is sporting the model number of NTV250 and has more »

The new BD300 Blu-ray Player from LG is more than just a device to play Blu-ray format discs, as it can do a whole lot more. The BD300 allows for the streaming of movies, and can support many audio formats and has refresh rates of both 24Hz and 60Hz. Additionally, the BD300 does not have to be updated manually at any time, because an on-board Ethernet connection insures regular online updates.

According to recent reports it looks like the Netflix player from Roku has almost hit the 100,000 unit sold milestone. The Netflix player was originally launched back in May of 2008 and was quickly sold out. Overall not a bad set of numbers, especially considering that Apple has sold just 400,000 AppleTV units in two more »

The Netflix player from Roku seems like it could be in store for some potentially great changes in the future, some of which would force us to remove the “Netflix” from the name. We have already discussed the possibility of other services such as Hulu and YouTube becoming available on the player, however Roku has just posted the source code for the set top box, which makes this possibility a little more of a reality.

In the past VP of Consumer Products for Roku, Tim Twerdahl had already stated that even though they had a deal with Netflix, it was not exclusive and they were still able “to seek out other content providers to put their content on the Roku box.”

That statement lead to the speculation of Roku adding other services to the player, but nothing had been confirmed, and as of now we are still awaiting (and hoping) form something official. While some of the web based video services seem like an obvious choice, there is also some recent speculation that an announcement may be coming from Microsoft or Sony as well.

While nothing has been confirmed, there is a possibility that the Roku Netflix Player could be offering content from additional providers in the future. A recent interview conducted by Hot Hardware with the VP of Consumer Products for Roku, Tim Twerdahl gave some interesting clues, but sadly did not go into specifics. It was however more »

A recent interview with Tim Twerdahl, the VP of Consumer Products for Roku shed some more, and slightly interesting details on the recently released, and still hard to get Netflix Player. The player is powered by an NXP processor, and is running a customized (although unstated) version of Linux. The Roku development team also choose more »