Set-Top Debate: Boxee vs Roku vs Apple TV

Feb 15, 2011 | 8 Comments

Streaming content in your home is quickly becoming much more than just a fad. People are cutting the cord in favor of set-top boxes such as Roku, Apple TV and Boxee. Using a device such as this gives the consumer more control over the content they can watch as well as being more cost-effective than [...]

Unboxing the Roku HD

Feb 4, 2011 | No Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed The Roku HD set top box works with virtually any TV, offering HDMI for HDTV or composite connections for standard def televisions. The Roku HD supports 720p video and connects to the Internet via WiFi. Kelly Clay does an unboxing of [...]

Android Set-Top Box

Jan 27, 2011 | One Comment

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Shenzhen Geniatech Co. Ltd presents some interesting Android Powered Set-top-boxes. These could be sold for around $100 like the Apple TV or Roku box, but they just run the full Android OS including support for lots of video codecs. While Android [...]

Are You Ready to Cut the Cable?

Oct 4, 2010 | 10 Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed 37% of young Netflix subscribers aged 25-34 have cut cable for Netflix only, and almost 30% of users between ages 18-24 are using Netflix only vs. cable or satellite. Are people cutting cable for On Demand services? Are you thinking about [...]

Roku Player and Amazon

Mar 4, 2009 | 3 Comments

On March 3 Amazon announced the availability of Amazon Video On Demand and its library of more than 40,000 movies and TV shows on the Roku Digital Video Player. Now, for the first time the $99 Roku Player can be purchased through Amazon. Take advantage of the buzz around the launch of Amazon Video On [...]