Peter Redmer on May 20, 2008 3:31 PM

I saw this announced as well, and it's very interesting. I am currently a very happy Netflix subscriber. I've been a little disappointed with their "instant watch" feature for a couple of reasons:

- it isn't compatible with Mac browsers
- the selection is pretty weak

I am assuming that the set-top box will only support the movies that are currently available via Netflix's "instant watch" feature. If that's the case, I am definitely not interested in purchasing the product.

If they work on expanding the selection available for instant watch, I would then be a lot more interested. I also feel that $100 is a bit much to spend; I would only feel comfortable paying around $50.

Otherwise - I'll stick to DVD's :)

Dogbert on November 7, 2008 1:44 PM

I picked up one of the Roku Netflix boxes recently, and I have to say I love it. And more importantly my girlfriend loves it, so it's passed the GF test! So with that being said, here's my first thoughts/impressions of the product. The box is amazingly simple to set up, all you have to do is make sure you have an Internet connection and plug things in correctly at that's about it. Once it detects the connection it tells you to go to your PC and log in to your Netflix accountand put a short code in, then your done. Then you can easily play whatever is in your direct play queue. That simple.