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News October 29, 2009
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Roku Rocks New Machines

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I love my Roku media streaming device. I love its ability to stream Netflix streaming movies, Amazon Video On Demand an Major League Baseball. Best of all, the company is promising more content partners, and if their past track record is any indication, they will come through on that general promise.

I love the ease of use, the quick set up, and the fact that the box itself requires no on-going subscription.

Now Roku has released two new players.

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The Roku SD player is $79.99 offers all the same capabilities of the original, but in standard definition only.

The Roku HD-XR player adds Wi-Fi N to increase the wireless range by a factor of two. It costs $129.99.

Add to this The original Roku box (now called the Roku HD) and you now have three different ways to rock the Roku at home.

For more information visit the Roku site.

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Having a father who was heavily involved in early laser and fiber-optical research, Dan grew up surrounded by technology and gadgets. Dan’s father brought home one of the very first video games when he was young and Dan remembers seeing a “pre-release” touchtone phone. (When he asked his father what the “#” and “*” buttons were his dad said, “Some day, far in the future, we’ll have some use for them.”) Technology seemed to be in Dan’s blood but at some point he took a different path and ended up in the clergy. His passion for technology and gadgets never left him.