Roku Internet Media Streamer for Your television Review. Screw Cable.

Roku is a little box that allows you to instantly stream tons of entertainment on your TV. Watch over 100,000 movies and TV shows from Netflix, Amazon Instant Video, Hulu Plus and more. Listen to music on Pandora, or listen to your own iTunes playlists. Watch major sports, news, or original Internet programming. It's all available whenever you want it.

The all-new, top-of-the-line Roku XDS sets a new standard with 1080p streaming video, the latest wireless technology, and Instant Replay. All for under $100. No wonder Roku is the best selling streaming player ever.

Works with any TV—up to 1080p*. The XDS delivers the biggest and best streaming video experience you can get.

It's really easy. Be up and running in 5 minutes. Roku works with any TV.

No PC needed. Roku connects to your high speed Internet connection wirelessly.

With the XDS, you get extended-range, dual-band Wireless-N performance. No extra monthly bills.Use your existing subscriptions (like Netflix or Hulu Plus), or enjoy free and on-demand content (like Pandora, Flickr, and Amazon Instant Video).

It's always getting better. Roku is constantly expanding its library of streaming entertainment, so there will always be something new to watch.

What I Think Of Roku!

I just bought a ROKU Box for my living room a month or so ago and I must say that It is the best little entertainment device I have bought in a while. I love it, my wife loves it and my daughter even comes home more from college to sleep on the couch watching hulu plus.

The best part for me is that now I don't have to leave my PS3 in the living room for family use, I can Use the rokus HDMI input and just leave it there permanently but I can also carry it with me to hotels and on vacations, that rocks hard. The only con I can think of is that the wireless is not as strong as a gaming system.

The Roku box is good for about 80% the distance of a laptop, that means its good all throughout the house but you will not be leaving the wireless router in the basement and then watching netflix using the roku out in the garage. I actually had to put my router on the Main level of the house to get an HD signal in the rear attic rooms (2 floors away) which is to be expected considering the distance.

I suggest getting at least one for your house. I have since cancelled cable because I hadn't watched it in nearly a month and hated to pay the $150 bill. Now My total entertainment bill is $8 for netflix + $8 for Hulu Plus and that allows me to watch 500 or more television shows (network also) in whole seasons and also shows from different regions of the country and over seas. I am in love with Misfits, a show from Britain. A ROKU box should be on your list of things to buy and it even saves money. I also have Netflix which allows me to watch any movie I want , add that to VUDU and you can watch 1st run movies. This is awesome and I am never going back to cable.

Why HDMI is the only way to go for High Definition Television.

I can't even begin to explain the difference between a HDMI connection and the usual 3 prong RCA jack connections that most people are using to view their media and favorite television shows on their high definition flat screen television sets and monitors. To say the difference is huge would be an understatement. Not to mention the fact that most consumers don't feel the neccesity to shell out what seems like big money to connect a television, game system or whatever, using HDMI cable technology when they have x number of RCA jacks lying around free and just as good, a hookup is a hookup right? Wrong. Very wrong.

You can't argue with the difference in video or sound once you finally hook up your system using HDMI cables instead of the RCA jacks. I use to be just like most high definition television owners in the country, I opened the box, plugged in the set, connected the antennae, I actually used a paper clip as my antennae for a while, and sit back and enjoy the show. The show comes on, the video plays, all is right with the world. I truly thought so, I guess you can't miss what you never had is true.

Once I finally got an HDMI cable and plugged it into my television and source (DVD, Game system) and watched the video picture... It almost made me cry. I am serious,it the picture is so fluid and clear that it truly is like looking out of a clean picture window, true life colors. And the sound, OMG the sound is crystal clear without the least hint of static.

Do yourself a favor and purchase the lowest quality brand of HDMI cable on the market, should set you back less than $20 and give it a try. The difference is about the same as the difference was when you went from regular television (analog) to HDTV. I kid you not, the regular rca jack connection on a high definition television compared to an HDMI connection on the same television watching a DVD (not to mention a Blue-ray) is about as dramatic as regular tv versus 1080i - no fooling. I made this blog just to say this. I can't even watch regularly hooked up media, it seems like bootleg video to me now.

Anyway, take a look at the HDMI cables I offer on the blog because I took a long time selecting the best and most affordable HDMI cables for readers, i ALSO ADDED A FEW wish lish brands for you rich bastidz and enthusiasts. Thank you.