![]() In Treatment from the beginning? No problem. The big channels for Roku are: Netflix’s streaming service (assuming they haven’t put themselves out of business with massive managerial incompetence) Amazon’s Instant Video, which offers free rental and purchase options and the quite useful HBO Go channel, which offers immediate access to everything HBO has ever made. I anchored it to the shelf by placing atop it an artsy piece of stone. I connected the Roku 2 XD using a Silver Serpent HDMI cable, which was stiff enough to suspend the Roku in mid-air. Each Roku 2 model measures about 3”W x 1”H x 3”D and weighs a mere 3 ounces. And the XS adds a remote control that can be used for gaming, a full copy of the video game Angry Birds, and USB and Ethernet ports (the other three models are wireless). Roku’s new second-generation miniature players are called “streaming players” and include the LT ($49.99 USD), HD ($59.99), XD ($79.99), and XS ($99.99). ![]() Roku is a box that uses the Internet to bring in various “channels,” some free, some for a onetime or a monthly fee. Vudu is an on-demand site for watching films, usually through a Sony PlayStation 3, a computer, an iPad, or certain Blu-ray players. Their service is available through a number of outlets, including Roku. ![]() They also offer films, though many were either made for TV or are silly soft-core porn (what comedian Bill Hicks used to call “hairy bobbin’ man-ass flicks”). Hulu is a repository of thousands of old and new TV shows. How are we supposed to remember which does what? For those who need to know, here are the differences. That damn u at the end is not helpful but obfuscational. ![]()
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