My New Toy
I just purchased the new Roku Netflix Player. It was mainly an impulse purchase, but I got a sweet $150 bonus at work last week (I call it the ’spit in the face bonus’) and so I’m buying technology with it. My friend at work reads Gizmodo very regularly and linked me an article about it. Apparently this fancy box was released today making me an early adopter, hooray!
This bad boy hooks into my Netflix account and into my television providing me with delicious streaming television. It’s like an AppleTV but way cheaper and a large free library of great movies. Sure, it doesn’t let me do the YouTubes, podcasts, music or photos but hey, I wasn’t going to do any of that anyway. Ok, I’ll miss out on the YouTubin’ but whatevs.
Movies and TV episodes in your Netflix Instant Queue appear right on your TV screen. Use the included remote control to browse through the items you’ve added to your Instant Queue and pick something to watch — whenever you want. You can even read descriptions and rate movies, right from the comfort of your couch.
The Netflix Player lets you explore even more possibilities from the world’s largest online movie rental service. Access a growing library of over 10,000 instant movies and TV episodes. Watch as many as you like, as often as you want—with no additional fees. You’re in control with the power to play anytime and finish watching whenever you like.
I’m also pretty certain that two awesome things will happen with this guy too. I’m certain that I can transport this from house to house and movie enjoyment will follow me wherever I choose to go. I’ll be like the Pied Piper of movies with a lot less children drowning! Secondly I bet (but am not certain) there will be a sizable hacking community built up around this item. Hopefully these masters of hack, lords of zeros and ones and divas of databases can conjure up some magicsauce. Then I’ll be YouTubin’ all day long mofuggah!