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Amazon TV set-top box rumored to be in the works

Amazon TV set-top box rumored to be in the works
  • Posted April 24, 2013, 4:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, The Web
  • Amazon has a team of engineers working on a "television set-top box", anonymous sources in contact with Bloomberg claim. Of course, a TV-based device would be a seemingly natural extension to Amazon Instant Video as it continues to produce its…

Roku 3 arrives with faster CPU, new UI and private listening mode

Roku 3 arrives with faster CPU, new UI and private listening mode
  • Posted March 6, 2013, 10:30 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware, The Web With Video
  • Roku officially announced a brand new version of its popular set-top box last night. Simply dubbed Roku 3, the tiny media streamer received a faster processor and dual-band Wi-Fi support, as well as a revamped user interface that should make…

Western Digital targets Roku with $70 WD TV Play streaming box

Western Digital targets Roku with $70 WD TV Play streaming box
  • Posted February 12, 2013, 3:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Hardware
  • Western Digital has added a new model to its WD TV media streaming series to include a set-top that's priced to compete with Roku's affordable options. While the WD TV Live and WD TV Live Hub typically go for $100 or more, Western Digital is selling the WD TV Play for only $70....

Time Warner, Roku partnership turns set-top box into cable box

Time Warner, Roku partnership turns set-top box into cable box
  • Posted January 7, 2013, 10:47 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
  • Time Warner Cable and Roku have announced plans to bring the cable provider’s television app to the streaming set-top box later this quarter. The TWC TV app allows subscribers to stream more than 300 channels of live programming and is…

3M teams up with Roku to unveil tiny streaming projector

3M teams up with Roku to unveil tiny streaming projector
  • Posted October 5, 2012, 2:30 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Mobile Computing, Hardware
  • Roku and 3M have partnered up to announce a new pico projector that’s small enough to fit in your hand and can beam images in WVGA resolution up to 120-inches across with a brightness of 60 lumens. The device is…

WOF: Do you use a dedicated media streaming box?

WOF: Do you use a dedicated media streaming box?
  • Posted August 31, 2012, 6:30 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in WOF
  • Nowadays there are more ways than ever to get online video on your TV, with a streaming media box war brewing between companies such as Apple, Boxee, Roku, Western Digital, a handful of Google TV partners. Each of them has…

Roku announces thumb-sized set-top 'Streaming Stick'

Roku announces thumb-sized set-top
  • Posted January 4, 2012, 5:00 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Hardware
  • Roku is celebrating the new year by unveiling miniature set-top solution. Dubbed the "Roku Streaming Stick," it's approximately the same size as a USB flash drive but packs most of the functionality you'd find in a standard set-top box, such…

Boxee 1.5 improves user interface, is the last version for PC

Boxee 1.5 improves user interface, is the last version for PC
  • Posted December 26, 2011, 5:00 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Software, The Web
  • Boxee has spoiled this post-Christmas week with a morsel of bittersweet news. The company has unveiled the latest version of its software for Windows, Mac and Linux. Revision 1.5 is being tested by select "early access" Boxee Box owners with a public beta scheduled in January, but PC users...

Roku lands its first cable channel

  • Posted January 18, 2011, 10:00 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in The Web, Industry News
  • Roku has announced a new addition to its programming lineup: WealthTV. The appropriately-named luxury lifestyle network will make its high-definition network feed available to Roku owners, as well as a package of video on demand titles, on a subscription basis…

Roku CEO: Apple TV launch helped boost Roku sales

Roku CEO: Apple TV launch helped boost Roku sales
  • Posted December 21, 2010, 9:00 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Industry News
  • Roku has been selling inexpensive Internet TV set-top boxes since 2008, when it was only streaming on-demand content from Netflix, and has since diversified its offerings in terms of hardware and content. Reviews and customer response has been mostly positive…

Hulu Plus coming to Roku, TiVo Premiere

  • Posted September 29, 2010, 10:21 AM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in The Web
  • Hulu, the $9.99-per-month service that features on-demand movies and TV shows, is about to get cheaper and easier to bring to the big screen. Roku and TiVo Premiere are both getting Hulu Plus. Timing is still undisclosed for both: all…

Roku relaunches HD streaming video player line

  • Posted September 23, 2010, 9:30 AM by Mike Fischer | Filed in Industry News, Hardware
  • Roku has introduced three new models of its set-top streaming video player, designed to provide on-demand content with minimal setup. The first model, an update of their original video player line, is the $59 Roku HD. Streaming video at up…

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