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Roku Netflix Player

ProSCORE

negative

mixed

positive

5 pros

1 con

want it

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

Review date: July 9, 2008

MythTV

ProSCORE

negative

mixed

positive

1 pro

1 con

love it

have it

Review date: May 21, 2008

shavenwarthog commented on Roku Netflix Player

July 9, 2008 at 4:51 pm

""Mediocre video quality" is relative. I use Netflix player under Windows Vista. On one title, "Rivers and Tides", the quality was excellent, vibrant colors and details. Another movie, "Sinbad in the Seven Seas" or something, it was unwatchable -- smeared and blurry. The player scales your video quality based on network performance. But, it's more

shavenwarthog updated Roku Netflix Player

July 9, 2008 at 4:50 pm

Agreed: "Easy to set up"

Agreed: "Can browse selection and read descriptions"

Agreed: "Don't need to pay per movie or episode"

Agreed: "Proprietary to Netflix"

Disagreed: "Mediocre video quality"

shavenwarthog updated Samsung LN40A650T

June 3, 2008 at 1:46 pm

Tapped as "have it"

shavenwarthog sent a message to shavenwarthog

June 1, 2008 at 10:15 pm

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shavenwarthog updated their avatar

May 28, 2008 at 3:24 pm

shavenwarthog updated 4 products

Updated Samsung LN40A650T

May 21, 2008 at 7:33 pm

Edited the description

Updated the features

Tapped as "love it"

Tapped as "want it"

Updated MythTV

May 21, 2008 at 7:27 pm

Agreed: "Built-in DVD importer for "backing up" DVDs"

Agreed: "Complicated setup geared towards more techie people"

Tapped as "have it"

Tapped as "love it"

Updated French Fry Holder

May 21, 2008 at 7:17 pm

Tapped as "love it"

Updated Roku Netflix Player

May 21, 2008 at 7:12 pm

"it doesn't stream HD, and in fact the video "looks like a good VHS tape", per http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/93879"

Edited the description

New pro/con: Supports older televisions (RCA connector)

New pro/con: Inexpensive

Tapped as "want it"

New pro/con: mediocre video quality

shavenwarthog commented on 2 items

Commented on MythTV

May 21, 2008 at 7:30 pm

"Just installed MythTV (actually Mythbuntu) last night on a spare laptop. It's quite incredible how easy it was to navigate around and do stuff. To insert a DVD and be prompted "Rip this? It'll take 20 minutes" was awesome. But, I'd stay it's firmly in the "geek" camp at the moment. The "import more

Commented on LED Blow on/off Candle

May 21, 2008 at 7:19 pm

"You can get a similar item at the 99c Store here in CA. It's a little disc with flickering flame-yellow LED, inside a 6" paper globe. It's amazing, fun, and a fantastic deal for 99c."

shavenwarthog updated Creative Zen V Plus