On 2008-07-31, Ezekiel <zeke@xxxxx> wrote:
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> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Roku's Netflix Player: a hands-on review
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>> | It's small and silent, sports an array of ports on the back but only one
>> tiny
>> | white LED on the front, and it can help you spend hours of time in front
>> of
>> | your TV -- and it runs Linux. It's the Netflix Player from embedded
>> device
>> | specialist Roku, and we got our hands on it for a review of the service
>> and
>> | the hardware.
>> |
>> | [...]
>> |
>> | Whether you are a Netflix addict or not, Roku's friendly cooperation
>> with the
>> | open source community and the promise of an SDK add up to a good
>> environment
>> | in which to explore video-on-demand. The Netflix Player is a good
>> product
>> | now; opening it up to additional services will make it better, and
>> working
>> | with the development community will make it even better still.
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>> http://www.linux.com/feature/142729
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> Good luck with the "friendly cooperation and promise of a SDK" because
> Netflix rents movies. There is no way, no how that Netflix will let people
They don't have to. Besides, they already support Windows so there's
plenty of "rampant piracy potential" out there anyways. Making their
content viewable on something on Windows won't change anything in that
regard.
> hack or extend this player if it in any way lets people record/pirate movie
> rentals. Sorry... it just won't happen. It's simply reality.
If someone wants to do as you say then they can just use their usual
Netflix subscription... no limits.
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