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.
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>> | [...]
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>> | 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
> 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.
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They can't. They have contracts with the studios that don't allow that.
That's why the 1) limit the number of devices you can watch movies on and 2)
don't have their full line-up availabe on the watch it now feature.
Besides... Most people I know are just going to use their XBox Live account
to stream this stuff now, that they have announced that deal :)
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Tom Shelton
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