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Apple TV vs. the competition -- how does it stack up? -- Engadget - 0 views

  • media streamer on the market -
  • Sony's Netbox and the Boxee Box o
  • Roku HD-XR, Popbox
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  • LG Blu-ray playe
  • MLB.TV and most recently Hulu Plus
  • becoming more readily available thanks to Netflix's increasing popularity, but also from
  • Two years ago the average Roku customer used our product 11 hours a month, but now it's 43 hours a month
  • direct to customers (on roku.com)
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Roku Forums * View topic - SlingBox to Roku Remote IR Code Needed - 0 views

  • to have the Roku hooked to the slingbox but t
  • You don't need the IR code, just an IR emitter. I have a Slingbox Solo which is connected to my Roku (
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FT.com / Management - Apple takes a second bite at TV - 0 views

  • y 8Gb of storage, c
  • 160Gb in the previous version
  • streaming media player
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  • jostles with games consoles, laptops that can wirelessly transmit what is on their screen to the TV, and similar media players f
  • $99 price tag marks a recognition of the stiff competition
  • istances it from the Mac Mini, a small-box computer that some Apple fans saw as a better value
  • enabled home-sharing in iTunes on my PC to share its content with Apple TV.
  • Netflix streaming film service, YouTube, Flickr
  • Being able to access a computer on a home network means anything stored in iTunes can be played or watched on the big screen
  • Many set-top boxes and Blu-ray players in the US offer Netflix
  • losest competitor to Apple TV in functionality is Roku’s box.
  • Roku may lack YouTube but it has more than 85 “channels” of internet content, including Netflix, Amazon’s video-on-demand service, Pandora internet radio, the MOG music streaming service,
  • Apple TV’s narrower content is its biggest weakness.
  • s synergies with other Apple devices –
  • Remote app allows control with touch gestures on an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch.
  • ame kind of apps as an iPhone or iPad in the future
Alex Street

Netflix Spinoff Roku Seeks Cash for 100-Channel Set-Top Service - Bloomberg - 0 views

  • Roku has raised $24 million from Wood, Netflix and Menlo.
  • he company is devising revenue-sharing agreements for developers who can sell subscriptions on the service or charge per product like Amazon.com.
Alex Street

FT.com / Media - TV watchers spoilt for choice by internet services - 0 views

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Vudu is Apple TV's greatest threat in online movie sales | News | Rapid TV News - 0 views

  • says Apple iTunes accounts for 64.5% of all sales
  • Apple's market share is slipping: it accounted for nearly three-quarters ( 74.4%) of all online movie sales in 2009. Its competitors are taking a few bites here and there: Microsoft has increased its market share from 11.6% to 17.9%. It offers titles via the X-Box 360 and Microsoft Zune. Sony, which sells movies online through the PlayStation 3 player and select Sony Bravia HDTVs, has gone from 5.7 % to 7.2% in 2010. The rest of the bunch accounts collectively for 10.4% of the market, up from 8.3% in 2009--and that includes Wal-Mart's Vudu se
  • iSuppli said online movie sales increased 60%in 2010, but the company did not release actual sales numbers
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