[mythtv-users] Netflix's new Roku product.

Mark Knecht markknecht at gmail.com
Wed May 21 16:02:09 UTC 2008


On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 7:45 AM, Kevin Kuphal <kkuphal at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> If I hadn't just wired up my own personal desktop so I can view the TV out
> upstairs as a kind of "Myth alternative" just for the purpose of watching
> Netflix Watch Instantly content via the MCE plugin, I'd be all over this
> little box.  The fact that Netflix recently hired the developer of the
> plugin makes me think they are very serious about moving into this space.
> We can only hope that they open a method for streaming from Linux much like
> I can with Hulu to get my Battlestar Galactica fix.
>
> Kevin

I wonder what the chances are of some smart Myth developer using my
backend as a DNS server, fooling the box into thinking it's talking to
NetFlix and then letting me stream Myth recordings to this Watch Now
box? :-)

- Mark


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