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

[Todd Ignasiak]

On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 4:06 PM, Marc Barrett <mnealbarrett at cox.net> wrote:
> Netflix has a new set-top product, apparently designed by a company
> called Roku.  It is designed to be used with their subscription service,
> and in most ways resembled the AppleTV.  It doesn't have HD, but
> there are rumors that this is limited through software for now;
> apparently, they are not ready to deliver HD content, so they have
> disabled it or now, and will enable HD later when they are ready.  It
> is less expensive than the AppleTV, though, at about $100 compared
> to about $230 for the AppleTV.

Roku has a user forum, where this device is being discussed:
http://forums.roku.com/viewtopic.php?t=16685

In that forum, a Roku employee mentioned the chip that is used.  It
supports HD MPEG2 and H.264.  The chip's site also mentions Linux
support:    http://www.nxp.com/#/aip/aip=[aip=416]|pp=[t=aip,i=416]

So, if the firmware could be completely replaced on the Roku box,
there might be some interesting potential..