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Old 08-26-2010, 06:30 AM  
Sly
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i picked up a roku player when i ordered my new big led and a smaller lcd for the bedroom (plus sound system, bluray player, mounting brackets, yada yada) for my new place. still not all set up, but anyway, the roku allows you to stream over 20,000 movies and tv shows from netflix for 8.99/month. if you are in the US, 60K+ on demand from amazon.com (sucks we don't get it in Canada).
I do Amazon on Demand a lot actually. It gets expensive though, two dollars for every episode. I think these set-top boxes might just be a segue into à la carte TV, that wouldn't be too bad. Most of the new TVs and players all have Internet connectivity now, you can download all sorts of apps. In five years even more people will have broadband Internet (or maybe even something better) plus Internet connected TVs or devices, cable/satellite TV could be an afterthought.
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