Roku HD1000 -- COOL!

[passedpawn]

I've been looking closely at this device for a potential Christmas present (for myself). If: 1) you have a widescreen HDTV, 2) you are (or will) build a collection of digital hirez pictures, or 3) want to listen to MP3s on your stereo, this is a cool device: Roku HD1000 (www.rokulabs.com)

It is available through Amazon. It is $499. Ouch.

Of note, it will pull pictures from a memory card or from a drive on your home network, then display them in HD glory. The manual for this thing does not appear to be on their website, so... Roku HD1000 Manual (http://web.tampabay.rr.com/deweerd/Docs/ROKU-HD1000-Manual.pdf).

Also, here is a link to a fairly active thread regarding it: AVS Roku Discussion (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?postid=2703328#post2703328)

[bdraw]

I've been looking closely at this device for a potential Christmas present (for myself). If: 1) you have a widescreen HDTV, 2) you are (or will) build a collection of digital hirez pictures, or 3) want to listen to MP3s on your stereo, this is a cool device: Roku HD1000 (www.rokulabs.com)

It is available through Amazon. It is $499. Ouch.

Of note, it will pull pictures from a memory card or from a drive on your home network, then display them in HD glory. The manual for this thing does not appear to be on their website, so... Roku HD1000 Manual (http://web.tampabay.rr.com/deweerd/Docs/ROKU-HD1000-Manual.pdf).

Also, here is a link to a fairly active thread regarding it: AVS Roku Discussion (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?postid=2703328#post2703328)

As soon as they add the ability to stream Video via ethernet I am going to get one. Untill then it isn't worth it to me.

[passedpawn]

As soon as they add the ability to stream Video via ethernet I am going to get one. Untill then it isn't worth it to me.
From the thread mentioned above, it sounds like they released a new firmware version that supports streaming video. Check it out.