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by ecaroth 5706 days ago
Awesome.. that's just the kind of info I was looking for. From the looks of things, they're actively developing their software and plan on supporting Hulu+ as well. Probably gonna pull the trigger on this badboy then! One more question... does it have a bittorent client built in? I have a cinemaGo, which lacks netflix support unfortunately, but I has a built in bittorrent client which has come in very handy. Not a deal breaker I guess, but still would be sweet
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No bittorrent. This thing pretty much just plays video from netflix or amazon. It didn't look too hackable at first inspection, but it didn't appear to be locked down, just undocumented.

Hulu+ is in the works.

Here is a list of official channels:

http://www.roku.com/roku-channel-store

And official/unofficial:

http://www.roku-channels.com/

Also - not trying to be spammy but see if this link gets you a lower price. Their promo graphic says you get "Rokus Lowest Price". It gives me a month of netflix, so don't use it unless it helps you out.

http://roku.tellapal.com/a/clk/LTgJ2

If that doesn't work they place this link all the way at the bottom in grey text. If you're a new netflix customer you get $20 off any model.

http://www.roku.com/netflix-deal