bassdave

Netflix's Roku is Doomed to Fail

I have to say there are a few things in your article that don't make sense.

First, who has "A satellite receiver or cable box, an XBox 360, a home theater sound system, a TiVo, an AppleTV, a DVD player, etc. etc. " anymore? The first two (satellite receiver w/ built hard drive and Xbox 360) make the TiVo, Apple TV and DVD player redundant. And, really, Xbox? Blu-ray won, get a PS3!

Second, this is not a solution for the high-end customer, but for the ease-of-use customer. How many parents of toddlers would galdly pay $100 to have an endless supply of kids programming at their fingertips, rather than have to hear the same old Barney dvd over and over and over?

Finally, the limited content available now is only indicative of the infancy of the technology. The major distribution companies will realize soon enough that digital is the future of content delivery, and while they do NFLX will be improving their technology so that eventually you'll be watching streaming HD new releases for $14.99/month.