Roku HD Player and Netflix Review, A Great Gift for the Movie Buff

It’s official. I’m in love. I received a Roku HD Player to review and given that I am a little bit of a movie freak, having movies right at my fingertips like this is amazing. This little player is the perfect holiday gift for that movie buff in your family.

The Roku HD Player comes with everything you need to start watching within minutes of opening the box - the standard yellow, white and red cables, both Wi-Fi and Ethernet are built in, wireless remote and batteries. Start watching instantly anywhere you have a TV and a high-speed Internet connection.

We set ours up through our wireless connection and although we did have some problems getting it hooked up, they were resolved quickly by using the Roku forum. It had something to do with the firewall settings with our wireless router. We had to turn them off to get connected, but once the connection was established, we were able to turn the firewall settings back on and use the Roku with no problems what-so-ever.

With the Roku HD Player, more than 50,000 titles are currently available from Amazon Video on Demand and Netflix, with may available in HD. It was so much fun flipping through all of those movies and choosing which ones we wanted to watch.

I haven’t used the Roku with the Amazon Video on Demand yet, but have watched movies through my Netflix subscription. It’s super easy to get on Netflix, click on “watch instantly” and then add to your queue the movies you want to watch on your Roku. After you have selected a movie or two, they are instantly available on your Roku player for you to enjoy.

The Roku will cost you $99 and I say it is definitely well worth the price. I no longer have to rent movies from that movie store down the street or use that box at our local grocery store and hope that the movie I want is available. I just hop on the computer and choose a movie.

I also have a subscription through Netflix where I  receive three movies at a time in the mail. I add the movies to my queue and they arrive in my mail box in one day. For someone who loves movies, I am in movie heaven!

If you are struggling trying to decide on a gift for someone in your family or a friend, consider getting them the Roku HD Player. It’s a gift that is completely unexpected and one that keeps on giving day after day and week after week.

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