Roku HD1000 High-Definition Digital Media Player
Chris L
Have had mine now for a month. Works as advertised and I am excited about continued upgrades / developments.<BR>I purchases mine right before my 3 years olds Birthday party. Created a couple of HD resolution .jpg files saying Happy Birthday in Photoshop and mixed them in with a hundred or so pictures of my son on a CF card. Made a great little presentation on my Plasma for during the party.<br />Another reason I pulled the trigger on the Roku was the pass through component input with screen saver. My wife has a habit of pausing DVD's for long periods and during Christmas kept leaving the TV on Music Choice channel with static images. With my plasma TV I always warned her about burn in - now I don't have to worry about it because the Roku will take over after a set static period and put up a screen saver (or if have it set showing slide show will go to that).<br />I currently use it to view my digital pictures (2000+) and play digital music (just started transfering some albums to my hard drive to have instant access to). I have it connected to my computer via a wireless 802.11g bridge (2 floors away).<br />I agree with the previous post that for the price it would have been nice to include wireless access out of the box. However, for $30-$40 you can add one of the very small USB 802.11b adapters (which also require no other wires) and be up and running with the Roku on your wireless network.<br />Since I now have the Roku on my network I don't use the memory cards all that much. However, they still are nice for when you take some digital pictures and want to see them right away.<br />On my wish list (and supposedly coming) is support for .VOB files to play DVDs. Will be great to have a bunch of my kids favorite movies available to play at a moments notice.