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Roku firmware update adds 1080P support for XR units

By | December 13, 2010, 7:21am PST

Summary: Good news for owners of the Roku XR box: 1080p HD video playback support is headed your way with a new firmware update.

Good news for owners of the Roku XR box: 1080p HD video playback support is headed your way with a new firmware update.

Along with that fun feature, release v2.9b1509 includes improved Hulu streaming, fixed crash and other playback bugs, and a new screen saver preview.

Owners of this Roku set-top box can obtain the firmware update in one of two ways. First, there’s the easy automatic update you can wait for over the next several days. But if you just can’t wait for playback better than 720p, you can download the update yourself by heading to the “Settings” menu, find “Player Info” and then “Check for Updates.” The rest is up to you.

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Rachel King is a staff writer for CBS Interactive in San Francisco. Before serving as a contributing editor at ZDNet in New York City for two years, she previously worked for The Business Insider, FastCompany.com, CNN's San Francisco bureau and the U.S. Department of State. Rachel has also written for MainStreet.com, Irish America Magazine and the New York Daily News, among others. Rachel has a B.A. in Mass Communications and History from the University of California, Berkeley and a M.S. in Journalism from Columbia University, where she served as art director for the student magazine, Plated.

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RE: Roku firmware update adds 1080P support for XR units
bc3tech 13th Dec 2010
hm. i got my roku 2yr ago when it was the "netflix player" - it's been my understanding that the XR == that model. however now i'm doubting that. anybody have some insight?
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RE: Roku firmware update adds 1080P support for XR units
mliccione 13th Dec 2010
I just got my Roku last week and love it. The Hulu Plus channel did have streaming trouble, but it looks like they're fixing that. Netflix and Amazon streaming is flawless over FIOS.
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RE: Roku firmware update adds 1080P support for XR units
bc3tech 13th Dec 2010
hm. i got my roku 2yr ago when it was the "netflix player" - it's been my understanding that the XR == that model. however now i'm doubting that. anybody have some insight?

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