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Roku XD rolls out to Best Buy locations nationwide

By | March 30, 2011, 5:30am PDT

Summary: Roku’s growing popularity is has become extra evident now that the Roku HD set-top box will be sold at Best Buy locations nationwide.

Roku’s growing popularity is has become extra evident now that the Roku HD set-top box will be sold at Best Buy locations nationwide.

The Roku XD has shipped direct to consumers up until this point, so this announcement is a bit of a milestone for the streaming player company. (Other Roku models can already be found at Fry’s, Radio Shack and other tech stores.)

Even though it is headed to a mega-retailer, pricing for the Roku HD will stay put at $79.99 (not including shipping and taxes). The home entertainment device is available at Best Buy now.

In case you’re not familiar with the Roku HD, it’s an Internet-connected device that supports 720p/1080p HD video streaming, HDMI connectivity and works with “virtually any” SD and HD television.

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RE: Roku XD rolls out to Best Buy locations nationwide
andichappell 31st Mar 2011
I'm very confused as to why you are using the Roku HD and XD box interchangeably in this article. Those are two separate products and from what I understand Best Buy is selling the XD product only.
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Can it play ripped DVD files from a server or HD?
randycpu 30th Mar 2011
I need an audio / video media player that can play DVD or BluRay files from networked or local (attached) hard disk files. I would like to leave the DVD menu system intact.

Of course I would also like to have access to all Internet content sources.
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SmokinTechie 30th Mar 2011
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I can't answer if the Roku can, but I have 2 other units that can.
Argosy's HV335T and Western Digital's TV Live Plus

IMHO, the Argosy seems to handle this better but the WD also does Netflix so it depends what you are looking for.
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landresen 30th Mar 2011
@randycpu
yes it can. I use Playon TV which adds itself as a Roku Channel. it will play any media from your pc. works very well
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RE: Roku XD rolls out to Best Buy locations nationwide
tboonie@... 31st Mar 2011
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Will it play .wtv files from a windows 7 machine across the network?
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RE: Roku XD rolls out to Best Buy locations nationwide
kitkimes41@... 30th Mar 2011
This unit has been sold at TheShack (aka Radio Shack) for at least 6 months now. I wish we had the XD-S model though. It would be a lot more useful for most people.
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RE: Roku XD rolls out to Best Buy locations nationwide
JavaJobber 30th Mar 2011
Which is it? The article says Roku XD in some places like the title and the photo, Roku HD in three other places!
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RE: Roku XD rolls out to Best Buy locations nationwide
andichappell 31st Mar 2011
I'm very confused as to why you are using the Roku HD and XD box interchangeably in this article. Those are two separate products and from what I understand Best Buy is selling the XD product only.

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