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Old 04-25-2013, 10:31 AM   #7
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Originally Posted by shalym View Post
It would need something pretty amazing to differentiate it from the Roku. One thing that would make me buy it immediately is if I could use it to access media that is on my home network.

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Amazon has been very aggressive on PRICE (see Kindle Fire vs iPad, for example). So with the lowest priced Roku at $50, how low could an Amazon box go? Free with purchase of Amazon Prime? Or free Amazon Prime with purchase of a box?

And I agree that Roku needs a way to access media from my home computer and my phone. (and no, I don't want the complexity of setting up Plex or whatever.) With the last Roku update, I can see the photos from my iPhone on my Roku, but not the videos. I only hope the videos are coming next, and that Apple is not going to block that functionality, since it would compete with Apple TV.
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