Word: box
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...George, should you need a consultant or life coach, I can make myself available on short notice. Have fun storming the summer box office...
...gives me any TV show or movie I want for a flat fee. But most of the services that tackle this problem want us to either "rent" downloadable video--typically for a day or two--or buy the bits outright. Products range from the nifty Apple TV set-top box--which has the added virtue of connecting to YouTube--to Vudu, whose sleek device links your TV to a library of 6,000 films and TV shows. Both products are promising and let you rent or buy. But I want video dial tone...
...consumer-electronics company called Roku, in partnership with Netflix, has just launched a set-top box that brings us tantalizingly close to my dream. The Netflix player by Roku ($99 at netflix.com is a black, palm-size device that connects your broadband network to your TV (wired or wirelessly). For as little as $8.99 a month, you can have unlimited access to Netflix's library of more than 10,000 movies and TV shows on demand. Watch what you want, instantly, for as long as you want. You can even start a movie on your home TV and finish watching...
...took less than five minutes. I cabled it to my TV, powered up both, then followed the onscreen prompts. I watched video by logging into my Netflix account (you'll need one) and adding movies and TV seasons to my "instant" queue. The queue shows up on the Roku box in mere seconds. To test the gadget, I moldered on the couch in my office for a few days, watching The Office reruns, some old Kubrick and Peckinpah movies and a Jimi Hendrix documentary. It was great...
...WINEHOUSE and Pete Doherty play with box of newborn mice on YouTube. So things are obviously going just fine for them...