Word: netflixing
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This week, a consumer-electronics company called Roku, in partnership with Netflix, launched a set-top box that brings us tantalizingly close to my dream. The Netflix player ($99 at netflix.com) is a palm-sized, black device that connects your broadband network (wired or wirelessly) to your TV. For as little as $8.99 a month, you can access Netflix's library of 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 it on your PC laptop...
...painless an experience as I've had, and took less than 5 minutes. I cabled it to my TV, powered up both, then followed the on-screen prompts. The Roku device found my wireless connection immediately and asked for my password. I watched video by logging into my Netflix account (you'll need one, which also entitles you to rent-by-mail DVDs) and adding movies and TV seasons to my "instant" queue; they show up on the Roku box almost instantaneously. I moldered on the couch for a few days, watching The Office reruns, some old Kubrick and Peckinpah...
...Roku device is the first to launch after Netflix announced licensing deals earlier this year with four, third-party consumer-electronics companies. For its part, the Roku folks told me that additional content deals, yet to be disclosed, would extend their device beyond Netflix, though they declined to elaborate. YouTube? Hulu? Your guess is as good as mine, but clearly the device will only get stronger as it adds user-generated video sites and network TV streams...
...Grossman has a spare $10 per month, I have two additional words for him: Netflix Instant [April 28]. Despite the fact that I don't subscribe to HBO or Showtime, I have watched all Sopranos episodes and two seasons of Weeds, have caught up on early episodes of 30 Rock, old movies and myriad other programs. Who needs a TV, indeed? Liz White, LOS ANGELES...
...Last question. Have you had to deal with some fame after “The Wire”? And what are your future acting ambitions and plans?JTF: Yes! I do get recognized quite a lot on the street. The Wire has ended, but one of the benefits from Netflix and things like that is that many are still watching the show. More and more people come up to me and tell me that they enjoy it. I have a part in a film which will be showing at New York’s Gen Art Film Festival this week...