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How do purchases even work on this? I know that the Roku box has very little storage, I don't think enough even for a full movie. When I buy movies from Amazon Video on Demand...what happens to them, in regards to the Roku player? I'd love to see the price for these set at $4.99 for SD and $7.99 for HD. I bought one of these for my parents (which they love for Netflix streaming), and don't really need one for myself since I have HTPCs on every TV...but if the price of movies is right, I might look into getting one anyway to replace one of the older ones.]]>Mar 4th 2009 1:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/roku-amazon-video-on-demand-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/roku-amazon-video-on-demand-hands-on/
The Roku player is only for streaming. Once you've bought something through the player you're free stream it to your TV AND download in onto your computer for permanent storage. Anything you've bought will appear on the Roku player in a section for called Your Video Library and can be streamed at any time.]]>Mar 8th 2009 3:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/roku-amazon-video-on-demand-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/roku-amazon-video-on-demand-hands-on/Mar 3rd 2009 8:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/roku-amazon-video-on-demand-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/roku-amazon-video-on-demand-hands-on/Mar 4th 2009 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/roku-amazon-video-on-demand-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/roku-amazon-video-on-demand-hands-on/At the begining when I purshase this product I wasn't very happy with it because it was when it first came out but like my husband said give them a little time and you'll see, so i did I waited a few month when I activated my account again and for my surprised they have add so many movies,and tv shows that I'm still amazed with my ROKU I loved every min. so is my family. It was money well spended. Thank you ROKU .]]>Mar 31st 2009 10:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/roku-amazon-video-on-demand-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/roku-amazon-video-on-demand-hands-on/
Side Note: I have no affiliation with them, but Jinni.com has been a fantastic and useful way of finding Instant Watch items that I might actually want to see. It integrates very smoothly with your Netflix account. It's a tool that I use all the time.

I'd like to be able to see and sort my instant watch queue in different ways (TV shows, dramas, by star rating, horror, comedy, etc..) and/or even be able to tag the movies on the website so I can more easily find the program I am looking for. It kind of sucks to flip through 50 slots, trying to find what you are looking for.

If you think you might like to rent a movie or TV show through Amazon, I highly recommend logging into your Netflix account and double checking to see if it's available via Instant Watch. There is often cross-over.

For example, you can currently rent Man on Wire through Amazon for $3.99; however, it's available for FREE right now through Netflix Instant Watch.

I'd love to see the CBS, NBC, ABC, cable networks and HULU make their content available through Roku too.








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