Dan Rayburn | Tuesday January 11, 2011 | 12:01 AM
| Comments (180)
In my opinion, the Roku box is the best non-gaming streaming device in the market today thanks to the lineup of content available. And in case Santa didn't bring you one for the holidays, I'm giving away another NETGEAR Roku NTV250 player to one lucky reader of my blog. To enter the drawing, all you have to do is leave one comment on this post and make sure you submit the comment with a valid email address. The drawing is open to anyone with a mailing address in the U.S. and I will select one winner at random on January 31st.
Thanks to NETGEAR for the giveaways and congrats to Ron Ramkirpaul and Gina Sepowski who won the previous giveaways.
Do I get extra credit for being first :o) Would really love the chance to have/use an OTT device and get a taste of the future.
Posted by: Alex Calic | Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 12:10 AM
I'd really love to win one!
Posted by: Angie Appoo | Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 12:21 AM
Excellent! Thanks for doing this. I'm feeling lucky!
Posted by: Angelo | Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 12:24 AM
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Posted by: Laura | Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 05:57 AM
Help me cut the cord!
Posted by: Dan | Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 06:02 AM
One of the many impressive things about streamingmedia.com is the advertisers.
Let's take a moment and review:
1) EDGECAST. Genius. So smart, and great people. Best CDN dashboard. And James is a solid dude.
2) SORENSON. If you encode video, you MUST try Squeeze 6.5. The UX/UI is superb. My dolt intern can use it and deliver gorgeous results. Download a trial and see for yourself. Now.
3) BRIGHTCOVE. What can you say? Most popular OVP, and Allaire is the best salesman in the space. It's the ubiquitous player.
4) KITDIGITAL. Want to deliver video in China? Look no further- KitDigital.
5) PANVIDEA. If you ever want to have a great time at a digitalmedia event, find Panvidea's Chris Cali and get thee drinking. Be prepared to discuss the nuances of 10-bit uncompressed video and legacy formats. But seriously, great cloud transcoding, smart people.
6) CDNETWORKS. Got a delivery profile that includes CN/APAC? There is only one CDN solution... CDNetworks. Look at Gomez & Keynote results- proof is in the numbers.
7) RGB. If you struggle with ASI legacy delivery but have Gig-E mandates, RGB is the only, and a great solution.
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Dan-
Want to thank you in advance for my Roku, and look forward to a) seeing you at the next StreamingMedia event and b) writing a detailed review myself.
In your face, MSO's!
StreamOn,
-1uca5
Posted by: 1ucs5 | Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 06:27 AM
RoKu Rocks
Posted by: John Rettberg | Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 07:21 AM
In for the RoKu
Posted by: Patrick | Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 07:50 AM
All in!
Posted by: Ted Jones | Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 07:58 AM
I love you too, Dan, but not like Laura does.
I'm sorry.
Posted by: tom | Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 08:16 AM
I really hope opening up access to television screens through devices like the Roku let's those who create great video content get exposed to a much larger audience.
Posted by: Sam | Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 09:17 AM
How did you know Santa didn't bring me one!!!
Posted by: Michael Fiumano | Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 09:25 AM
Thank you, Dan. Would love to play with this device.
Q: How does the winner get notified? In this blog post or through an email?
Posted by: SP | Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 09:34 AM
I'm in. Thanks, Dan!
Posted by: Gary | Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 09:38 AM
Please enter me for drawing - Thanks, Dan!
Posted by: James Weldy | Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 09:41 AM
Roku is really an awesome product -- it is much better than Boxee.
Posted by: Seth | Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 09:44 AM
I found this interesting comparison between Roku, Apple TV and Boxee Box that is based on analysis of hundreds of their customer reviews. You and your readers may be interested to see this analysis as well at http://tinyurl.com/amp4dmr . You can also check reputation of other products if you go to http://www.amplifiedanalytics.com/V2P-Product-Reviews/Demo, enter the product name or number (like "Samsung LN55C650"), select offered choice, and click on "Submit" button. The system will aggregate and analyze customer reviews to calculate the reputation metrics for you and will let you read the reviews if you want to.
Posted by: cherifycash | Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 10:02 AM
Hey put my name in the hat.
Posted by: Ray Seals | Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 10:07 AM
Having a hard time figuring out which OTT box to buy. Hope my decision gets easier by winning a Roku here :) Thanks Dan.
Posted by: Jeremy Campbell | Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 10:09 AM
I'm going to win something one of these days...
Posted by: Eric Harvey | Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 10:10 AM
Thanks, NETGEAR - great giveaway!
Posted by: John Schmuhl | Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 10:17 AM
I hope to win a roku one day!!!! thx
Posted by: Raul Deju | Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 10:21 AM
Thanks! Appreciate the love and can't wait to use the Roku. ROCK ON!
Posted by: Tom Mullen | Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 10:21 AM
Thanks for the Roku giveaway and your continued insights Dan!
Posted by: GlennH | Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 10:24 AM
I'll throw my name in. Thanks!
Posted by: Brian Hammond | Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 10:27 AM