Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Best portable headphones yet; Netgear's Roku-killer;

Services like Netflix and Pandora mean that you no longer need a home library of digital files, and can stream them remotely instead. At its current sale price of $39.95, the NTV300 is 10 dollars cheaper than the basic Roku. But the Netgear offers far fewer channel choices, with only YouTube and the SlingPlayer app (for streaming content from Slingboxes) as major differentiators from the Roku. Moreover, the Netgear's interface is a step down, too; the Roku LT's simplicity wins it extra points. Trouble viewing this email? Read it online.

February 06, 2013

CNET Home Theater and Audio

Is the Netgear NeoTV NTV300 a Roku killer?

Services like Netflix and Pandora mean that you no longer need a home library of digital files, and can stream them remotely instead. At its current sale price of $39.95, the NTV300 is 10 dollars cheaper than the basic Roku. But the Netgear offers far fewer channel choices, with only YouTube and the SlingPlayer app (for streaming content from Slingboxes) as major differentiators from the Roku. Moreover, the Netgear's interface is a step down, too; the Roku LT's simplicity wins it extra points.
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