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Product Dimensions: 3.3 x 3.3 x 0.9 inches ; 0.3 ounces
Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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ASIN: B005CLPP84
Item model number: 3100R
Batteries 2 AAA batteries required. (included)
Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3,585 customer reviews)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,829 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
- #85 in Electronics > Computers & Accessories > Networking Products > Streaming Media Players
Date first available at Amazon.com: July 20, 2011

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The Roku 2 XS delivers the best experience in 1080p HD streaming to your TV—plus motion-based gaming for an extra dose of great entertainment. Includes one-stop search across top channels like Netflix, Hulu Plus and Amazon Instant Video; a free app for iOS and Android; and a full complement of connectivity options. Angry Birds included FREE. It supports closed captioning for Netflix, USB port (supported formats include: MP4 (H.264) video / AAC & MP3 audio / JPEG & PNG image),Power Input 5.2 V / 1.0 A Power Adapter,Video Outputs: 1080p (over HDMI), 720p (over HDMI), 480p (over HDMI), 480i (over composite video).Audio Outputs Digital: Over HDMI (5.1 channel surround sound pass-through and stereo), Analog: Stereo (mini-jack to L/R audio and composite video RCA).USB Media Formats: Video: MP4 (H.264), Audio: AAC, MP3, Image: JPG, PNG.Power Input 5.2 V / 1.0 A Power Adapter.

From the Manufacturer

The top-of-the-line Roku 2 XS delivers the best experience in 1080p HD streaming to your TV—plus motion-based gaming for an extra dose of great entertainment.

600+ channels and growing. Movies and TV shows from Netflix, Amazon Instant Video, Hulu Plus, VUDU and HBO GO, plus live sports, music, news, international, and more, up to 1080p HD.

Game-ready remote. Features motion control for playing games and full version of Angry Birds.

One-stop search. Find your favorite movies and TV shows all from one place—no matter if they’re on Netflix, Amazon Instant Video or Hulu Plus.

Free iOS and Android app. Use it like a remote. Browse and add new channels. Even stream your music and photos from your phone or tablet to your TV.

More connectivity options. Includes Ethernet for wired connection and USB for playing music, photos and videos.

The easiest setup. Works with virtually any TV, includes built-in wireless and sets up in minutes.

The smallest streaming player. Has the footprint of a hockey puck, streams silently, and uses less power than a night-light.

More and more streaming choices

With over 600 entertainment channels and counting, Roku 2 has something for virtually everyone, including:

Over 150,000 movies and TV shows at your fingertips from Netflix, Hulu Plus, Amazon Instant Video, HBO GO, VUDU and more
Unlimited music from Pandora, MOG, Rdio, and Live365
Live sports packages including NBA League Pass, NHL GameCenter Live, MLS Matchday, UFC, and MLB.TV
Photo and video sharing via Facebook, Flickr, and Picasa
The top news sources, including MSNBC, Fox News, and WSJ

Of course, there are also tons of channels featuring international and lifestyle programming, tech news, podcasts, cartoons, clips, cat tricks, and… well, you get the idea.

Game on

Need a break from the movies? Roku 2 also brings some of the most popular casual games to your TV:

Enhanced Bluetooth remote features sensors to support motion-based game play, as well as game-ready buttons to support furious button action
Available games include the Angry Birds series, Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy, and Storm in a Teacup
Includes a FREE full version of the Angry Birds game!
Built-in MicroSD slot makes it easy to add additional storage for hundreds more games in the future

Plus, more games are added all the time. Better watch out, dastardly pigs.

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600+ entertainment channels
One-stop search
Works with virtually any TV
Built-in wireless (Wi-Fi b/g/n compatible)
Free app for iOS and Android
Plays 720p HD video*
Plays full HD video (1080p)*
Motion control for games
Free Angry Birds™ game
Ethernet + USB ports

* Availability of 720p or 1080p HD video varies by entertainment channel.
**All Roku 2 models feature a MicroSD memory slot for adding additional storage capacity, plus Bluetooth for adding an RF remote control.

NETFLIX, AMAZON Instant video, Hulu Plus, Cackle

Included with the Roku 2 XS

Enhanced remote with motion control for games
Angry Birds game
Two AA batteries
A/V cable (red/white/yellow)
Power adapter
Get Started guide
90-day manufacturer warranty

What you need

A TV
High-speed Internet service with a speed of at least 1.2 Mbps (such as mid-level DSL). For HD video, 5 Mbps is recommended (if you’re not sure what your broadband speed is, go to www.speedtest.net and run the simple test)
A wireless router

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I can say that the Angry Birds game responded well with the motion remote.

Jennifer A. Ray

I rebooted the unit several times, even after removing Angry Birds and I still couldn't get it to play anything on Netflix without freezing after a few minutes.

Timothy Mccarthy

I can watch my Netflix, listen to Pandora, and there are tons of free channels with movies and news.

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2,388 of 2,456 people found the following review helpful

Smart little puck, as good as (but different from) Apple TV

By Jon Folkers on July 29, 2011

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UPDATED Nov 28, 2012 to reflect software changes to both Roku 2 and AppleTV.

This little player, about the size of a hockey puck, is exactly what I was looking for. It's cheap, easy, and fun. I got it to play Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Vimeo, and everything else it does is a pleasant add-on, especially motion-controlled Angry Birds. If you're in the market for a Roku 2, I think you might as well get this high-end model (there are stripped-down versions for less money) since it has a few more capabilities, including a game controller, an ethernet jack, and a USB port for playing external files. The software interface is not slick but everything fast and responsive. I added a star because this unit has proven itself much more stable than it was at launch, due to frequent software updates. The HBO Go app is particularly useful, which allows you to stream from HBO on demand from a huge catalog of movies and TV shows if you have a cable subscription with HBO included.

How is the Roku 2 different from the Apple TV (which it resembles, and I also considered)? It's physically similar and has some overlapping features, but here are the main differences as I see them:

BOTH have Netflix Streaming, Hulu+, Vimeo, and sports channels such as NBA and MLB (subscription required for the sports stuff). Both have wired and wireless network capabilities. Both are tiny, power-sipping, unobtrusive little devices that could probably be embedded in TV hardware.

AppleTV (not the Roku 2!) has tight iTunes integration, including iTunes movie rentals, streaming from a local PC/Mac with iTunes installed, and YouTube. Nearly all Apple iTunes video content can be streamed via Apple's iCloud if you don't want to use a local computer as a media source.Read more ›

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1,951 of 2,011 people found the following review helpful

The best streamer on the market!

By Jim Utkin on September 12, 2011

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First I have to say the negative reviews are puzzling to me, because I dont think those buyers understand what they are buying.

As you know there is 3 versions, I absolutely recommend you spend the money on the XS (99.95) model, the main reason is because it's the only model with a USB port. Which in short term will allow you connect USB HD and play any movies you may of ripped from your DVD's. I have a 4TB array connected with most of my DVD collection, which is close to 1000 movies.

Roku has three type of channels:

Public
Apps
Private

The public channels are the once visible in what is called "Channel Store". Currently there about 300, but channels are added weekly. Looking at fan blogs, there has yet to be a weeks in about 4 months, that at least several channels weren't added.

Now channels can fall into three categories, Pay, Free, and Subscription.

Pay means you pay onetime fee and you get access to the channel, subscriptions are channels like Netflix, Hulu Plus, etc... if you already have those subscriptions, you just add them at no additional cost. If you are an amazon prime customer then you will get access to amazon prime streaming collection, about 9000 movies and shows. You can also rent movies from .99 cents to 3.99. Or you can digitally buy movies, which will then be permanently accessible to you through any device that supports the Amazon channel.

I will admit that half the pay channels are bad, so do your homework before laying out money for any channel that requires either a onetime fee or subscription. You have to understand the Roku is a streaming device, they are not a content provider, so they don't have anything to do with setting prices.Read more ›

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1,942 of 2,133 people found the following review helpful

Great device, user experience could be better

By Mahesh on August 3, 2011

I've been using Roku 2 XS for a few days now and I must say I like the device, but there are quite a few hiccups. So first the good stuff.

* The Box is tiny and the setup is a breeze. I was up and streaming in under 5 mins.
* Netflix, Huluplus, Amazon and Pandora worked fine
* Streaming in 1080p worked fine without buffering (I use Xfinity) and the quality is superb
* The Ethernet option (available only in XS) is very helpful and the Quality of streaming is far better than wireless

and the not so good stuff:
* The Box does not have adequate memory and needs an external micro-SD card for more capacity
* The device re-booted a few times for me when switching between channels. I was initially very upset with this as the reboot process takes about 3-4 mins. I called support and they asked me to uninstall Angry Birds as it takes up huge amount of space. Did that and then on no re-boots. This sucks as Roku 2 advertises Angry Birds big time and the remote is designed for that, but the device is not capable without additional memory
* It is non-sense that I buy the high end XS version for Ethernet and HD support and I still have to buy HDMI cable and Ethernet cable separately!
* I mainly bought Roku for streaming International Channels and to my horror I found that most of the channels do not work in Roku 2!! Apparently Roku 2's video format is different to that of Roku 1. Roku support says that the Channel provider needs to fix it and the Channel provider's support say that Roku needs to fix it!!! So why advertise them and make me sign up for them then??
* Finally, many channels have sub-channels within them. Switching from One channel is only possible through menus and there are no short-cuts.Read more ›

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