Me, You & The Roku

29 October 2009 Christie Ortiz

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“I love this cornbread so much; I wanna take it behind a middle school and get it pregnant!”-Tracy Jordan, 30 Rock

Ok, now take out the cornbread, put in a Roku, and Mr. Jordan and I share the exact same sentiment about inanimate objects. The Roku is the latest wireless video streaming technology. It instantly delivers top quality movies, TV episodes, and so much more directly to your TV. It’s the ability to rent thousands of movies anytime you want from the comfort of your assworn couch. Through a Netflix account, anything in your instant queue is available on your TV. With an Amazon.com account, you can rent or buy movies at the touch of a button. Amazon even offers pre-release movies- ones that haven’t even hit theaters yet. It’s pretty much a tiny box filled with awesome.

I suggest hooking up the Roku with an HDMI cable, as it offers the clearest picture and the best sound. No HDMI hookups? No worries. I used mine with a component cable hook up and was quite pleased with the quality. The Roku comes with simple directions, and for an additional $20 you can get a set of every possible hookup connection you could ever need. If you have an affinity for movies, or a desire for movie world domination, I suggest you jump on Netflix or head to Roku.com and snag one.

Get these for your Roku. If anyone asks, tell them I said so….

Jericho Seasons 1&2, Day of the Dead, Zombiemania, Plan 9 from Outer Space, Vantage Point, Miracle at St. Anna, 30 Rock (All 3 seasons), John Waters: This Filthy World, Best in Show, Weeds Season 1&2, Repo Man, Penelope, Inland Empire, A Clockwork Orange, Katt Williams: LIVE, Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist, Across the Universe, The Fifth Element, This Is England, Quarantine, Foxy Brown, New Jack City: Special Edition, Go, MST3K Grab ‘em All, SLC Punk, Shark Week: 20th Anniversary, Masters of Horror (Everyone they have)

I’ll stop here, but I could go on ….