Heard of
Roku? They are the ingenious creators of a small device that allows people like me to watch their
Netflix "Instant Queue" on my home theater system without buying an expensive gaming system or without hooking up an external computer.
What does this have to do with my Lisztonian site? A while back I was contacted from a very kind member of
Roku's team. He asked if they could use the music/
playlist from my website in their developer's
SDK (Software Development Kit). So far I have never turned anybody away when asked to use my music, so I gladly approved. Fast forward to today... I came home from work to find a
Fedex box with a
Roku player and a kind note from the
Roku fellow. He thanked me for allowing them to use my music (royalty-free) and hooked me up with a device to try out. I wasted no time in setting it up and I am absolutely stunned at how easy and amazing this little box is! Now I can watch everything on my
Netflix "Instant" list without having to sit in front of my little PC monitor (they also connect to other services like Amazon, Pandora, etc). It supports
HDMI, Component, and Composite video and includes both wired and wireless network connectivity. It was a total
cinch to set up and I had it running in literally minutes.
So if any of you are developers, then you can download the Roku SDK and you just might come across my music :) and even if you are not a developer, you should definitely take a look at
their website and consider getting their product ;)
