Electronics

Logitech, Netgear, D-Link, these are names that often evoke images of webcams, routers, network switches, and maybe some other devices, but that is about to change the product offering for the PC means not and the recesses of your basement, but for your living room. Netflix was once a company engaged in competition with the likes of video rental chains with a film of difficult-mail services. With some of the major video retailers in bankruptcy, Netflix announced officially became a limited transmission, and it is estimated that Netflix accounts for as much as twenty percent of all downstream traffic from the Internet during the peak here in the United States.

However, there is much more content on the web that offers Netflix. With the rise of Hulu and other video sites, the content becomes increasingly available online and can be used for much less, if not completely free, as offered by cable and satellite. In addition, the user has total control over what is on. There is a problem with this avalanche of new content, obtained by him in the room without going through countless web pages.

This was the key to the success of a PC application called Boxee, which compiles many different sources of Internet streaming media in a single application with a simple (reasonably) to use user interface. The real hang up was that the very need for a PC for such applications. Many consumers balk at the idea of ​​buying a computer solely for

the transmission of the media / HTPC use, cost and aesthetics are the most common complaints.

So, where is the old network / peripheral companies and their large distribution networks in the picture. Boxee has chosen to work with the D-Link to create a stand-alone box that Boxee should be available at any time now. Logitech has paired with the recent release of Google TV brings you the experience of the Revue Logitech. Processing of personal data, the Titans have given us their own take, Apple and the Apple TV: Even if Microsoft has chosen to develop these aspects of its Xbox 360 console.

What about Netgear? They teamed up with Roku, a company that produces media streaming boxes once only available on the Internet, but now they are appearing at Best Buy, Fry, etc., with rebranding Netgear. Today we'll look XD Roku, which is the intermediate level of supply three Roku. Here is a list of different boxes and their functions, on the Roku web site.