Roku Netflix Player - potential $99 MythFrontend?
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Roku Labs has just released some source code for their $100 Netflix streaming device. Such a move has got to start the thought: Can it be hacked to become a potential MythTV Frontend?
The device is able to play back HD content (1080i/720p) although the currently available content from Netflix is only SD. It has HDMI output, WiFi, it runs Linux AND it costs $100!
The device is powered by an NXP chip and according to the spec it can decode MPEG2, MPEG4, DivX, H.264 and JPEGs. Pretty impressive.
The hacking has already started and people are able to telnet to the device.
I’m hoping this could be the heir to the Hauppauge MediaMVP device which can be hacked to run a light weight variant of the MythTV Frontend called “MediaMVP Media Center“.
I know that AppleTV can run the full MythTV Frontend, but that device is $229. And it is always nice to have options. 
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