Roku 2 XS

Media streamers are ten a penny these days, so it was nice to see something a little different turn up in the PC Pro offices. That little something is the Roku 2 XS, and, next to the dinky Apple TV,

The Roku 2 XS puts a ton of online content, including Angry Birds, at your fingertips and on your television affordably, but it doesn't seem as useful as it did years ago, before many Blu-ray players and HDTVs offered the same services and more.

’There’s a ton of entertainment in this little box,’ says the Roku advertising and we could hardly disagree with that. What’s more, it’s all dished up in such a slick and incredibly usable way...

Thanks to a varied range of content offerings--including Netflix, Amazon, Hulu Plus, Crackle, and Pandora--that beats the Apple TV, the Roku 2 XS is the best all-around streaming-media box you can get for less than $100.

Roku recently updated their line of streaming media players, and they sent Julie their high-end Roku 2 XS with gaming remote to review.  I had been in the

User friendly, great media capabilities and competitively priced – but not much mainstream content

The Roku 2 XS brings simplicity to media streaming but lacks support for DLNA streaming and many common file formats.