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About Us Roku, Inc., is a privately held company located in Saratoga, Calif., and founded in 2002 by Anthony Wood, the inventor of the digital video recorder (DVR). Roku is a leading supplier of innovative and easy to use digital media products. Our best known consumer products are the Roku digital video player and the stylish SoundBridge Internet radio line. Consumer Products The Roku Digital Video Player Roku's newest compact consumer device enables you to instantly stream high quality movies from Netflix and Amazon Video On Demand, over the Internet directly to your TV. The Roku player has received overwhelmingly positive reviews in The Wall Street Journal, CNET, WIRED, and elsewhere To improve the user experience, the Roku player detects Internet bandwidth and makes on-the-fly adjustments to provide the highest quality picture and audio possible. For homes with wireless Internet, the player is Wi-Fi ready, offering the ultimate in placement flexibility. Priced at just $99.99, the affordable Roku player is compact, easy to set up and intuitive to use. It comes with its own remote control and includes all the cables necessary to connect to a standard television. The Roku player features composite, S-video, and component video outputs, stereo and optical audio outputs and an HDMI integrated audio / video connection. In 2009 Roku will release an Open SDK that will allows third parties to deliver new content channels directly to the Roku player. For more information: www.roku.com SoundBridge Products The Roku SoundBridge makes it easy to listen to a variety of Internet radio stations without even turning on a computer. The stylish aluminum SoundBridge is compatible with a customers speakers or stereo and has built-in support for Roku’s free radioroku.com tuning service, making it easy to listen to radio from around the world or across town. The Roku SoundBridge Radio is a high-quality tabletop Wi-Fi radio with access to digital music as well as radio features and functions: AM/FM, alarm, headphone jack, built-in stereo speakers and sub woofer. Radio Roku (www.radioroku.com) is an online directory of Internet radio stations, featuring more than 8,000 stations around the world. The site has a customizable "widget dashboard" that offers browsing, search, live updates of available content and the ability to control the SoundBridge players on a home network. For more information: http://soundbridge.roku.com/ Business Solutions Roku is the leading U.S. provider of high-quality, solid-state media players and products for the digital signage market. The company recently expanded these offerings to include the European market with a sales office in France. BrightSign Applications The BrightSign products can be used to enhance customer experiences in a wide range of businesses and applications. Retailers can optimize their marketing and advertising by using BrightSign as a platform for creative displays, revenue-generating advertising signage, and interactive product demonstration kiosks. Museums use BrightSign to spark curiosity through unique, interactive exhibits using quality video, push buttons and LEDs, all without complicated PC technology. For more information: www.brightsign.biz
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