Roku2 XD

TEST REPORT Internet Player
Miniature
Streaming Player
Thanks to its featherlight
weight of only 84gms
(3 ounces) and its slim size
you can slip the box in your
pocket and take it with you
wherever you go. Its highgloss
plastic housing gives
off a stable and cleanly designed
impression.
The included remote control
that came with our test
model has a mere 11 buttons,
four of which make up
the group of ring buttons,
and as hard as it is to believe,
these 11 buttons give
you complete control of the
Roku 2 XD Streaming Player!
Before the box is ready
to use, you have to spend a
short time with the Installation
Assistant. After that,
the user is asked to register
the hardware via the Internet;
the user is directed to
an Internet site and provided
with an activation code.
Once the site has been accessed
on a PC and all the
registration information is
entered, the user then supplies
the activation code
shown on the box thus ending
the initial installation of
the Roku 2 XD. The box then
switches over to the main
menu.
All of these steps functioned
correctly during our
tests; unfortunately though,
the registration process can
only be completed if a valid
payment method is set up
(credit card, PayPal, etc.).
The manufacturer promises
to keep this information
confidential in order to pre-
vent any unauthorized use
of this information but those
users that only want to use
the box for its free content
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and don’t need any of the
extra features that come at
a cost might take issue with
this requirement.
The Roku 2 XD’s main
menu is made up of two sub
headings, System Settings
and Channel Store.
Since the box is shipped
from the factory without
any Apps pre-installed, the
user would need to download
them directly from the
Roku Channel Store via the
Internet. After momentarily
pressing a button on the
remote control to access
the Channel Store from the
main menu, a huge selection
of downloadable Apps is
made available to the user
that are sorted by free and
paid Apps. At well over 500
Apps, we quickly gave up
counting all of them.