Netgear Roku XD Player arrives

Roku will not rely solely on its online sales strategy, and decided that hitting brick-and-mortar stores does have its own set of advantages as well. In fact, the Netgear Roku XD Player holds the distinction of being the first model from the company to arrive at retail stores including Best Buy, and is virtually identical to the vanilla Roku XD, bringing support for full 1080p video from a variety of sources while streaming Amazon VOD (Video On Demand) and Netflix at their native 720p. If you have a fast Internet connection, then its built-in 802.11n Wi-Fi support ought to deliver a more than satisfactory performance. Netgear will bump up the price by another $10 over the online-only Roku XD player. If you’re interested, it should hit stores by tomorrow.