Roku HD media player the size of a USB drive: http://mashable.com/2012/01/04/roku-streaming-stick/
Roku does mention shipping replaceable Roku Streaming Sticks with new HDTVs and this seems like a more robust business plan. After all, if a consumer can buy a connected television set that is, in essence, "upgradeable," that might have real value. Requires a TV with a mobile high-definition link (MIL) enabled HDMI port, which provides power to the stick. I guess it is about time one of the commercial media player box makers adopted this form factor. A while back I ran across this generic version of the same form-factor: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?t=114973 (A thread asking whether XBMC can be ported to it.) I haven't yet seen an explanation for how you get IR remote control signals to be seen by one of these sticks plugged into the back of a TV. In related video player news...it isn't quite as small as a USB stick, but the Raspberry Pi board is close: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/12/raspberry-pi-a-pocket-sized-1080p-capable-computer-for-25/ A $35 version will have an 700 MHz ARM CPU (Broadcom), Ethernet port, and be capable of 1080p video. Work is underway to port XBMC to it. -Tom _______________________________________________ Hardwarehacking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/hardwarehacking
