Amazon slashes $20 from Roku XDS price, 1080p streaming now $80

By on Dec 22, 2010 at 12:08 AM
General December 22, 2010

Both Zach and I have bought no fewer than five Roku XDS units as holiday gifts this season. So it comes as no surprise to us that Amazon has slashed $20 off of the device’s price now that our Rokus are all wrapped, mailed, and committed. The online retail giant has quietly reduced the price of the 1080p streaming media player from $99.99 down to $79.99. The Roku XDS offers full Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu Plus compatibility, as well as a host of other streaming options thanks to an online channel-store available to all users. Procrastination literally just paid you $20. The XDS is currently listed as “temporarily out of stock,” but if time is not of the essence, you can still go ahead and order yourself Roku’s high-end offering at the new, low price.

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  • Omaha_style1

    Roku or Slingbox? Hmm

    • Cer

      They do completely different things.

  • Guest

    what is this? Advertise for Amazon today? First the kindle and now this? Unless this is turning into a shopping deals website, stick to your roots. Breaking technology news, leaks, something that made us come here in the first place…

    • Cer

      Especially amusing now that the Roku is being sold on Amazon for $95, not $80. Just click the Read link for proof.

      Zero for Two on Amazon today. lolercoaster.

  • http://brianaford.info Briana Ford

    As nice as the Roku is, after i read Lifehacker’s article about turning Windows Media Center into the ultimate media center, I can save even more just using those programs on my computer

  • Cer

    This was the gold box deal of the day. One day only, fellas. Anyone do research anymore?

  • Mystique

    My mother got an amazon credit for the three she purchased.. YMMV

  • Mike

    Amazon is showing the XD for 79.99 and in stock. They are showing the XDS for 95.75 and out of stock!

  • GMLCountry

    But it doesn’t give you access to media on your home network?

    • http://twitter.com/PCPrime Ben Uecker

      There is a “channel” in beta that provides access to your media server. The people doing it are not part of Roku. Also, I think playon supports the Roku now.

  • http://twitter.com/PCPrime Ben Uecker

    I bought one of these for my parents for Christmas. $20 would have been a nice amount to save. I really liked it when I used it for about a month. Very simple to use but I did have some netflix issues which seem to be fixed now.

    I would buy one for myself but I’m not paying for Hulu Plus. Will stick with using my laptop connected to the tv.

  • Anonymous

    Sale no longer available.

  • Phil

    Looks like that price drop was short lived its back up to $95+

  • Ns

    The price is $96

  • http://twitter.com/khaminsenz Feed Back

    I know the AppleTV has sold over a millions units in 3 months. I’m curious what the sales figures will be for the Roku.

    Personally, I got the AppleTV because i can stream content from any Mac on my network including audio, video, and photos. It can also be easily modded to stream a multitude of file types among them .mkv at 720p.
    I guess for me i wanted the ability to stream content that I owned as much as content from the net. Otherwise, I probably would have bought a Roku.

  • Jay

    Sale done. Update entry.

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