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NETFLIX SELLS OUT OF NEW SETTOP BOXES Wednesday, June 11 2008 Just three weeks after it began offering a $99 settop box that can stream movies directly to subscribers' TV sets, Netflix said that it had sold out its entire supply. The online video renters said that Roku, the Japanese company that makes the device, will need about two weeks to fulfill current orders and eight weeks to begin fulfilling new ones. "They're selling way better than we thought," Netflix spokesperson Amy Bonetti told the Video (more) NETFLIX UNVEILS ANOTHER SETTOP BOX Tuesday, May 20 2008 
Online
movie
renter
Netflix
has
chosen
a
settop
box
by
the
little-known
startup
Roku
for
its
online
streaming
service.
The
box
will
cost
$99
with
no
additional
monthly
fees.
Reviewers
on
tech
sites
have
generally
applauded
the
device,
saying
it
can
be
set
up
in
a
few
minutes
and
produces
a
picture
that
compares
favorably
with
that
of
a
DVD
player.
(High-definition
streaming
is
reportedly
on
the
horizon.)
Several
have
complained,
however,
that
only
about
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The 510.3 million owners of Microsoft's Xbox 360 video game player will be able to use it to stream thousands of movies from Netflix, the video "rentailer," the two companies announced in Los Angeles on Monday. Beginning this fall, Netflix subscribers will be able to stream 10,000 movies and television shows onto their TV sets using the Xbox 360 device. Currently Netflix's online streaming service works only with PCs, unless subscribers buy a $100 converter box. The announcement came just one day after Microsoft announced that it was cutting the price of its 20GB game player to $300 
