ROKU UPDATE: Reader John Steele writes:

After your last mention I broke down and bought a Roku XD box. I have to say that compared to this Windows Plug-n-Play is an Erector Set. I have never seen a device this flexible that installed and configured as quickly and easily as this thing. Out of the box to running subscribed to Netflix and HuluPlus a total of maybe 10 minutes. And the performance is simply excellent.

Do you have any recommendations on a universal remote that will include the Roku functions?

I don’t know, but maybe some InstaPundit readers will. And yeah, it really is easy.

UPDATE: Reader Diana Holden writes: “Regarding your post about Roku remotes — My husband and I have had a Roku box for about a year and love it. We use the Logitech Harmony 700 remote and it works beautifully. We have our satellite, TV, Blu-Ray, and Roku on the remote and haven’t had any problems.”

And reader Basil Copeland sends a warning for readers with hearing problems:

I’m hard of hearing, and dependent on captions or subtitles to fully appreciate movies. I did not think to investigate the possibility that streaming video doesn’t provide captions. Apparently, that is a major issue with the Roku box. In the few hours since I set it up, I’ve found a lot of discussion on the Internet about this issue, and whether or not captions or subtitles are available for streaming media players. It seems that it exists for some platforms, but not for Roku. So until that changes, the box will probably sit unused.

Bummer. I imagine they’ll fix it sooner or later.