Mainly because of the price tag of $79.99 and the overall positive reviews, I decided to buy a Roku 2 XD at my local Best Buy store. My first impression was of how amazingly small the new Roku 2 XD device is. With a new Rosewill HDMI cable that I purchased from Newegg, I was eager to see how the 1080p Roku video content looked on my Vizio TV.

In terms of the video quality, I compared the built-in Netflix app on the Roku with the Netflix internet app that runs natively on my Vizio TV, and the Netflix internet TV app on the Vizio had a better picture quality. This was also the same with the Revision 3 HD video content on both sources. However, the Roku interface has a far better and less counter intuitive user interface, than the Vizio internet TV control interface. Roku did an awesome job on the UI design, as I didn’t had a problem using the interface and everything is really straight forward.

I have to say that I am slightly disappointed with the Roku device, though it’s not necessarily the device’s fault. This is given that I hardly watch any TV at all. While the Roku platform has hands down the most content available than any other set top box of its kind, after the first few days, I hardly use the device because all of my IPTV content that I watch is available via the Vizio internet TV apps.

The Roku device is perfect for anyone that doesn’t have cable/satellite service or for anyone that doesn’t own an internet ready TV. There are lots of free channels, including movie channels. If only the Premier League had a subscription service that would stream all games live in HD on the Roku, then I would definitely see the Roku as the greatest thing since slice bread.