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If you delve very far into the world of home theater PCs (HTPCs), one of the first things you’ll want to tackle is freeing yourself from the keyboard and mouse. To really transform your HTPC into more of a set-top box and less of a computer, you’ll obviously want to control it with a remote - aka the 10-foot interface.

From the beginning, we knew the Roku Netflix Player ($100) was technically capable of displaying high def resolutions. The only real question I’ve had - Is the buffer big enough? Turns out, that by streaming “HD at substantially lower bit-rates,” it is. According to Roku:

After attending the Baltimore Xohm launch event last month, I decided to roll the dice… And although Sprint’s Xohm WiMax 4G service hasn’t officially launched in the DC metro area, I can confirm that not only are the antennas up, but that they’re open for business.