Roku Netflix Player Firmware Upgrade to 1.5 Now Available

Back in October we told you HD was coming to the Roku Netflix Player. It's now being reported that the new 1.5 firmware update is available and may take up to 10 days to get to every customer.

As of this morning, we still weren't seeing the update here at the NAV headquarters. Luckily we found the trick to force the update at the Roku Forums:

Just go to Settings>Player Info>Check for update. It will say "Your software is up to date" Check again 2 more times. On the 3rd time it should start downloading the software.

Visually the new updates adds a few features like a home screen (supposedly to navigate through the new content that's been promised) and of course the ability to watch HD programs which looks really good. We'll give you more details as we check out the update.

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