Time for another Roku post... in case you didn't hear elsewhere, they've now come out with a whole slew of channels for their little box. As you might expect, some are pretty cool (I see myself making good use of that Revision3 channel), some just aren't my cup of tea (TWiT looks like nerd talk radio, which is a disturbing combination to consider), and others are real head-scratchers (bring up my Facebook photos on my TV? Really?). The best part, though, is that these new channels are available through a "channel store", so you don't have to have hundreds of channels you'll never use cluttering up your interface.
One thing that doesn't seem to make a whole lot of sense, based on the currently-available channels, is that you now have to sign up for an account with Roku to get these extra channels... and then, on some sites, you have to sign up with an account for their site, as well. Unless Roku is setting itself up to accept payments for sites that don't stream publically otherwise, it just doesn't make sense... but, if that's what they're setting up for, things could get a *lot* more interesting in short order (paying a monthly fee to Roku for a few "premium" (i.e. only available on cable/sattellite otherwise) channels could be a tack that providers will support, while keeping out of the actual payment-collections end of the business).
If you've got a Roku box, these new channels are available to you right now... but your box might not know it. Apparently, there may be some glitch in the updater, either on the box end or the server end... but, if you run the update once, then immediately run it again, it should come through for you.
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