Just like integrated DVD players (or before that, VHS players) getting something included in the TV at a premium price is just one more thing to go wrong, or to become obsolete later on. Every person I know who has an integrated DVD has had it break before the TV did. I suppose Netflix hardware being solidstate it's less likely to break down than a DVD player, but what happens when there's a rev B hardware version of the Roku/Netflix box? What happens when Amazon buys Netflix and changes the video delivery mechanism?

I'll take my Roku box for now, and if it's not too much of a premium maybe I'll get it included when I upgrade to Blu-Ray. But keep it out of my TV, thank you very much.

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