The new Roku Netflix experience adds search, Instant Queue modification features

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Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

Woot! Netflix for Roku’s wee little box will be updated “soon” for Netflix subscribers, adding search functionality that the service badly needed.

As you can see from this jaunty video, the entire UI has been improved and the standard “press left to see all of the other movies” is gone, giving you more movies per page and a considerably more streamlined experience. The best thing? You can now add movies to your queue from the box.

What’s new and different from what you may have seen out on the market w/ other devices?

1. Search the entire Netflix Instant Streaming Library from your TV screen
2. Browse and Play Movies and TV shows on your TV via our new immersive user interface
3. Add Movies and TV shows to your Instant Queue for watching later

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