On Sat, 12 Nov 2011, Ryan Coleman wrote: > Xbox also requires a subscription to Xbox Live. Something I won't pay > for. The others, at least the Wii and Roku, will do it for free and the > Roku, depending on the unit you buy, will do HD. Thanks for all the comments, so far. I have been hearing so many things about Roku, and the price is good, so I think I'm just going to get one of them and deal with the game-console issue later, but I am getting the feeling that a 4-year-old girl might like the Wii best. Regarding Roku, any idea which is best?: http://www.roku.com/roku-products Between HD and XD, I like the idea of getting 1080p, but is there enough 1080p content out there that it will matter? Comparing XD to XS, I don't know what "fully loaded" means, I guess ethernet would be good, maybe I can use USB, but I don't know what any of these things will be doing. Here's a review: http://reviews.cnet.com/digital-media-receivers/roku-2-xs/4505-6739_7-34850104.html So "games" means one game? I guess people really, really, really like Angry Birds, though, but that might mean it's an addiction the family can live without. ;-) I'll probably go with XS unless someone thinks it's a bad idea. Thanks again for all the good ideas. Mike