UFC PPV Comes to Roku

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UFC PPV Comes to Roku

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Wow... I never saw that coming.  As far as the apparent question relating to price, though, it's $45 for SD and $55 for HD.  There's something about seeing people beat the crap out of each other in all the intricate detail possible.

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What's the quality going to be?  It seems like a huge amount of $ and the Roku only does 720p for now.  Lets hope it is at least high bitrate 720p so you don't get a bunch of compression artifacts during motion, or you can't see Chuck dent someone's face.

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If it's not the same as DirecTV, then they're going to have some real difficulty in getting the same prices.  I'm okay with the $55 for the HD on DirecTV because the quality is great.  If I was running into any sort of PQ issues, I'd be really ticked off.  So, I assume that Roku will be at least on par with DirecTV.

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