And, to add it to the Roku talk in the other thread, it can stream Netflix with a Gold X-Box Live account.

I just took the Roku out of our system as I switched from Wii to X-Box and it is now equally convenient.

Damn, katiesue just noticed it's now out of stock. Should have figured that price was too good to last. Sorry for the tease.

Alex - we have a roku too. The xbox Gold account has a fee right? So I think for us we just keep the roku going?

Yes, there's a fee ($5/month, I think). I wouldn't get the Gold account just for Netflix (since I already had the Roku) but since I was getting the account anyway, the Roku became redundant (and I like having the voice commands option).

From what I've seen it's pretty easy to get a discount on the gold account ($50 for a year seems to be the deal I've seen around).

$100 of the dyson animal ball vac at costco.

So what does the gold box get me? I'm guessing it's more for real gamers? Madz will play a couple of dance games etc but I don't see her turning into an actual gamer. (sorry for all the questions you wouldn't know I used to actually work at a gaming company would you?)

Gold membership gives you access to online gaming and media content. That includes online multiplayer, streaming video (hulu, netflix, etc.) use of Kinect for webcam chat, and some other media stuff.

Here's a list

ETA: Found a Year + 1 month subscription card for $46.89, which is $3.60/month

Thanks - I'm guessing it's not something we need - at least to start with. See how long she goes with the gaming mode.

The Disneyland Kinect Game is on sale at Target this week. I've been looking for it to go on sale and so far this is the only one I've seen.