Topic: Roku

[oldcoastie6468]

Our son came over yesterday and hooked up a Roku box he got us for Christmas. Looks like there's  lot of stuff out there to stream to our TV.

Anyone have any experiences with Roku?

[AlanS]

Our son came over yesterday and hooked up a Roku box he got us for Christmas. Looks like there's  lot of stuff out there to stream to our TV.

Anyone have any experiences with Roku?

Never heard of it. I toyed with the idea of getting a cheap DVD player with wifi and a usb port. The wifi can stream movies. Plus with the USB and the DVD player hooked to the juke box, I can have hours of music.

[ToddF]

I have a Roku, and no cable (well, the basic Scamcast forces on you if you get internet, anyway).  All I need.

If you really want to starve the beast, and not fund things you don't believe in funding, this is the way to go.

[AmericanPatriot]

What are you able to watch?
Is there any current programming available?
I subscribe to Netflix and Amazon Prime.
I haven't watched much from Prime but my daughter watches a lot of stuff on Netflix.

It would be nice to get rid of that $100/month monkey from my back, Direct.

[ToddF]

I don't need current programming nor sports.  If you do, than shell out the $100 per month.

I watch Amazon as much as I can because Comcast in the Twin Cities is essentially throttling Netflix, by not upgrading the pipes Netflix traffic is arriving on.  Netflix does have more programming, however.

[AmericanPatriot]

Thanks

[Dan]

We have one, had it for 2 years. Hated it at first, actually, but now think its pretty good. It's a la carte service, so to speak, and most things are pay per view, as far as I can see.
There are, Ida know, hundreds of channels to subscribe to, covering varied interests, and you should be able to find news and sports on it, but I don't know how those fees are structured.
All in all, I'd say its worth it.

[oldcoastie6468]

Thanks, everyone.

I got FoxNews, about 6 movie channels (some of the movies are PPV), and some cooking channels. I'm still looking for local channels, and our son says they're there and it's just a matter of finding them.

[ToddF]

Local channels are not on Roku.  Fox News isn't on Roku, except for a middle of the day simulcast, that might or might not work, depending on the day.

[Weisshaupt]

Local channels are not on Roku.  Fox News isn't on Roku, except for a middle of the day simulcast, that might or might not work, depending on the day.

You can always go to fox news direct and stream live.
http://live.foxnews.com/

Pretty much true for most stations really.  The Roku is nice because its all pretty and integrated, but there are a number of PC software solutions that do the same thing and let you use a remote as well, all while allowing recording, DVD burning etc.  Back before I had a family I did that sort of thing.

We have the evil Direct feed still. Mostly because the children will whine if we don't ( Mostly Disney- which is mostly stupid and not objectionable for other content except the occasional Agitprop for the administration, which I turn into a teaching moment)  Wife and I never use it except to watch Big Bang Theory, and that of course is available in other ways.

[IronDioPriest]

I've thought about something like ROKU, but I'm fairly certain it would evolve into an additional expense rather than a replacement for cable, so I haven't moved on it.

We use our cable TV pretty thoroughly. I'm sure lots of the stuff could be found in one of the streaming services, but not all. Seems like at least for now, the inconvenience wouldn't be worth it.

Not to mention the fact that we are "bundled", with our cable, broadband, and broadband phone all coming from Charter Comm. Can't really ditch one service without reconfiguring our whole package.

[oldcoastie6468]

We use our cable TV pretty thoroughly. I'm sure lots of the stuff could be found in one of the streaming services, but not all. Seems like at least for now, the inconvenience wouldn't be worth it.

Not to mention the fact that we are "bundled", with our cable, broadband, and broadband phone all coming from Charter Comm. Can't really ditch one service without reconfiguring our whole package.

Basically the same here, and we need the phone for our alarm system. I probably wouldn't have bought it, but there are hundreds of movies available on it, as well as NatGeo and other shows that we may have missed.

[rustybayonet]

Not to mention the fact that we are "bundled", with our cable, broadband, and broadband phone all coming from Charter Comm. Can't really ditch one service without reconfiguring our whole package.

Same here with bundle from Charter - service in this area is iffy at best, but the unlimited phone is great, son, friends and relatives all over the country no long distance charge - cannot beat that.