My Roku device is on its way

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As some of you know, I just moved across the country (from Idaho back to Nebraska where I was before). When I went to sign up for cable TV + Internet, I nearly gasped at the prices. I had split costs with a roommate in Idaho. How much it's gone up is unreal. So I signed up for just Internet, the highest speed I could get, and no TV. I'm going to try this Roku thing that streams TV shows over wifi to the TV. For local channels, I'm just going to rabbit ear it or maybe go for a roof antenna. Anyone else here gone this route? Do you like it? If I hate it, I can always go for regular cable or even a dish. I got a refurbed Roku 2 for $55 with free shipping.
 
Reverend Conehead said:
As some of you know, I just moved across the country (from Idaho back to Nebraska where I was before). When I went to sign up for cable TV + Internet, I nearly gasped at the prices. I had split costs with a roommate in Idaho. How much it's gone up is unreal. So I signed up for just Internet, the highest speed I could get, and no TV. I'm going to try this Roku thing that streams TV shows over wifi to the TV. For local channels, I'm just going to rabbit ear it or maybe go for a roof antenna. Anyone else here gone this route? Do you like it? If I hate it, I can always go for regular cable or even a dish. I got a refurbed Roku 2 for $55 with free shipping.
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Arent you a lawyer?
 
Good move moving away from Cable at least until the're is some competition to bring the prices back down, etc. in the next coming years. Roku will get you plenty of content though others may have their favorites; hell, I just use my PS4/X1. Cut the cable cord and haven't missed a thing. Youtube APP is great esp. I haven't sprung for local channels but have access via internet.
 
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BigStar said:
Good move moving away from Cable at least until the're is some competition to bring the prices back down, etc. in the next coming years. Roku will get you plenty of content though others may have their favorites; hell, I just use my PS4/X1. Cut the cable cord and haven't missed a thing. Youtube APP is great esp. I haven't sprung for local channels but have access via internet.
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PS4 is supposed to offer cable soon. I looked at what they proposing and it looked worth it if you really want cable.

I lived on Amazon, Netflix and Hulu for years but when I bought my house last summer I sprung for TW. Im regretting it
 
Maybe the big cable and satellite TV companies will start to realize they can't keep jacking up the rates indefinitely. My first reaction was, "Whoah, that much for a basic package?" I'm old enough to remember when there was nothing but free TV. You had a roof antenna that got you the three major networks plus a couple independent UHF stations. When cable came out it was great to always get great reception and to have a lot of channels for a low monthly fee. It's just gone up and up over the years until it's questionable whether it's worth it.
 
You went the right route with the Roku. Currently, it's easily the best streaming device out there. (Google Smart TVs are making a major push though) I have only the most basic TV package and that is only so I can watch the Cowboys when they play locally and the morning news.

Funny thing is I don't even watch the morning news anymore since I got an Amazon Echo. I just ask it "What's up" in the morning and then I get NPR, BBC, and ESPN updates. No need for the broadcast news anymore.
 
darthseinfeld said:
PS4 is supposed to offer cable soon. I looked at what they proposing and it looked worth it if you really want cable.

I lived on Amazon, Netflix and Hulu for years but when I bought my house last summer I sprung for TW. Im regretting it
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Thanks for info definitely.
 
I know some "people" who use Amazon Fire Stick, with KODI "they" tell me it works very well.

Just google Kodi on FireStick with No PC

I used KODI on my PC, stream to TV. I found it had way more programming than Roku.
 
MyBad said:
I know some "people" who use Amazon Fire Stick, with KODI "they" tell me it works very well.

Just google Kodi on FireStick with No PC

I used KODI on my PC, stream to TV. I found it had way more programming than Roku.
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Fire Stick is kind of junky. You can get a refurbished Nexus Player on ebay for $50 and it is superior in every way. I use Kodi, and I share a Netflix account with my Dad, and he shares his HBO Go account with me. I also have a HD Homerun that I use for TV.
 
I got my Roku. It's pretty cool. I have the bandwidth for it to run well because I signed up for very fast Internet. For quality of picture, it's top notch. I was disappointed in what's happened to Hulu, however. I used to use it back in about '09,10 with a PC hooked up to an old style TV. Back then Hulu was free if you allowed advertising or you had the option of paying to have no ads. Now they only have paid subscriptions. I was also disappointed that France 24 is in English, not French. I wanted it to keep up with my French. On the plus side it's free and is a pretty good channel. I was able to rent out a hard-to-find French movie easily and watch it last night.

I'm going to be very choosy on what I pay for. If you subscribed to everything in Roku, it would add up to one hefty bill. I think it's going to end up being a choice between Amazon Prime or Netflix. If anyone has opinions as to which is better and why, I'm all ears.
 
Reverend Conehead said:
I got my Roku. It's pretty cool. I have the bandwidth for it to run well because I signed up for very fast Internet. For quality of picture, it's top notch. I was disappointed in what's happened to Hulu, however. I used to use it back in about '09,10 with a PC hooked up to an old style TV. Back then Hulu was free if you allowed advertising or you had the option of paying to have no ads. Now they only have paid subscriptions. I was also disappointed that France 24 is in English, not French. I wanted it to keep up with my French. On the plus side it's free and is a pretty good channel. I was able to rent out a hard-to-find French movie easily and watch it last night.

I'm going to be very choosy on what I pay for. If you subscribed to everything in Roku, it would add up to one hefty bill. I think it's going to end up being a choice between Amazon Prime or Netflix. If anyone has opinions as to which is better and why, I'm all ears.
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Hulu is good to watch current TV (and unfortunately is better to pay the extra $2 for no commercials). I have Prime and Netflix (3 accounts in DC and one in WV too), and all those apps combined are only around $35.00 and has most of the present TV content I want and the drama shows the GF wants ( on Hulu/Prime).

Hulu releases their TV shows "ongoing season type episodes" the day after they are on primetime/cable TV; Workaholics, Modern Family, Parks n Recs when it was on, South Park, Family Guy, other dramas I don't watch, so just have to wait a day, etc. Netlfix is still king of Original Drama series' and cable/primetime TV content( just usually a season behind unless the show is off the air and that usually means they have the complete series); just giving you the ins and outs if you didn't know, etc.

Amazon prime is good if you want to buy a whole season digitally and binge if unavailable on Netflix or Hulu, but also just incorporated that with my current Amazon prime account to buy tech and video games so that is more personal preference.
 
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MyBad said:
I know some "people" who use Amazon Fire Stick, with KODI "they" tell me it works very well.

Just google Kodi on FireStick with No PC

I used KODI on my PC, stream to TV. I found it had way more programming than Roku.
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Do you have a guide to use kodi? I tried to use it on my fire tv and had no luck. I was wanting my fire to replace my cable and dvr
 
Reverend Conehead said:
I got my Roku. It's pretty cool. I have the bandwidth for it to run well because I signed up for very fast Internet. For quality of picture, it's top notch. I was disappointed in what's happened to Hulu, however. I used to use it back in about '09,10 with a PC hooked up to an old style TV. Back then Hulu was free if you allowed advertising or you had the option of paying to have no ads. Now they only have paid subscriptions. I was also disappointed that France 24 is in English, not French. I wanted it to keep up with my French. On the plus side it's free and is a pretty good channel. I was able to rent out a hard-to-find French movie easily and watch it last night.

I'm going to be very choosy on what I pay for. If you subscribed to everything in Roku, it would add up to one hefty bill. I think it's going to end up being a choice between Amazon Prime or Netflix. If anyone has opinions as to which is better and why, I'm all ears.
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That's what I have. Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Google Play (you buy/rent the content rather than monthly fee), but I hardly ever use Google Play. I do have Youtube Red which is now producing content like Netflix and Amazon and you get Youtube (and Google music) without all the stupid advertising) (no waiting 30 seconds for the Youtube video to start or the banner ads that appear)

  • Amazing Prime (basically free as I do it for the free shipping since I buy so much from Amazon)
  • Netflix ($12/month as I have the 4k version)
  • Youtube Red / Google Music ($9.99/month)
So, I basically spend about $22/month for TV. (well, not including my steaming sports (NHL Center Ice and sometimes MLB.tv)
 
I have the Roku 3, and I love it. Only problem that I've had is it's went out on me a couple times (for 30-45 mins at a time).

But other than that, I can't complain about only paying $20/month for all of the channels (except NFLN) that I ever watched even when I had DirecTV.

I have Roku, and I also bought a leaf (for I think around $60), so that gives me all of the local channels for free.

That, and I bum off someone else's account to have Netflix. So I'm set! No more $120+ monthly cable bills
 
We have a Roku and ditched cable a while back. Not much that I miss about cable honestly. We could afford cable no prob, but found ourselves watching everything on TiVo and realized that we could do that for about $90 less per month.

We already had Netflix, Amazon Prime and Sunday Ticket Streaming, so the only thing we actually added was Hulu. That ended up being about $10 per month.
 
jwooten15 said:
I have the Roku 3, and I love it. Only problem that I've had is it's went out on me a couple times (for 30-45 mins at a time).

But other than that, I can't complain about only paying $20/month for all of the channels (except NFLN) that I ever watched even when I had DirecTV.

I have Roku, and I also bought a leaf (for I think around $60), so that gives me all of the local channels for free.

That, and I bum off someone else's account to have Netflix. So I'm set! No more $120+ monthly cable bills
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The Leaf indoor HD antenna? I thought about one of those, but i have two current problems. They have the Leaf 50 and I'm about 50 miles from Manhattan. Even worse, I'm north of the city and my apt faces North. Not to mention the closest window to my living room TV is a sliding glass door and it's the side that opens. :(
 
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