How well does that work? Been thinking of getting one more and more, but not certain that it will add to whatever I can already watch on the net. Does it allow you to record programs for later viewing, and transferring them over to the computer to watch? The computer does not use as much power as the regular tv does, and I need the recording capability for the times I need to go out of town and want to watch one of the daily shows I miss when I do travel.
Going from Cable/Satellite to Roku was pretty easy for us (more specifically: ME.) My two teenage sons had a few things they liked to watch on DirecTV, their content choices greatly expanded for us by using NetFlix, Hulu and Amazon Prime. (We've since dropped Hulu, they put MORE commercials in a program than the damn' networks do!)
I'm saving about $930/year by dropping DirecTV and buying a Roku device and subscribing to Netflix ($8/mo. all I can stream) and Amazon Prime ($79/year.)
There's all kinds of free content on the Roku, you'd have to search for "Roku Channels" using Google -- you'll find a few good comprehensive links showing what's available. Even better are the Roku "Private Channels" which are those channels still in Beta for example and some of that's pretty good stuff.
Does it allow you to record programs for later viewing, and transferring them over to the computer to watch?
Not by itself. There are a few methods to record Roku to PC that I've lightly investigated in the last few months but haven't tried it myself. Since Roku's an "on demand" type of service (watch what you want,when you want to) I personally haven't seen a need to record anything.