Posted on 06/11/2016 6:58:15 AM PDT by V K Lee
Vanity: RoKu users, a new 'channel' has appeared titled "PLUTO" which features a number of substation channels containing news, old movies, children's cartoons (Betty Boop; a short lived tv series, The Invisible Man; classic drive in movie channel. Competition on the air waves
Classic drive in has some different war movies
it is however, commercial laden
I love my Roku. It is a truly great gadget. Perfect for watching YouTube videos, Netflix and Amazon Prime on your HDTV.
And, the big plus, a remote you don’t have to look at to use and an interface that your wife and your kids can master. No more Smart Hub for me.
If you have a cable subscription, there are many TV channel apps for your android devices.
Here are some of the ones I’ve found and loaded. Not all require cable logins:
CNN
Fox News
Watch ABC
CBS
NBC
Fox Now
AMC
A&E
CN Cartoon Network
Cooking TV
Crackle
The CW
Discovery GO
E! Online
Food Network
Fox Business
Free Form (ABC Family)
FXNOW
Hallmark Channel
History
HGTV Watch
HSN Phone
Lifetime
NASA TV
NAT GEO TV
NBC News
Netflix
QVC
Spike
Travel Channel
truTV
Watch TBS
Watch TNT
TCM
TV Land
USA Now
YouTube
WE TV
YouTube
Ustream
Livestream
Holy cow, there are a hundred channels on Pluto! http://pluto.tv/watch/tyt-network
Very cool, it will go nice with my antenna. I will never miss cable.
I never have much luck with any of those streaming services that embed commercial breaks. Crackle, Hulu, etc.
They will play about 1/2 of the program and then bog down after a commercial break and will not reload the content. When I exit out (have to reboot ROKU, sometimes) and try to move to the last location in the program, I get a dozen commercials.
The hassle isn’t worth the frustration for ‘free with commercials’ channels.
Netflix, Amazon Prime, and HBO GO do not seem to have that kind of problem.
Pay 4 bucks more a month for a commercial free Hulu.
Fingers crossed for Fox sports one.
We continue to view these new achievements in a positive manner; however, all these ‘new views’ seen on the screen remind me much of the movie “They Live” w/Roddy Piper. No more than activity to keep the unwashed masses occupied as the aliens take over our world. Life imitates art. Movies are sometimes based on truth.
I love my ROKU too, just got the new Streaming-Stick, to go along with my ROKU3. Hulu - looks good on paper but the trouble with Hulu is their content. An example is, they have great TV shows but they may only have anywhere from 1-2 episodes of any season to maybe 20 episodes. It never seems to be the entire season of any series. I cancelled my Hulu after a couple months
I have a blue-ray disc player which has streaming services, my TV does as well, and Hulu sucks on them, but on my ROKU3 & streaming stick Hulu ran very fast, however, I didn’t like Hulu and cancelled
You are right
We are in the early stages of the TV evolution away from cable to the internet. Netflix seems to be the best. I somehow just didn’t get along with Hulu.
I am tempted by my trial on Amazon Prime but not yet certain
When Fox news offer a streaming service cable is out of here
Good news. Fox Sports 1 is available on Sling TV as well as your regional Fox Sports channel and a few other Fox channels (including your local Fox station in selected markets). Choose the Beta channel lineup at Sling TV ($20/mo plus tax for 30+ channels) and get these. The only drawback is you have to switch from the package giving you all the ESPN channels although they let you switch free of charge and you can still find ESPN programming on Watch ESPN. CBS All Access ($5.99/ mo) is giving me the local CBS channel so, between the two, I have most of my football needs met.
Hulu just started that commercial-free-for-$15/month a few months ago.
I have looked at the programs they offer and can get most of them on cable OnDemand.
Also, the fine print on the ‘free’ version of Hulu says that they still have the right and do show commercials at the beginning and end of some of their ‘free’ version programs.
That reminds me of the selling point for cable 60 years ago — with cable, you don’t get commercials. LOLOLOLOLOL. Now 1/3 of the cable programming (excluding premium channels) is commercials.
I have used Netflix, first with dvd’s and then streaming only, for years.
Last year, I ran across a one-day special to sign up for Amazon Prime for $70. I figured for an average $6/month I would give it a try. I have been satisifed. It has a good balance of programming that Netflix doesn’t have.
Between the two, that is about $15/month. I keep around 100 titles in my queues for each. I watch them more than cable TV.
I did buy a TiVo Bolt a few months ago. I like it because it has a feature that jumps over commercials for many recorded programs. I have the 4-recordings-at-a-time service. Cable charges about the same amount for 2-recordings service.
I like money.
I can’t believe you like money, too. We should hang out!
Thanks for the tip.
A substation listing found here. This new technology is a learn as you go experience. Just found two sister stations (I suppose) of two web sites: POP SUGAR and THE ONION
Caught a few minutes of THE ONION last night at it appears to be just as crazy as its web site which to say is much like Sat Night Live.
http://pluto.tv/
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