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Roku Channel Recommendations
3/11/2023 | Me

Posted on 03/11/2023 3:19:37 PM PST by ducttape45

Good evening fellow Freepers. I just got me a Roku device and I'm looking for suggestions for what I should add to my channel lineup.

I got some already, but I'm looking for more conservative news channels as well as family friendly movie/TV channels to subscribe to.

Thanks all!


TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: freetv; pluto; roku
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To: ducttape45

I watch a lot of British television on BritBox and it’s inexpensive - $8.47/month.

I also watch a lot of free movies on tubi. Crackle as well.

The Roku channel has a lot of free movies as well.

If you have Amazon Prime they have a lot of movies as well.

Classic Movies+ has a few good movies.

I have at times subscribed to History Vault and the Smithsonian Channel.

If you’re a sports fan of a non-Power5 conference team ESPN+ has a lot games for those teams for about $10/month. The camera work and commentary is usually not as good as the main networks, but it’s worth the money. It allows me to watch all of my team’s away games (I go to home games.).

Mainly, just go online to the Roku website and browse through the huge selection and try some. Probably most are free. You can delete them later if you don’t like them.

One thing about movies though: it’s amazing how many movies are available and how few have any appeal to me. I have to search and search and search.


41 posted on 03/11/2023 4:16:46 PM PST by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: delchiante

Movieland.Tv - Check!


42 posted on 03/11/2023 4:18:00 PM PST by ducttape45 (Proverbs 14:34, "Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.")
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To: ducttape45

A tip.
Not all the movies they have are listed on their main screen apparently.
The search function can show some movies that may not show up on their main screen..

Type in an P, as an example, and a bunch of Movies beginning with P pop up

Don’t let the years next to the Movies in search throw you.
They’re the classics..

With Six You Get Eggroll didn’t come out in 2021, but maybe that’s when they added it..
:)


43 posted on 03/11/2023 4:24:42 PM PST by delchiante
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To: ducttape45

Up Faith and Family


44 posted on 03/11/2023 4:26:15 PM PST by HereInTheHeartland (Have you seen Joe Biden's picture on a milk carton?)
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To: libertylover

ON ROKU, there is a SEARCH option. So, if you type in a TV Show or Movie, ROKU will find all channels or Apps that carry that show, and whether it’s free or not. If you haven’t installed the relevant App, it will automatically install it for you.


45 posted on 03/11/2023 4:40:40 PM PST by euclid216
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To: ducttape45

Real Americas Voice and Philo.


46 posted on 03/11/2023 4:42:17 PM PST by ohiobushman (TRUMP 2024 OR BEFORE!!👌)
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To: ducttape45

Roku?!?!?

They might have a “what bank did I leave my money at?” channel. ;-)


47 posted on 03/11/2023 4:43:49 PM PST by glorgau
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To: rbg81

We have an LG Smart TV and unfortunately a lot of the services don’t build apps specific for the LG so we have Amazon Firesticks. We wanted the Frndly app for the History Channel.


48 posted on 03/11/2023 4:50:46 PM PST by Mean Daddy (Every time Hillary lies, a demon gets its wings. - Windflier)
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To: ducttape45

UP Faith & Family and Freevee are both offered on Prime.

The UP one is very family friendly.


49 posted on 03/11/2023 4:51:26 PM PST by Let's Roll ("You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality" -- Ayn Rand)
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To: ducttape45

As others have suggested, Pluto, a definite. Free of charge
with a great many channel options for viewing.

Other Apps to install are RSBN, Real America’s Voice both
excellent Conservative news sites which are freely available.

FreeVee, a free to view app which includes episodes of popular tv shows. LOL the old Perry Mason of the 1950-60s is always a favorite.
Thi DH enjoys the X Files. This app also
includes various movies which change on a month to month(?) basis.

This link might offer some degree of help.
https://www.roku.com/blog


50 posted on 03/11/2023 4:52:09 PM PST by V K Lee (Our CONSTITUTION. Written with DIVINE assistance by very wise men. A document Unlike any other.)
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To: ducttape45

1. Pluto tv is the better. They have hundreds of shows and thousands of episodes of tv and movies. All FREE.
2. Tubi - Free. Has many shows that did not get to 100 episodes for syndication.
3. Youtube <- you use your pc and click on the Subscribe button to channels you like at youtube. They show up in the Roku / Youtube app.
I have many like Dry Bar Comedy (g-rated), Jay Leno’s Garage, Gordon Ramsey, Free Documentary, LandumC goes there (movies), farm videos like Millennium Farmer, Spark documentary, Wallace & Gromit, A Word on Westerns, Adam Savage’s Tested, various other shows. All FREE.

4. Amazons Prime Video. You get this if you pay for Prime shipping at Amazon.
5. Sling TV is cable but more channels. They have been raising their prices and are now at $41.95 and up.


51 posted on 03/11/2023 4:55:07 PM PST by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: ducttape45

The only reason I still have cable is because of my love for the Detroit Red Wings, it’s part of the Spectrum cable lineup (Bally’s channel). The only other avenues are an expensive and exclusive “Bally’s” subscription, where I hear the streaming service is terrible, or the NHL subscription - but I’m in Detroit so my locality blacks me out and I’m not going to get a VPN service to just get around it.

...unless anyone can point me to something else?


52 posted on 03/11/2023 5:02:34 PM PST by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: ducttape45

I spend most of my time on the Acorn channel.


53 posted on 03/11/2023 5:03:14 PM PST by animal172 (This ain't the country I grew up in.)
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To: animal172

We loved Doc Martin but haven’t seen the last season yet.


54 posted on 03/11/2023 5:03:52 PM PST by MayflowerMadam (Stupid is supposed to hurt.)
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To: MayflowerMadam

The last season is very good, but sad. Only because it is the end of the series. Will start watching it all over again. Why can’t we make shows like this?


55 posted on 03/11/2023 5:06:25 PM PST by animal172 (This ain't the country I grew up in.)
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To: ducttape45

Check out Frndly TV. Lots of good family stuff.


56 posted on 03/11/2023 5:07:41 PM PST by CaptainPhilFan ( )
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Thank you. I am going to work on this. It will save me a bundle if I don’t need to pay for cable.


57 posted on 03/11/2023 5:09:27 PM PST by pollywog (" O thou who changest not....ABIDE with me")
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To: ducttape45

Those are all my favorites!! OH Boy...


58 posted on 03/11/2023 5:10:13 PM PST by pollywog (" O thou who changest not....ABIDE with me")
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To: animal172

We aren’t able to sign up for Acorn for some reason. We did it before with no problem, then cancelled. Tried again with no luck. Their customer service is ... not; you cannot reach anybody.

We keep watching to see if it shows up free for a while. It did before.

It is SUCH a good series.


59 posted on 03/11/2023 5:12:33 PM PST by MayflowerMadam (Stupid is supposed to hurt.)
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To: pollywog

You set it up through your internet router. It hasan ip address so all you need to do is when it tries to connect to your network, enter in your network password and it should connect right up.


60 posted on 03/11/2023 5:15:03 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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