VANITY-Cordcutter Advice on Roku 3

[AbolishCSEU]

Looking for advice on finally ditching very expensive Direct TV with hundreds of channels I DON'T watch.

[AbolishCSEU]

I have a Roku 3 hooked up side by side with current Direct TV

The only thing we watch on Direct TV are:

1. football (hubs is a big NFL fan)

2. news (Fox New and Fox Business News)

3. very seldom local channels (would be Rochester NY or Syracuse NY)

4. some fluff (but most of the fluff we watch is available on Netflix and Amazon Prime or at the library)

I got the FBN channel but hubs doesn't like the fact that it is prerecorded sound bites. He likes live streaming.

Any thoughts? Ideas?

[Gadsden1st]

Plan on stocking the snacksums.

You will get sucked into binge watching and will lose a couple of months of “spare” time for home projects, etc.

Good news is that you will gradually learn to pritorize, but there is nothing like binge watching of shows like “24” .

[txhurl]

Add private channel XTV channel code xtviptv.

Free cable.

[AbolishCSEU]

Yeah, that’s not gonna work. I have a 40+ hour job plus manage my hub’s biz on the side and I have a part time job as well (and so does he just to pay the child support.)

He likes to do projects with the TV running in the background. No time to stop and set up the next clip.

[astrat7]

Go and check out on the web Sony Playstation Vue.com I cut the cord last week!!!!! It has all of my favorite cable channels for 45.99. And it is live TV....you cannot tell the difference from Direct TV!! All you have to do is download the sonyplaystationvue App on your Roku, go online and pick out you lineup and activate the tv online......boom! Done. Good Luck!

[nevergore]

I think Amazon Fire is far superior to Roku .....especially if you are an Amazon Prime member.....it then adds a huge free movie and TV library....plus free books for your tablet...

Alexa is a very intuitive and easy to use voice app on the remote....press a button and state the title, actor or phrase and it will find the show...

[AbolishCSEU]

Thanks! What really grinded my gears is that there is free real time streaming of the crap dinosaur drive-by media channels but not FOX

[Rum Tum Tugger]

Do this:

1) Replace the Roku with Amazon Fire TV (not the Firestick).

2) Subscribe to Playstation Vue.

3) Install KODI from tvaddons.ag

[AbolishCSEU]

Oh and I got the Roku 3 b/c of it’s Youtube app. Which really stinks. So instead I do screen mirroring from my Samsung Note 5. Instead access to ALL youtube content!

[txhurl]

FNC is on XTV. It siezes up fairly often while MSNBC *never* does.

[txhurl]

Yeah, if you have Playstation Vue that’s another cable solution, although not free. I don’t have it.

[nevergore]

The next show. if it’s a series, autoloads for most apps after 15 seconds....

Example, if you watch Hawaii 5-O first season show 1, then show 2 loads 15 seconds after show ends without further intervention an continues sequentially until you turn off....

[IamConservative]

I think Amazon Fire is far superior to Roku

...and you can install Kodi on the Fire Stick. To the OP, you might give SlingTV a look for your live TV.

[libertarian27]

There’s streaming FoxNews online - it’s bootleg on YouTube.

There’s also YT channels that record and put up the shows without commercials very soon after the program has aired.

These youtube channels pop up and go away frequently so you need to keep looking and changing your YT subscriptions to watch on your smartTV.

YouTube Live channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4R8DWoMoI7CAwX8_LjQHig

One current YouTuber that’s recording FoxNews shows
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSVJWB3YHg3N56QpYE3kDsQ

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Add private channel XTV channel code xtviptv.

Is that on Roku? I don't see how to "add private channel". Or is that only on Roku 3? I have the little USB stick type.

[Enlightened1]

1) Get an indoor Digital Antenna for your local channels. I have one and can see most NFL games.

2) Make sure your Internet Connection is plugged in and it’s at minimum 50mb. You can get by with 25, but 50mb makes it enjoyable and quick. Don’t connect by WIFI too.

3) Fox Business should have an App for your Roku III

4) If you know anyone that has a Direct TV or local cable subscription, then offer to create a Netflix streaming login for them. Legally Netflix and Direct TV will allow you to share up to 4 separate people on your account. They do not have to be family. Just give them a user name and password to use. That way you can save on paying on alacarte Apps like HBO. You just log in.

5) You may want to upgrade to a 4K TV right now. They are SUPER CHEAP right now before the 2017 TVs come in. I have a 2015 Sony 4K 49”. The picture is beautiful! Sony, Samsung or L.G. tend to be the best. I think Sony is number 1 IMO.

Finally, make sure the Fox News and Fox Business App works well before you cut the cord.

[Twinkie]

We live in the sticks & use an old timey antenna. Too cheap
to buy into all this satellite stuff. Also, we get enough
channels (& more than enough). Too much tv tires my eyes.

I do have a pair of blue-filtering computer glasses that
I wear to watch tv. They’re cheap on ebay and really help.

[wardaddy]

And with Amazon I assume you get Jeremy and the lads

I miss them

[txhurl]

You do it online after you register your Roku - any model. Google rokuguide private channel. I’ve walked like 10 people through this :)

[KC Burke]

thanks