Posted on 04/14/2011 4:43:29 PM PDT by EveningStar
The Roku box is great by the way. I stream channels into it from my wireless router and watch it on my TV. With Netflix ($9.99 a month), you can get unlimited streaming of thousands of movies and hundreds of TV shows. What isn't available on streaming, just have Netflix mail you the DVDs. Can't beat it.
I’m not a big movie watcher, but now you’ve got my interest. I checked it out on the web and it looks interesting. Only, I’d consider the $99 box because of the USB interface for music, and component video outputs to my sound system. I’m going to mull this over for sure.
So first we tried a DVR so we could record the few movies and shows off the basic cable but it was always a hassle finding them on the schedule to record and then fast-forwarding through all the commercials once we had them recorded. Also, the DVR would constantly re-record shows we had already seen and erased previously.
So I decided to give the Roku box a try. I was literally up and running in 15 minutes. Another 20 minutes to link my Netflix and Pandora accounts as well as adding about a half dozen "free" channels from the hundred or so available and it was like my cable box didn't exist anymore.
So I don't think you will have any regrets. My only regret wasn't spending the extra $20 to get the Roku model with the extra features you described. But still, I'm a very satisfied customer with the model I got.
One thing I like about the streaming Netflix is that when you add a TV series to your queue, it keeps track of where you left off at so you never have to guess which episode you were on when you go back to that particular show.
One downside is that the choice of movies you can stream is somewhat limited so you do need to keep the DVD option on your Netflix account. However, there are still thousands of movies available for streaming and there is a lot of buried treasure in those offerings. Right now I've got about 40 movies in my instant streaming queue and I'm adding to it all the time.
Had to us the f word? Just had to do it?
We’re at the DVR stage now. I DVR old movies off TCM, and one-in-awhile a Western off the Westerns Channel. As for prime time, all we watch is NCIS, sometimes Criminal Intent, and Extreme Makeover and DWTS (those are my wife’s; not me...).
Other than that, it’s golf when there’s something interesting going on (like the Masters or the Tournament Players Championship coming up), or baseball, but not very often at all. In season, its also football.
So, I guess the question I have is about the ‘Free’ channels. What’s with that? The Netflix/Movie issue isn’t a big one with me, I doubt but a fraction would interest us. So it’s basically TV fare.
I’ve been digging around the public and private stuff, but haven’t come up with that much of interest. However, it appears (to me at least) that they’re not showing all their content.
I’ll look into it further. Thanks for the information.
Had to us the f word? Just had to do it?
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I didn’t see your “/sarc” tag. Please tell me this didn’t offend you?
Tell you what don o, I say we follow you around for a week. In that week, you had better not sin once against God. If you do, i’m sure there will be somebody there to say: “You had to do it...you just had to do it!” Oh, you may not use a foul word, but like all sinners, you’re not immune to sin.
But hey, it’s always easier to point to somebody else isn’t it? Just be careful; just when you think you’ve got that self-rightousness down; God has a way showing you that you don’t.
I may not have a Christian tagline under my name, but I love the Lord, and know I’m a sinner saved by Grace through faith alone in Christ Jesus.
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