Posted on 03/07/2012 10:07:55 AM PST by PJ-Comix
I am interested in whatever info you can provide about ROKU. What channels are available? Cost? Which channels are FREE and which do you have to pay for? Picture quality? Etc.
I've thought about this but we don't watch that many movies. I'm finding it hard to justify the cost.
All I know is that Roku is some sorta nebulous box thingie that you can get GBTV through....
I need info too.
I have a ROKU primarily for connecting Netflix via router to my LCD tv.
IIRC, I paid $99 for the ROKU about 2 years ago. Newer versions are more in the range of $79, now.
ROKU has several ‘pay’ channels and many ‘free’ channels. The pay ones include Amazon streaming, Netflix, Hulu Plus, some sports, etc.
ROKU free channels most access material that is free over the internet — such as public domain movies/tv programs.
I have had a ROKU for over a year. I had Netflix and canceled it because we don’t watch enough movies either. LOL
If we do watch one anymore, we get it from Amazon.
The quality has been very good.
I LOVE my Roku. I mostly use it for Netflix and Pandora. It has a great picture, and the interface is excellent. I canceled cable TV, and don’t miss it, except I haven’t figured out how to get Food Network shows.
I wasn’t happy that I bought a top of the line box, and then they came out with a new line within six months, and no longer plan to offer subtitles for Netflix on the original. So get a Roku 2 if you want Netflix subtitles.
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It is fantastic...lots of fun..There are “private channels” you can add too, everything from GBTV to Pravda to TRI, the concert venue Bob Weir from the Grateful Dead has built in San Rafael CA.
Is ROKU easy to attach to your TV with a HDMI cable?
Once it's attached to your TV what do you do next? How do you watch internet content on TV via ROKU?
Is Apple TV better than ROKU?
Thanks in advance... :-)
The Roku is by far the easiest device we have in the house.
We no longer have cable. We get all our TV and movies through Netflix and Hulu Plus for about $17/mo, plus high speed data costs through our cable provider. We are probably cancelling Hulu Plus, because we aren’t avid TV watchers and Netflix has more content than we can keep up with.
There are free channels, too, including a Fox News online channel, but we rarely turn to the free channels. The TV isn’t on that often in the house.
Is much good.
The hookup is easy. Many TVs, newer ones you don’t need a ROKU for. All you have to do is hook it up, register your serial# with ROKU and get to using it.
Many of the offerings you don’t have to pay a monthly fee for. They are free, or else you pay as you go.
I can get Beck on ROKU, but he is one of the pay for channels.
I am kinda cheap, (it was necessary though) LOL, so I use it in a limited fashion.
I don’t know about Apple TV.
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I watch Glenn Beck on GBTV.com. Good quality. Works fine.
We use it 98% for Netflix, 2% for GBTV.
When my kids were younger (we homeschool) we would have used khan Academy (free).
It’s well worth it for us. We’ve just about exhausted the movie supply, but being able to watch favorite tv series is great.
Simple to install and use. We had to get a switcher box for our old, one-input, TV. Got one on Amazon for $15.
The hookup is easy. Many TVs, newer ones you don’t need a ROKU for. All you have to do is hook it up, register your serial# with ROKU and get to using it.
Many of the offerings you don’t have to pay a monthly fee for. They are free, or else you pay as you go.
I can get Beck on ROKU, but he is one of the pay for channels.
I am kinda cheap, (it was necessary though) LOL, so I use it in a limited fashion.
I don’t know about Apple TV.
I had a Roku to connect to NetFlix, but returned it because I was able to buy a Vizio Blu-Ray player that also connected to NetFlix. We bought the wireless BluRay player at WallyWorld for about $99. Beware, the NetFlix/Vizio connection is a bandwidth hog, even with FiOS.
My daughter loves to catch up on the TV series she missed on NetFlix when not busy with school work. I think she and my wife have watched all of the seasons of Desperate Housewives.
Have you tried venues like HULU Plus to watch TV? I’m curious about what’s available for TV shows and how much it costs. We don’t watch much except NCIS, NCIS-LA, the food and travel channels, sometimes History channel. I’ve DVR’d old movies off Warner Classic Movies, but that’s relatively infrequent.
I’m curious about what’s available and at what cost. Cable TV is pretty pricy, so I’m interested whether there are less expensive alternatives.
You can get Hulu on ROKU, but You would have to go to ROKU site store to find the price. I don’t think it is free.
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