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Isn't ROKU pretty much the only way you can watch Glenn Beck's GBTV show on your television? I haven't seen Glenn Beck since the day he left the Fox News Channel...

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 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.

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.

It’s a five-minute process to hook up a Roku. Plug into outlet, plug into HDMI port on TV, and run the set-up. You need to know your network password if you want to attach it to a wireless network. My Roku also hooks to a hard drive, so I can listen to my music on my surround sound, or play video content.

There’s a very nice menu. It’s a bit easier to go to your Roku account to add channels. They now require (GRRRR) a payment method on file even if you don’t have any pay channels. I’ve had no problems with that, though.

I have a YouTube channel on mine, which I understand isn’t available any more. I treat it like gold. :)

I don’t know anything about Apple TV. I’m happy with my Roku. I don’t watch Glenn Beck, either. There’s a thing called Playon that’s supposed to let you get internet content off of many channels. I haven’t tried it yet. You have to have the program running on your computer in order to access it on the Roku, I think.

Here’s a nice article comparing Apple TV to Roku.

http://blog.streamingmedia.com/the_business_of_online_vi/2010/10/apple-tv-and-roku-go-head-to-head-heres-the-winner.html