thank you for the information. Do you enjoy using Playon with the Roku and is the episodes delayed by several days or weeks? Also, what plug-in would you recommend for being able to access live-tv?
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I do. It’s not perfect, but for the price I couldn’t ask for more. It’s a one-time investment for under $100.
You can’t just flip through the channels the way you can with a cable/satellite. Everything is set up using an on-demand style. And it takes a little bit to navigate to the next channel and give it 10-15 secs. for the streaming to generate.
For series-type shows, I use a few free scripts/plug-ins that have the newest episode available to stream within a few days—sometimes the next day. I use Tv-links, Watchseries, and Yourtvseries—they are free and have all tons of series to watch.
For live tv, I use Superusvox (one-time fee $5) and Livetvcafe. I don’t watch live tv that often, but I have had good success with those.
For the live streaming, the quality of the picture is not perfect—but it is fine for what I want. I watch mainly news for live tv, so I don’t need anything special for that.
If you already own a Roku player, you can get a free trial of playon for 14-days to help you decide. It also can be used with other devices such as xbox, playstation, etc. (it lists them on the website). That is what I did.
It took a little bit to get it set up, download the different scripts/plug-ins available, and work out a few kinks. Once I was satisfied, I signed up for the lifetime license and received the additional free Roku player.
I also have an Amazon Prime membership which allows for free streaming of some of their programming with Roku. Roku also has some free private channels that have some interesting content—but really none of it is live except maybe some independent or foreign news outlets.
I still have a very basic Dish Network package that costs $20 per month that includes a dvr. That is my total cost for tv programming. We’re still trying to decide whether to cut the cord completely!