“It would be great to be able to purchase ala carte”
A Roku is a good way to get channels “A la carte”
New TVs are set up for internet streaming, so no Roku is needed. Roku still does not have many cable channels, but they are adding them all the time.
My roommate has cable now, but I’m planning on moving and just using my Roku and the free broadcast channels. There are quite a few here in the DFW metroplex.
Roku: I checked their offerings.
Doesn’t have any of the channels I use on cable:
ESPN ESPN2 SpeedTV, NBCSports, FoxBiz, and Big10.
I found this site to be pretty neat for adding private channels: HERE.