Anyone else have one?
http://www.roku.com/
Roku Box
Started by
staggerlee024
, Dec 19 2011 06:00 PM
33 replies to this topic
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He saw the spinning lights he knew it was a sign....
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Posted 19 December 2011 - 10:38 PM
I was going to get suckered back into cable (it's $10 more a month then I pay now for a year...but I can get a 'promo' on my internet and save $30 for the next six...)
So I'm gonna take my savings from my cable and buy one!
So I'm gonna take my savings from my cable and buy one!
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Posted 20 December 2011 - 01:53 PM
The entry-level model (which enables you to watch everything the most expensive model does) lists for $50. Don't buy the three more expensive Roku 2s unless you need (or just want) their features.I was going to get suckered back into cable (it's $10 more a month then I pay now for a year...but I can get a 'promo' on my internet and save $30 for the next six...)
So I'm gonna take my savings from my cable and buy one!
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Posted 20 December 2011 - 05:51 PM
No. It just makes streaming to your TV seamless. You can cancel your cable TV subscription, but will still need some sort of high-speed internet access.so, could this box provide internet connection a well? so I could finally tell Time Warner to go eat ##$@!!! .
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Posted 21 December 2011 - 05:19 PM
Never heard of this before, don't want cable, will have to check this thing out.
Can you get live sports on it? That's the only reason Ty wants cable, and I'd prefer to avoid it altogether so if he could still see the games he wants to see, then this may be the answer...
Can you get live sports on it? That's the only reason Ty wants cable, and I'd prefer to avoid it altogether so if he could still see the games he wants to see, then this may be the answer...
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Posted 21 December 2011 - 05:19 PM
Also the most expensive model is the only one with an ethernet port, if you are concerned about wifi in the house.
Does this simply mean, unless you do have WIFI, you must buy the Most exp? Just wanna be sure the one I get (el cheapest) is ok (wireless=yes)
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Posted 21 December 2011 - 06:00 PM
Never heard of this before, don't want cable, will have to check this thing out.
Can you get live sports on it? That's the only reason Ty wants cable, and I'd prefer to avoid it altogether so if he could still see the games he wants to see, then this may be the answer...
We get all of our networks (abc, etc) through an antenna. You can also buy the MLB, NHL, etc packages and play all games through the Roku. The one thing of value that you will be giving up is ESPN. But, you have to ask yourself, is ESPN worth $50 per month.
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Posted 21 December 2011 - 06:10 PM
Never heard of this before, don't want cable, will have to check this thing out.
Can you get live sports on it? That's the only reason Ty wants cable, and I'd prefer to avoid it altogether so if he could still see the games he wants to see, then this may be the answer...
Roku on it's own gets NHL and NBA if you subscribe with the league websites individually in order to get the games, not sure of price.
I don't have Roku and don't know if it has other options, but Roku does work with another pay service that I do use PlayOn, which has ML Baseball and NFL again with subscription to the league's own service, again not sure of those prices.
But with PlayOn I bought a one time license for the premium service for about $100, they have a monthly and yearly subscription model too. BTW they are all half price I noticed, lifetime is only $50, year $20 and month $5.
http://www.playon.tv/index.php
It also has mobile phone apps for android and iphone which gave me netflix, amazon video, hulu and local file streaming months before they had android apps.
Now if you add up all those costs they are most likely below cable anyway. PlayOn would need a computer on your home network to have it installed and running in order to view it on the Roku box. PlayOn has many scripts that you can add in addition to it's advertised Channel content giving you hundreds of channel options for free or little one time script cost.http://www.playon.tv/channel-store/, and a couple of unofficial script sites too.
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Posted 21 December 2011 - 10:29 PM
Roku has NHL, UFC, ML Soccer, NBA, Racefans TV, Sail TV, SurfNetwork, Willow (pro Cricket), and several others.Can you get live sports on it? That's the only reason Ty wants cable
For NFL games, get an antenna. OTA HD is better quality than cable HD, anyway.
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Posted 21 December 2011 - 10:32 PM
Also the most expensive model is the only one with an ethernet port, if you are concerned about wifi in the house.
WiFi comes with all the models, including the $50 model. If you want a wired connection, you need the $100 model.Does this simply mean, unless you do have WIFI, you must buy the Most exp? Just wanna be sure the one I get (el cheapest) is ok (wireless=yes)
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Posted 04 January 2012 - 09:54 PM
For NFL games, get an antenna. OTA HD is better quality than cable HD, anyway.
Unc, what do you think about this antenna?
http://www.ebay.com/...=item53dfae2d07
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Posted 05 January 2012 - 04:55 PM
nobody ever goes to that section and the police got too rowdy on posting in country
There's been more activity lately, especially from the Ron Paulbots and their anti-communist propaganda. The place needs your presence.
