Roku questions

[just a scout]

Just got one to try it. Why do I need to have a cable provider to activate the channels, like Disney, Fox, etc? I thought that was the whole point of this thing so I could dump Uverse.


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[tb-av]

I don't have a roku but a lot of these things are lower priced substitutes for your cable provider.

So for instance if you pay $100 for cable TV, with some of these services like say Netflix($8), Hulu($8), etc... Maybe you subscribe up to 5 of those. That's still only $40 as opposed to $100.

There are some other things happening too like a little $35 computer named Raspberry Pi that has a media server free software. Then inside the media server will be apps that can, if you wish... and to various degrees, scan services to acquire new content.

So rather than one stop shopping at cable TV prices with their hardware, you subscribe to what you want..

ETA: Sorry, I forgot to add, you still need Internet access no matter what.

Option A
Internet and TV from ISP

Option B
Internet from ISP
TV from alternate services via the Internet

Option C
Free Internet --- hard to find and often impractical.

[Honu]

money ! that is why they want there money and won't release there content ? some are OK with it some not


we have a ROKU box great setup mostly to access netflix and amazon prime
but I also use PLEX with a mix of sickbeard to get shows I want and use netflix and amazon prime
setup some of the channels in PLEX to get some content also but PLEX is going to be more than you want to do at the moment I am sure

[just a scout]

My buddy was telling me AT&T told him no more internet only soon, you'll have to get the full package. Well wtf? Seems like there's no way to win.


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[tb-av]

I doubt if it will come to that.... after all Obama vowed to protect the Internet before he got elected. He's got Tom Wheeler in charge and Wheeler has four or five ISP execs advising him. I'm sure it will be just as fair as ObamaCare.

[just a scout]

Right. They're only looking out for what's best for us.


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[SteyrAUG]

Roku does have some free programing, but there is a reason it's free.

And streaming sucks. I've watched exactly ONE streamed movie in my life. The constant buffering like a "Youtube" video was enough for me to never want to do it again. I'll take downloads to my DVR any day.

[Koshinn]

Roku does have some free programing, but there is a reason it's free.

And streaming sucks. I've watched exactly ONE streamed movie in my life. The constant buffering like a "Youtube" video was enough for me to never want to do it again. I'll take downloads to my DVR any day.

You must have slow Internet.

I've watched dozens of streamed movies and hundreds of streamed TV episodes. I almost never get buffering issues, and only then because I'm doing like 10 things at once on the Internet (downloading stuff, steaming two things at once, etc).

[MountainRaven]

You must have slow Internet.

I've watched dozens of streamed movies and hundreds of streamed TV episodes. I almost never get buffering issues, and only then because I'm doing like 10 things at once on the Internet (downloading stuff, steaming two things at once, etc).

This has been my experience.

[SteyrAUG]

I almost never get buffering issues, and only then because I'm doing like 10 things at once on the Internet (downloading stuff, steaming two things at once, etc).

And when I watch movies on my DVR or a DVD I never get buffering issues. Sometimes the internet can get blinky and computers are unreliable. I don't want my movie watching experience to depend on either.