Roku

[Polar Cub]

It's never too late to enjoy free TV. Dammit, I'm loving this thing.
Any other Roku or Boxee users out there ?
What's your favorite channels ?
Private channels ? codes ?

[Alley]

Yep, enjoying ROKU here too! HGTV, Netflix, pandora. I'm not a huge tv watcher. If my husband looks at this thread he may have more to add.

[wander73]

Yes. You can go to a couple of websites. look up whatzonyourmind, aawebdesign, and smacksportvideos. look them up on google. you can even search under my profile.

[ras]

Not wanting to hijack another thread I'm bringing this one back with a question to Polar Cub.You stated "I pay nothing for tv. I have totally free roku programming, along with a ton of other internet stations, scores of movie channels, including just released 2011 movies." I have roku and there is definitely a lot of options for viewing many of which I use but the 1 thing I can't find are good recently released movies, even though I pay the $8 for netflix which I will probably cancel due to fact that they do not stream any hit movies, my question is where do you find just released movies for free? A little help locating recent movies would be greatly appreciated.

[19147]

Yes. You can go to a couple of websites. look up whatzonyourmind, aawebdesign, and smacksportvideos. look them up on google. you can even search under my profile.

Plus, you can get your nails and taxes done while you enjoy a plethora of goodies from the candy machines!

[longtimephilly]

Yes. You can go to a couple of websites. look up whatzonyourmind, aawebdesign, and smacksportvideos. look them up on google. you can even search under my profile.

Continue pimping your webstuff and you'll just be another spammer asking for the ban.

Just advice.

[hubba1]

Plus, you can get your nails and taxes done while you enjoy a plethora of goodies from the candy machines!

Ha ha ha... the one stop scam shop!

So wait, what is this Roku thing, is it internet tv on your tv? Do you need a wireless connection, I guess I could google it huh? lol...just tired of my over the air box which pixelates every time a truck comes down the street, which is often.

[longtimephilly]

Ha ha ha... the one stop scam shop!

So wait, what is this Roku thing, is it internet tv on your tv? Do you need a wireless connection, I guess I could google it huh? lol...just tired of my over the air box which pixelates every time a truck comes down the street, which is often.

It's pretty nifty. It's a media box that you plug into the internet and your television. You can watch your own recorded media or view Roku 'stations', Netflix, Amazon, etc. I don't know the full specs as I don't own one. I do most of that through my PS3 and a PlayOn and PlayLater membership.

[19147]

The Roku box connects to your internet connection through Ethernet or a wireless connection. It's very easy to connect and has enough options for me. I pay for Netflix and Hulu Plus for a grand total of around $17. The only thing I miss is the Phillies games. I've learned to enjoy them out back on the radio though. If I really want to see a game, I'll take all of the money that I've saved, from canceling cable, to the local bar that has TVs.

[hubba1]

The Roku box connects to your internet connection through Ethernet or a wireless connection. It's very easy to connect and has enough options for me. I pay for Netflix and Hulu Plus for a grand total of around $17. The only thing I miss is the Phillies games. I've learned to enjoy them out back on the radio though. If I really want to see a game, I'll take all of the money that I've saved, from canceling cable, to the local bar that has TVs.

Very cool,will look into this. I have,been without phils games all yr,but same thing...i will watch the gamecast on my phone,listen on the mlb app or go across to the bar..thanks everyone,looks like I am making a purchase soon

[wander73]

Very cool,will look into this. I have,been without phils games all yr,but same thing...i will watch the gamecast on my phone,listen on the mlb app or go across to the bar..thanks everyone,looks like I am making a purchase soon

aawebdesign.biz can help you with the sports too. we can program into your roku box.

[arjay]

Wander pollutes yet another thread with his BS. It's illegal:

http://www.philadelphiaspeaks.com/fo...tml#post425049

[hubba1]

Wander pollutes yet another thread with his BS. It's illegal:

http://www.philadelphiaspeaks.com/fo...tml#post425049

he he... I don't think I can handle two threads of this! One is enough to keep me happy, but two may just be too much!! LOL

[arjay]

Wander is the gift that keeps on giving.

[Bone Star]

But he's your gift now.

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[Pitt]

My setup

$8/mo: Netflix
$9/mo: Hulu+
free: the 40+ internet stations included in the modem on my TV (basically a built-in Roku from what I understand).
free: rabbit ears. OK, technically it was a one time payment of $24 at Radio Shack. I get CBS, ABC, CBS, Fox, CW etc clear as day, plus a few stations just for non cable folks that have old TV shows and movies. One of them is actually showing the original Last House on the Left this week if you can believe that.
free: firstrowsports.eu, which will show pretty much any football, soccer, baseball etc game I want. HDMI cable from the laptop HDMI port to the TV HDMI port puts it on the big screen.
free: ESPN3.com, which legally shows a lot of games ESPN deems unworthy of being on one of their TV networks. Same deal with the HDMI cord from laptop to TV.

$17/mo total

[radiocolin]

$17/mo total

+ Internet service

[lucidinnature]

People try so hard to say 'free tv', when it just isn't. As radio just stated-internet. You can get $30 internet from comcrap that includes about 80 free channels just by hooking up the cable to the back of the box. Due to the frequencies, they'll never be able to block them from internet subscribers.

As for roku stations? So much bragging for so little worth. Seriously, I'm sure some people-maybe 2-watch the german tv station based in Wisconsin, but 99.9% don't give a crap. Watching regional news from Italy? Meh. Ultra Mexico? I've already got enough telemundos with an antenna and cable, thankyou.

[seand]

I'm a big Home Theater PC geek and used Boxee for a while on the old Apple TV (the one that looked like an old Mac mini) before switching to XBMC on the same box and eventually building my own small cheap ultra mini-PC's for the same purpose. XBMC is the bomb for organizing a ton of media content on a home TV-movie-music server beautifully and elegantly. Build a cheap home server and if so inclined you can have it automatically cough, cough download a ridiculous amount of content if so inclined. There are python-based programs that automate that stuff to a ridiculous degree and in terms of the streaming stuff wanderer hawks, a whole lot more of that is available as 3rd-party free plug ins for XBMC.

One advantage of building your TV computer (as opposed to Roku) is Hulu Desktop for free as opposed to Hulu + on a Roku box. There is also a 3rd party plug-in for XBMC that presents Hulu content with optional ad content if you dig around for it.

[radiocolin]

You can get $30 internet from comcrap that includes about 80 free channels just by hooking up the cable to the back of the box. Due to the frequencies, they'll never be able to block them from internet subscribers.

Actually, they're already doing just that. Most of NJ is already on Comcast's new "digital now" system, which encrypts ALL channels, so you can't get diddly without a Comcast-issued cable box. When you try to tune to a channel using your TV's ClearQAM tuner, you get this:



The only channels unencrypted are local broadcast affiliates, and they're moved to hard-to-find locations (for example, channel 6 is hidden on something like 89.4). And a recent FCC ruling says they can start encrypting them too.