Anyone have a Roku LT Streaming Player?

[PistolBob]

We use ours for Pandora, a lot. When we watch TV it's Netflix and Amazon prime for the most part, and there are TONS and TONS of private channels you can dig through...some are total crap, some are adult oriented if ya knowhudamean, some are pretty interesting. We watch the Myrtle Beach channels to see what's going on down there a few weeks before we head down, all kinds of stuff. Roku 3 plays games too.

Roku Private Channels | 2014 Roku Channels Codes List

 

[ghuns]

some are adult oriented if ya knowhudamean, some are pretty interesting.

Roku Private Channels | 2014 Roku Channels Codes List

No, I don't know what you mean. Maybe some pics or video would clarify it for me.

Thanks for the list. I see there is an AR-15 channel, that can't suck. And the David Lee Roth channel has to be top notch programming.

 

[gregkl]

So, if I cancel cable and get a Roku, will I be able to watch the Weather Channel and get my Local on the 8's? And what about local news? Current sporting events?

I would like to drop cable, but I watch weather in the am while eating breakfast, our local 6 pm news and then about a 1/2 hour in the evening before bed I watch some sitcom or something like Elementary or Person of Interest.

I live in Lafayette, so there is only one TV station close to us. Would I be able to pick up Indy stations with one of those flat, small antenna's?

 

[4sarge]

I didn't see the weather channel available but there are several other free weather channels. I use weather underground and a screensaver that gives me the current weather, temps, time, pressure, wind speed & direction, humidity, etc WTHR 13 has a workable icon, weather, news, etc. free

 

[PistolBob]

There is almost nothing that is streamed live over the internet. The Roku requires either a WiFi connection to the internet or a ethernet cable connection to the internet. In my house I have DSL with the phone company, it's $15 a month. It's slow but nevertheless we can watch Roku on two TV sets at the same time and have no problem, plus use the computers for email and general browsing. My Roku's are both WiFi (A Roku 2 and a Roku 3).

Go here: The Digital TV Transition: Reception Maps

Plug in your zip code. It will show you what stations you ought to be able to pull in over the air. You have to have a digital TV receiver, so if your set is very old you will need to buy a converter box. At my Zipcode, we can pull in 10 or 11 channels over the air...including the locals and a couple of PBS stations, by using a set of amplified rabbit ears. My neighbor has a outdoor TV antenna, he gets about 20 different channels, some of which are in spanish, but all free.

 

[gregkl]

There is almost nothing that is streamed live over the internet. The Roku requires either a WiFi connection to the internet or a ethernet cable connection to the internet. In my house I have DSL with the phone company, it's $15 a month. It's slow but nevertheless we can watch Roku on two TV sets at the same time and have no problem, plus use the computers for email and general browsing. My Roku's are both WiFi (A Roku 2 and a Roku 3).

Go here: The Digital TV Transition: Reception Maps

Plug in your zip code. It will show you what stations you ought to be able to pull in over the air. You have to have a digital TV receiver, so if your set is very old you will need to buy a converter box. At my Zipcode, we can pull in 10 or 11 channels over the air...including the locals and a couple of PBS stations, by using a set of amplified rabbit ears. My neighbor has a outdoor TV antenna, he gets about 20 different channels, some of which are in spanish, but all free.

Post-Transition Digital Coverage Signal Legends Strong Moderate Weak No Signal Virtual Channel Band Click on callsign for detail WLFI CBS 18-1 Hi-V WRTV ABC 6-1 UHF WHMB IND 40-1 UHF WTHR NBC 13-1 Hi-V WTTK CW 29-1 UHF WXIN FOX 59-1 UHF WISH CBS 8-1 Hi-V WFYI PBS 20-1 UHF WNDY MYTV 23-1 UHF WICD NBC 15-1 UHF WDTI IND 69-1 UHF

As I expected, only one channel that is strong. I have zero patience for poor reception. lol. That is one reason why I won't do a satellite.

I'll keep learning since obviously I know little about TV options. I may just need to resign myself to having the cable bill. Or change my TV watching habits. I think I could get into the watching of entire season's of shows one after another, say one a night for the 1/2 hour shows and 1/2 of the episode on the hour shows. Because we go to bed so early,(9ish), there are shows that I might like to watch but I don't. The other thing that would be nice is watching the show sans commercials.

 

[WyldeShot]

I have 2 Roku boxes. One being an older box and the Roku 2. I like the the Roku 2 a little better since it supports dual band WiFi, seems to respond quicker and has the quick buttons. It also has a audio out port on the remote so that you can use headphones. We currently have Amazon Prime and Netflix, not sure if we will keep Amazon Prime since they are increasing the membership fee to $99 next year.

One other really nice feature is installing Plex on your computer and the Plex app on Roku. This basically turns your computer into media server and you can create a library of just about anything to watch and listen to.

 

[PistolBob]

Netflix is $96.00 a year. Amazon is $99 a year. I have both. I watch both via the Roku. If I was going to drop one it would be Netflix. Amazon provides a lot more for the money since I run my Kindles through there, I buy about 80% of all gifts I give from there, if I want to rent a first run film, I can (unlike Netflix), for the $3 extra bucks I get a lot more use.

So for $195.00 streaming fees, plus my $180 DSL bill, plus my 11 free OTA channels on my rabbit ears, I get my entertainment for $31.25 a month. The cheapest Comcast can do anything is about $80 a month...not including internet. Netflix and Amazon and my DSL has been the same price for about the last 3 years. Comcast starts the bill creep after about 90 days.