Quote:I use the apple TV. Haven't paid a cable or satellite bill in 4 years. Love it.
(and I still use my turntable, home biscuit :thumbsup: )
My mom has an apple TV. I like that little thing too, but that remote is so darn tiny, it gets lost every two seconds.
Quote:My mom has an apple TV. I like that little thing too, but that remote is so darn tiny, it gets lost every two seconds.
LOL. Yeah, I've misplaced it a few times.
Quote:LOL. Yeah, I've misplaced it a few times.
I feel like I could snap that thing at any second.
I have had a Roku for a while now. I love it. I dropped cable a while ago and haven't looked back. The only thing you might miss is football but you can go out to watch games.
Quote:I have had a Roku for a while now. I love it. I dropped cable a while ago and haven't looked back. The only thing you might miss is football but you can go out to watch games.
I use a digital antenna for FOX, CBS and NBC games.
Quote:I have had a Roku for a while now. I love it. I dropped cable a while ago and haven't looked back. The only thing you might miss is football but you can go out to watch games.
check your pm's sent you some info for next season
Quote:check your pm's sent you some info for next season
I could use that info as well if you don't mind.
Quote:I could use that info as well if you don't mind.
no problem it's in your pm's
Why'd they pick an Iranian name? Was that intentional?
Quote:Why'd they pick an Iranian name? Was that intentional?
I don't follow, Roku is Iranian?
Quote:I don't follow, Roku is Iranian?
I'm pretty sure that is an Iranian village name.
Quote:I'm pretty sure that is an Iranian village name.
According to Google:
Roku is six in Japanese. Roku is the founder's sixth company.
Quote:According to Google:
Roku is six in Japanese. Roku is the founder's sixth company.
Ok, tks. I'm pretty sure it also is the name of an Iranian village, but thanks for the additional info.
Quote:I'm pretty sure that is an Iranian village name.
Probably some sort of conspiracy.
Quote:I'm pretty sure that is an Iranian village name.
I thought it was something from Dragon Ball Z.
Quote:I'm pretty sure that is an Iranian village name.
Be patient, Google did that to all of us the first time we tried it.
Quote:Be patient, Google did that to all of us the first time we tried it.
Because he went straight for the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button, obviously.
I've never heard of this. It's interesting after looking it up but I have a few questions.
Currently I have cable, phone, and internet service from Comcast. If I were to get Roku would I drop just the cable TV from Comcast and keep the phone and internet service? Would I need to get a Roku box for every TV in the house? I have a designated cable line for my HD projector in my theatre room and then the other TV's are split off of the other line. Would that be the same setup? Not all of my TV's are HD does this matter? Their website says they don't charge a monthly fee but some of their partners do; so who do you write the check to for the subscription channels? Does it keep bottle beer cold?
Thanks in advance..................the Chiefjag
Quote:check your pm's sent you some info for next season
I could use that info too....
Quote:I've never heard of this. It's interesting after looking it up but I have a few questions.
Currently I have cable, phone, and internet service from Comcast. If I were to get Roku would I drop just the cable TV from Comcast and keep the phone and internet service?
That's something you would need to answer, some people can get by without cable tv services and only live with netflix/hulu/amazon/redbox/ota tv while others can't. I personally had no problem dropping it as I didn't watch it much at all, and netflix had enough of the shows I did watch in it's streaming options.
If you can live without it than sure you can cancel the tv. The voip phone service isn't necessary in the functionality of the device, so if you feel you don't need it than you can drop it too.
The internet is a necessity for this though.
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Those that you would want to access the streaming options yes. If you have a smart tv, you more than likely could do without the roku anyways.
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The lines don't necessarily matter as you will be receiving the wireless signal through your router. The box doesn't have any sort of coaxial input at all, it's purely an internet device. I don't have a projector so I'm not sure how that works, I would assume if it has a way to receive a composite and or hdmi input the roku box should just hook up to it, also if it has a dvi or vga input there are converters for hdmi to either of those.
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Not all of my TV's are HD does this matter?
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I believe the majority of their boxes have a composite (red white yellow) and hdmi outputs, so no it doesn't matter unless you buy an hd only box.
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Their website says they don't charge a monthly fee but some of their partners do; so who do you write the check to for the subscription channels? Does it keep bottle beer cold?
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While they themselves don't charge for services (you buy just the box) the various "channels" you will have to pay for. So you would possibly need a hulu plus subscription, an amazon prime subscription, a netflix subscription, an hbo go subscription, so on and so fourth.