Roku 3 Streaming Player

[samb]

I've gotten tired of giving my hard earned money to DirecTV, especially since we don't watch it that much. So I purchased the Roku 3. Been playing around trying it out for 2 days now and I think it's going to be good choice.

Anybody else have it? Anything good/bad to say about it?

[kacyds]

Hopefully we get some input on this. I too have been a Directv viewer for the past 17 years and wondered what else was out there.

Can local channels be seen with the Roku??? Or is it best to have a TV that will catch the digital signal for local channels???

Looking forward to everyone's input....

[darkormex]

I cannot speak to DirecTV but we had similar experiences with AT&T...basically we haven't had cable tv for a couple of years now. We still have wifi via AT&T and stream Netflix or get on the internet.  Both of our televisions are large screen internet ready and you can buy a digital antenna at your local big box electronic store and this will allow you to watch local channels.  We have saved a lot of money this way.

[Craig]

I have a Roku 3, a gift from my son. Two of them, in fact. You have to subscribe to streaming channels. I have Amazon Prime and Hulu, thinking of getting Netflix. I saw a Motley Fool video that said cable channels are on the way out. I can watch old TV series, last year's series that I didn't have time to watch, series produced exclusively for the streaming channels, new movies, old movies ... You name it.

If you like pro sports, you can get them. Documentaries? No problem. I figure I spend 60-75% of my TV time on Roku. More and more people are canning their cable and watching streaming programs.

You do need wifi. I have a wifi extension plug-in in three rooms, including my bedroom.

I can't sing the praises of Roku enough.

[samb]

Thanks for the replies guys. The only thing I haven't figured out is the Baseball. Me and my son need baseball! and Coll. Football is on the way so I've got to figure out the sports part of it. Craig, I seen the MLB channel but was guessing it was going to have a price on it, what do you do to watch sports? My son likes to watch MLB tonight and all the shows that are on the MLB Network.

The Baseball, Coll. Football, March madness, and sometimes Nascar is the only live TV we watch. The kids are happy with old cartoons, and we'll just have to catch up on the Moonshiners series when available

[Craig]

So far, my sports come from cable. I watch The Herd, Mike and Mike, MLB Network and NFL Redzone (would rather watch highlights than sit through a whole game) on cable, samb , I no longer have fave basketball or NFL teams, so I don't miss those. I do watch USC footbal games, which wander all over commercial TV and cable.

[ChickasawStampMan]

My wife and I cut the cable 5 years ago. We bought 2 dvrs and subscribe to Amazone prime, and netflix. We share with our kids Hulu plus and HBO Now. We have an antenna for local channels including PBS. We really don't miss cable. We travel a lot and stay in hotels, so we look at cable and we look at each other and we are glad we cut the cable. We record local channels and pbs show off the antenna with the Dvrs.
We are retired and we use our roku box a lot for the above channels. We also have Facebook on roku. So we can see our pictures and videos, and our friends pics and videos on our big screen. We even put a lot of pictures etc on private settings for only us on Facebook. So we can .enjoy them on the big screen. We still have internet through cable one. We would like to find a better carrier but cannot due to monopolies with the city.
Down here on the coast we have lots of storms so satellite is interrupted a lot down here. I tried that also in the past.

[JerryB]

Hi

We are so disgusted with AT&T and Comcast we are looking for alternatives. Besides local channels we have a few channels we like that are considered digital starter by Comcast.

Also, is there a way to watch any Latin channels, especially Univision and Telemundo (would like a couple of Colombia channels), with the Roku 3?

Since AT&T took over Direct-TV, how is the service?

Jerry B