Roku box

[warhawk77]

We picked up a Roku box last night. We got tired of paying for the cable and wanted to save some cash every month

If anyone has been thinking about it I would say go for it. It is worth the money. I am impressed with the free shows that you can get and the quality is very good.

Over all I am very happy to save the $120 a month

 

[dhnorris]

I bought one at Christmas and love it. Broadband is a must.

 

[PistolBob]

Netflix just JACKED their rates.

 

[mrjarrell]

Netflix just JACKED their rates.

It's a minuscule rate increase, equivalent to what you would have paid to rent a single movie a few years ago on VHS. They had to raise their rates or risk losing the right to stream movies. If you've got a beef with anyone it should be the movie studios who want more and more of the streaming pie as it rises and DVD sales and rental slump.

 

[warhawk77]

Netflix just JACKED their rates.

I noticed that last night. We had the 1 DVD at a time and unlimited online, but we only do 2-3 DVD a month any way so we are going to change that to no DVD and just online.

So yes the price increase is a pain but I don't see it causing a problem.

We also got a free month of hulu and they have a lot more then I thought. Some of the other free channels are very nice too.

A cool show I found is Trigger Talk TV. While most people here will already seen or know this type of stuff it is a nice to get some details on the AR15 and AK47 with some comparison.

 

[Gabriel]

It's a minuscule rate increase, equivalent to what you would have paid to rent a single movie a few years ago on VHS. They had to raise their rates or risk losing the right to stream movies. If you've got a beef with anyone it should be the movie studios who want more and more of the streaming pie as it rises and DVD sales and rental slump.

This. I just eliminated the DVD part of the deal. For $7.99 a month the streaming alone is a bargain. I can just go to the Redbox on occasion when I want to see something that Netflix doesn't have available to stream.

 

[Sailor]

It would be a deal if their selection of movies did not suck.

 

[dhnorris]

I for one LOVE watching the rockford files, star trek, cheyenne, locked and loaded, etc.... and the movies don't all suck you should try watching the ones that don't suck. Lifes too short to wait for the "good parts" unless we're talking about the unitive aspect ; )

 

[Chase515]

I just dumped netflix! I feel like a jerk for recommending it to all of my friends

 

[Davegrave]

I love my Roku box. Great for netflix, Hulu, Amazon offers streaming as well.

They have a lot of other free content on it too. Even some simple games. I'm very happy with mine.

 

[spasmo]

We picked up a Roku box last night. We got tired of paying for the cable and wanted to save some cash every month

If anyone has been thinking about it I would say go for it. It is worth the money. I am impressed with the free shows that you can get and the quality is very good.

Over all I am very happy to save the $120 a month

Which Roku box did you pick up?

 

[warhawk77]

I got the $80 one from Walmart. We thought the remote was a must so I didn't do the cheaper one.

 

[Noland]

I would have a roku box in heartbeat if I could get decent broadband.

As for Netflix, their new rates save some folks money. I don't have to pay for unlimited streaming that I can't use any longer in order to get disks. So I got a price decrease.
And I can't believe the nerdrage that the ($5?) price increase has caused.

 

[Sailor]

I love it for Pandora, but until Netflix gets to offering the same movies that they offer by mail, it sucks for netflix.

 

[Ricnzak]

How do you tell if you have a strong enough signal to make this run without timing out all of the time?

 

[Designer99]

I'm partial to the Apple TV myself. Roku looks decent though.

 

[warhawk77]

We watch a lot of tv shows on nexflix. They have some hulu doesn't and for $16 a month you can have both. Which is better then the $140 fios wants.

As for signal we had been doing nexflix on the Wii and the lap top has enough signal so the roku hasn't had a problem.

 

[Scutter01]

We just picked one up today. Sadly, there appears to be no way to stream local content off of my computer to it.