On 12/3/2013 4:23 AM, dadiOH wrote:
I am at the point of wanting to dump TV providers. They charge too much and
much/most of what they deliver is junk. Even though we don't watch a lot of
TV there are times when a bit of mental popcorn is nice so I've been
exploring other ways of content delivery. The device known as "roku" seems
to get good marks so I wanted to ask y'all for opinions/experiences.

Do you have one and do you like it?

If you don't, do you have an alternative method of content delivery?

If you do use a roku...

1. Do you find that the free channels offer much of interest?

2. Do you subscribe to one or more of the pay channels such as Hulu Plus,
Netflix, etc? If so, how's the non-movie content?

I picked up a standard-definition one at a garage sale.

I found about three FREE old movies I wanted to watch. That was about it.
The novelty of the box soon wore off.

There's a huge amount of crap available...YMMV.
I've not studied it a lot, but I believe that all the free stuff
is available without the ROKU box.
And the stuff you want is pay stuff that's available without the
ROKU box.

If you have a monitor that interfaces directly with it in the
right modes, it can be a useful wireless internet connection
to compatible paid content without a computer.

It's wireless, so I like to keep it turned off when not in use.
I have to get out of my chair, take three steps, then plug in the power.
Been about six months since I thought it might be worth the trouble.
This post motivated me to look to see if it was still there...it is...
still powered off. ;-)