OT probably.

I'm looking into Roku and I see there is the Roku Channel Store.

I gather one has to have channels to watch anything.

But because I don't have a userid and password, I couldn't get to the
place in the Store where it might ask for money.

Do all the channels cost money?

Or only the ones I know cost money, like Netflix?

Does it cost to have Youtube as a channel, or Hulu?

And is it possible to just watch a video that someone puts on his own
website. Like if he has webspace nad he puts up my cousin's wedding.
Can I watch that with Roku? For free?

What do I use to type in the URL for these things?

Even youtube, which I've read can be played, has to have a topic to
search for or an id to to play, something has to be typed in, because
their list of videos is in the milliions, I think. Scrolling is out of
the question.

I'm a babe in the woods here.


I just want to get out of this not so comfortable desk chair and watch
more stuff on the TV instead of the computer screen.

Thanks.

micky wrote:
OT probably.

I'm looking into Roku and I see there is the Roku Channel Store.

I gather one has to have channels to watch anything.

But because I don't have a userid and password, I couldn't get to the
place in the Store where it might ask for money.

You have to create an account


Do all the channels cost money?

All the good stuff costs , there are some free channels .

Or only the ones I know cost money, like Netflix?

Does it cost to have Youtube as a channel, or Hulu?

HULU yes , youtube I don't think so . I haven't tried it .

And is it possible to just watch a video that someone puts on his own
website. Like if he has webspace nad he puts up my cousin's wedding.
Can I watch that with Roku? For free?

Probably not unless your cousin has created a channel .


What do I use to type in the URL for these things?

That I'm not sure about .

Even youtube, which I've read can be played, has to have a topic to
search for or an id to to play, something has to be typed in, because
their list of videos is in the milliions, I think. Scrolling is out
of the question.

I'm a babe in the woods here.


I just want to get out of this not so comfortable desk chair and watch
more stuff on the TV instead of the computer screen.

Thanks.

Hit the Roku website , there is a FAQ there somewhere . We have a Roku ,
but since we have a satellite dish , we haven't subscribed to any for-pay
channels .
If you have cable or a satellite dish , you can find a lot of content that
you can access on-demand over the 'net . I have a computer hooked to our TV
, I can stream content saved on another comp here , play DVD's , or watch
on-demand and youtube content . Pretty much all the new flatscreen TV sets
have an input available for a omputer , and many newer comps have either
DVI-D or HDMI inputs , some also have a VGA input . Right now I have a
satellite receiver , a computer , a DVD player , and the Roku all hooked to
our TV .
--
Snag

Terry Coombs wrote:
micky wrote:
OT probably.

I'm looking into Roku and I see there is the Roku Channel Store.

I gather one has to have channels to watch anything.

But because I don't have a userid and password, I couldn't get to the
place in the Store where it might ask for money.

You have to create an account


Do all the channels cost money?

All the good stuff costs , there are some free channels .

Or only the ones I know cost money, like Netflix?

Does it cost to have Youtube as a channel, or Hulu?

HULU yes , youtube I don't think so . I haven't tried it .

And is it possible to just watch a video that someone puts on his own
website. Like if he has webspace nad he puts up my cousin's
wedding. Can I watch that with Roku? For free?

Probably not unless your cousin has created a channel .


What do I use to type in the URL for these things?

That I'm not sure about .

Even youtube, which I've read can be played, has to have a topic to
search for or an id to to play, something has to be typed in, because
their list of videos is in the milliions, I think. Scrolling is out
of the question.

I'm a babe in the woods here.


I just want to get out of this not so comfortable desk chair and
watch more stuff on the TV instead of the computer screen.

Thanks.

Hit the Roku website , there is a FAQ there somewhere . We have a
Roku , but since we have a satellite dish , we haven't subscribed to
any for-pay channels .
If you have cable or a satellite dish , you can find a lot of
content that you can access on-demand over the 'net . I have a
computer hooked to our TV , I can stream content saved on another
comp here , play DVD's , or watch on-demand and youtube content .
Pretty much all the new flatscreen TV sets have an input available
for a omputer , and many newer comps have either DVI-D or HDMI inputs
, some also have a VGA input . Right now I have a satellite receiver
, a computer , a DVD player , and the Roku all hooked to our TV .
--
Snag

Part of what I wrote is confusing ... meant to say the new comps have DVI-D
and HDMI *outputs* , and some new TV sets have a VGA input . DVI-D and VGA
require a separate audio feed . There is also S-video , but I haven't seen
many TV's with that input lately - it also requires a separate audio feed .

--
Snag

micky wrote:
OT probably.

I'm looking into Roku and I see there is the Roku Channel Store.

I gather one has to have channels to watch anything.

YES

But because I don't have a userid and password, I couldn't get to the
place in the Store where it might ask for money.

http://www.rokuguide.com/channels

Do all the channels cost money?

No

Or only the ones I know cost money, like Netflix?

Does it cost to have Youtube as a channel, or Hulu?

Youtube, no; Hulu+, yes ($7.99/month)

And is it possible to just watch a video that someone puts on his own
website. Like if he has webspace nad he puts up my cousin's wedding.
Can I watch that with Roku? For free?

If he has created a channel, you can subscribe to it and watch whatever is
on it.

What do I use to type in the URL for these things?

What things? Channels? You don't type in anything, just click the icon once
you subscribe. Once the channel loads, you can search it. You can search
generically - cross channel - from one of Roku's main screens.

Even youtube, which I've read can be played, has to have a topic to
search for or an id to to play, something has to be typed in, because
their list of videos is in the milliions, I think. Scrolling is out
of the question.

I'm a babe in the woods here.

I just want to get out of this not so comfortable desk chair and watch
more stuff on the TV instead of the computer screen.

Buy the model 2 Roku

We subscibe to two pay channels...Netflix and Acorn. Netflix is $7.99/month
plus $1.00 for each additional user if they want to be able to watch
diferent channels at the same time. Acorn is $4-5 month. No commercials on
either. Hulu+ is $7.99, you get commercials. There are many free channels,
some feed commercials, others do not.

In alt.home.repair, on Sat, 8 Aug 2015 22:58:28 -0500, "Terry Coombs"
wrote:

Terry Coombs wrote:
micky wrote:
OT probably.

I'm looking into Roku and I see there is the Roku Channel Store.

I gather one has to have channels to watch anything.

But because I don't have a userid and password, I couldn't get to the
place in the Store where it might ask for money.

You have to create an account


Do all the channels cost money?

All the good stuff costs , there are some free channels .

Or only the ones I know cost money, like Netflix?

Does it cost to have Youtube as a channel, or Hulu?

HULU yes , youtube I don't think so . I haven't tried it .

And is it possible to just watch a video that someone puts on his own
website. Like if he has webspace nad he puts up my cousin's
wedding. Can I watch that with Roku? For free?

Probably not unless your cousin has created a channel .


What do I use to type in the URL for these things?

That I'm not sure about .

Even youtube, which I've read can be played, has to have a topic to
search for or an id to to play, something has to be typed in, because
their list of videos is in the milliions, I think. Scrolling is out
of the question.

I'm a babe in the woods here.


I just want to get out of this not so comfortable desk chair and
watch more stuff on the TV instead of the computer screen.

Thanks.

Hit the Roku website , there is a FAQ there somewhere . We have a
Roku , but since we have a satellite dish , we haven't subscribed to
any for-pay channels .
If you have cable or a satellite dish , you can find a lot of
content that you can access on-demand over the 'net . I have a
computer hooked to our TV , I can stream content saved on another
comp here , play DVD's , or watch on-demand and youtube content .
Pretty much all the new flatscreen TV sets have an input available
for a omputer , and many newer comps have either DVI-D or HDMI inputs
, some also have a VGA input . Right now I have a satellite receiver
, a computer , a DVD player , and the Roku all hooked to our TV .
--
Snag

Part of what I wrote is confusing ... meant to say the new comps have DVI-D
and HDMI *outputs* , and some new TV sets have a VGA input . DVI-D and VGA
require a separate audio feed . There is also S-video , but I haven't seen
many TV's with that input lately - it also requires a separate audio feed .

Thanks, Terry, DaddiOH. I have a much better feel for what it is
now. I still have hardware accomodations to make.

"dadiOH" wrote in message
...
micky wrote:
OT probably.

I'm looking into Roku and I see there is the Roku Channel Store.

I gather one has to have channels to watch anything.

YES

But because I don't have a userid and password, I couldn't get to the
place in the Store where it might ask for money.

http://www.rokuguide.com/channels

Do all the channels cost money?

No

Or only the ones I know cost money, like Netflix?

Does it cost to have Youtube as a channel, or Hulu?

Youtube, no; Hulu+, yes ($7.99/month)

And is it possible to just watch a video that someone puts on his own
website. Like if he has webspace nad he puts up my cousin's wedding.
Can I watch that with Roku? For free?

If he has created a channel, you can subscribe to it and watch whatever is
on it.


you can also mirror your smartphone (or perhaps other device) so you can
watch on the TV via ROKU anything you can watch on your smartphone.

On 2015-08-09, dadiOH wrote:

Buy the model 2 Roku

I have a Roku 2 XS (one rev up from the std 2). If you like Youtube,
I'd check out the Roku 3. I gotta believe the 3 has controls that
make navigating U2B a bit easier, cuz they suck on my Roku 2. I watch
Netflix on my flat panel TV via an HDMI cable from the Roku box.

nb

On 8/8/2015 8:47 PM, Terry Coombs wrote:
micky wrote:
OT probably.

I'm looking into Roku and I see there is the Roku Channel Store.

I gather one has to have channels to watch anything.

But because I don't have a userid and password, I couldn't get to the
place in the Store where it might ask for money.

You have to create an account


Do all the channels cost money?

All the good stuff costs , there are some free channels .

Or only the ones I know cost money, like Netflix?

Does it cost to have Youtube as a channel, or Hulu?

HULU yes , youtube I don't think so . I haven't tried it .

And is it possible to just watch a video that someone puts on his own
website. Like if he has webspace nad he puts up my cousin's wedding.
Can I watch that with Roku? For free?

Probably not unless your cousin has created a channel .


What do I use to type in the URL for these things?

That I'm not sure about .

Even youtube, which I've read can be played, has to have a topic to
search for or an id to to play, something has to be typed in, because
their list of videos is in the milliions, I think. Scrolling is out
of the question.

I'm a babe in the woods here.


I just want to get out of this not so comfortable desk chair and watch
more stuff on the TV instead of the computer screen.

Thanks.

Hit the Roku website , there is a FAQ there somewhere . We have a Roku ,
but since we have a satellite dishcontent . Pretty much all the new flatscreen TV sets
have an input availa , we haven't subscribed to any for-pay
channels .
If you have cable or a satellite dish , you can find a lot of content that
you can access on-demand over the 'net . I have a computer hooked to our TV
, I can stream content saved on another comp here , play DVD's , or watch
on-demand and youtubeble for a omputer , and many newer comps have either
DVI-D or HDMI inputs , some also have a VGA input . Right now I have a
satellite receiver , a computer , a DVD player , and the Roku all hooked to
our TV .

You can stream from a WD My Cloud (or other home server) to a Roku, and
put content on it from a computer so it would be possible to download
videos (using a computer), store them on the WD My Cloud and play them
on the Roku.

In article ,
says...

On 2015-08-09, dadiOH wrote:

Buy the model 2 Roku

I have a Roku 2 XS (one rev up from the std 2). If you like Youtube,
I'd check out the Roku 3. I gotta believe the 3 has controls that
make navigating U2B a bit easier, cuz they suck on my Roku 2. I watch
Netflix on my flat panel TV via an HDMI cable from the Roku box.

I had a 2 XS for several years until I upgraded to a 3. The 3 has a
significantly faster processor, so channels and video streams load quite
a bit quicker. They also recently added voice search to the 3 (after I
bought mine, but since I don't care about voice search, no big deal).

If you have the YouTube app on your phone, you can pair it with your
Roku's YouTube channel, which will then allow you to search for videos
on your phone and play them on the Roku. It's a lot slicker than using
the Roku channel's built-in search.

Also, as someone mentioned in another post, you can stream videos from
an external hard drive or computer to your Roku. I use the (free) Plex
Media Server and the Plex channel to manage my video library and watch
videos from it on my TV via the Roku, and it works great. There are
other similar options out there if you look around.

On 2015-08-10, Dave Garrett wrote:

If you have the YouTube app on your phone, you can pair it with your
Roku's YouTube channel.....

I accidently discovered this feature and love it. (U2B=Youtube)

nb

In alt.home.repair, on 10 Aug 2015 16:14:17 GMT, notbob
wrote:

On 2015-08-10, Dave Garrett wrote:

If you have the YouTube app on your phone, you can pair it with your
Roku's YouTube channel.....

I accidently discovered this feature and love it. (U2B=Youtube)

nb

Another question, please.

It says that Roku one has "Built-in wireless"
but Roku two has "Streaming-friendly dual-band wireless"

Does t hat mean one can't stream with Roku 1? I thought streaming was
the goal of Roku in general?

Running a cable from the router to the roku box would be rather
difficult for me.

On 2015-08-11, micky wrote:

Another question, please.

It says that Roku one has "Built-in wireless"
but Roku two has "Streaming-friendly dual-band wireless"

Does t hat mean one can't stream with Roku 1? I thought streaming was
the goal of Roku in general?

Running a cable from the router to the roku box would be rather
difficult for me.

Not sure.

My Roku 2 XS has wifi, but I use an ethernet cable, regardless. The Roku 1
claims to be "wireless". Is that the same as wifi? I would think so.

https://www.roku.com/products/roku-1

nb

notbob wrote:
On 2015-08-11, micky wrote:

Another question, please.

It says that Roku one has "Built-in wireless"
but Roku two has "Streaming-friendly dual-band wireless"

Does t hat mean one can't stream with Roku 1? I thought streaming was
the goal of Roku in general?

Running a cable from the router to the roku box would be rather
difficult for me.

Not sure.

My Roku 2 XS has wifi, but I use an ethernet cable, regardless. The Roku 1
claims to be "wireless". Is that the same as wifi? I would think so.

https://www.roku.com/products/roku-1

nb

WiFi uses two bands, one on 2.4GHz, one on 50GHz. 2.4 band is quite
crowded and some times using it is hit and miss depending on your
neighborhood WiFi situation. 5GHz is newer band with wider bandwidth,
so it is better choice for streaming. So Roku 1 is single band vs. 2 is
dual band.

In alt.home.repair, on Mon, 10 Aug 2015 20:22:05 -0600, Tony Hwang
wrote:

notbob wrote:
On 2015-08-11, micky wrote:

Another question, please.

It says that Roku one has "Built-in wireless"
but Roku two has "Streaming-friendly dual-band wireless"

Does t hat mean one can't stream with Roku 1? I thought streaming was
the goal of Roku in general?

Running a cable from the router to the roku box would be rather
difficult for me.

Not sure.

My Roku 2 XS has wifi, but I use an ethernet cable, regardless. The Roku 1
claims to be "wireless". Is that the same as wifi? I would think so.

https://www.roku.com/products/roku-1

nb

WiFi uses two bands, one on 2.4GHz, one on 50GHz. 2.4 band is quite
crowded and some times using it is hit and miss depending on your
neighborhood WiFi situation. 5GHz is newer band with wider bandwidth,
so it is better choice for streaming. So Roku 1 is single band vs. 2 is
dual band.

Good to know, and not just for Roku, I'll bet I do have about a half
dozen families in range that I get some of their signal, but they've
never interfered, because I have to choose one. Only my next door
neighbor was very strong (and I haven't checked since I got a new next
door neighbor (townhouse, end of group)

Doesn't Roku pick a network, like my laptop and wireless printer did?

Does it have encription of any sort, or would that take too long with
streaming video?

micky wrote:

Doesn't Roku pick a network, like my laptop and wireless printer did?

Once you sign in to a selected network it will automatically connect to that
network.

On 8/10/2015 7:13 PM, notbob wrote:
On 2015-08-11, micky wrote:

Another question, please.

It says that Roku one has "Built-in wireless"
but Roku two has "Streaming-friendly dual-band wireless"

Does t hat mean one can't stream with Roku 1? I thought streaming was
the goal of Roku in general?

Running a cable from the router to the roku box would be rather
difficult for me.

Not sure.

My Roku 2 XS has wifi, but I use an ethernet cable, regardless. The Roku 1
claims to be "wireless". Is that the same as wifi? I would think so.

https://www.roku.com/products/roku-1

nb

Ditto for the Roku 3. I ran cables to both of my Roku boxes. Fewer
dropouts. It was a bit of a pain being up in the attic and snaking the
cables through, but it was a one-time thing.

If I got a DVR, now that I don't have one from cable or satellite, I'd
get the Tablo which uses a Roku (or some other boxes) to stream.
https://www.tablotv.com/tablo-products/tablo-dvr-2-tuner/. But since
I've dumped satellite I have found I don't miss the DVR at all. We watch
less TV even though OTA gives us plenty of content.

In alt.home.repair, on Tue, 11 Aug 2015 05:55:00 -0400, "dadiOH"
wrote:

micky wrote:

Doesn't Roku pick a network, like my laptop and wireless printer did?

Once you sign in to a selected network it will automatically connect to that
network.

Makes sense. Thanks.

On Sunday, August 9, 2015 at 7:56:28 AM UTC-4, micky wrote:
Thanks, Terry, DaddiOH. I have a much better feel for what it is
now. I still have hardware accomodations to make.

I have a set of Skull brand earbuds that plug into the remote.
The sound is awesome. When you plug it in, it turns off the tv volume.
I'll go on my porch for a smoke and can look through the door window and not miss a beat. Look them up.

We have Charter cable and it works fine off WiFi. I had the same issue as you it was difficult to run a cable, but I finally ran one last week. I noticed a little bit of difference when selecting programs, but for streaming it is about the same (GREAT). There are a lot of free channels out there, but the best two are Hulu and Netflix which charge (around $8 a month each I believe). We have not dropped cable yet but are planning on dropping it as soon as I get an outside antenna up.



Running a cable from the router to the roku box would be rather
difficult for me.