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ROKU 4

Little Steven
Little Steven Posts: 28,817
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Anybody got one? Wife believes we can cancel our satellite

Steve 

Caledon, ON

 

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  • chuckytheegghead
    chuckytheegghead Posts: 1,201
    Also curious to see the replies on this.
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  • Elkhunt
    Elkhunt Posts: 4
    Get a Roku 4, Sling TV, Hulu Plus, Netflix and a HD Antenna.  We dumped the SAT 4 months ago and never looked back...I have <$50/month in subscriptions, but we also watch a good bit less TV now, THANK GOD...You need a pretty good internet connection too.  
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  • Canugghead
    Canugghead Posts: 13,992
    Not ROKU but I have an MXIII since the summer.  Plan to couple that with an external OTG antenna and fire the cable company.

    Already got rid of 'robbers' home phone since spring and running same home phone# with way more features off an OBI200 voip ATA, saving over $40 a month.
    canuckland
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  • Photo Egg
    Photo Egg Posts: 12,137
    I have new Amazon Fire Box with Kodi installed. This let me add many other apps for movies and music. My struggle is poor internet speed...
    Thank you,
    Darian

    Galveston Texas
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  • Little Steven
    Little Steven Posts: 28,817
    Thanks guys. We're gonna keep the DSL for internet as cable isn't available. My main concerns are the Jays and Leafs

    Steve 

    Caledon, ON

     

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  • Canugghead
    Canugghead Posts: 13,992
    edited December 2015
    Internet is a must for me, both Android box and home phone ATA need it. May have to consider Teksavvy when my current 50% internet discount with a big carrier expires.

    Live sports and reality shows are harder to replace.
    canuckland
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  • Hibby
    Hibby Posts: 606
    I have the Roku 3 - didn't know the 4 was out yet. It's very useful but I haven't brought myself to cut the cord yet.
    I cook. I eat. I repeat. Thornville, Ohio
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  • SoCalTim
    SoCalTim Posts: 2,158
    Photo Egg said:
    I have new Amazon Fire Box with Kodi installed. This let me add many other apps for movies and music. My struggle is poor internet speed...
    I have the Fire Tv with Kodi, somehow I don't think most here are ready for it. It's pretty awesome .. 
    I've slow smoked and eaten so much pork, I'm legally recognized as being part swine - Chatsworth Ca.
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  • blind99
    blind99 Posts: 4,974
    Not sure about up there, but down here in 'Murica the major networks all broadcast in full glorious uncompressed HD. Any old pair of rabbit ears works. If they carry your games and you get a signal you're in luck. 
    Chicago, IL - Large and Small BGE - Weber Gasser and Kettle
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,709
    edited December 2015
    I still have the Roku II; would love to have the "voice-search" feature of the III or IV, but I do more reading than anything and haven't pulled the trigger.  
    Sadly sports coverage is the one turd in the punchbowl for cutting the cable.  

    The average life expectancy of a (russian) soldier on the (Ukranian) front line during an assault is 20-35 minutes.  

    Ogden, UT, USA

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  • Hibby
    Hibby Posts: 606
    I didn't think the 3 (I have it) has voice search. Am I wrong?
    I cook. I eat. I repeat. Thornville, Ohio
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  • texaswig
    texaswig Posts: 2,682
    I have a 3. The 4 is almost the same just a little faster and it can do 4k.

    2-XLs ,MM,blackstone,Ooni koda 16,R&V works 8.5 gallon fryer,express smoker and 40" smoking cajun 

    scott 
    Greenville Tx
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  • stlcharcoal
    stlcharcoal Posts: 4,764
    I've never had cable or satellite at home.......we get about 20 HD stations with an antenna and used to have a DVR that would record them.  Now everything is on Amazon Prime (or Netflix account I share with some other people.)  Our crappy internet connection at the house is the only thing that holds us back sometimes. 

    At the ambulance base we had the whole package of satellite and it was the same movies and shows over and over again LOADED with commercials.  I remember seeing the same Family Guy episode three times in one day on three different networks.  And if we'd get back from a call at 2-3am and sit down to decompress before going back to bed, 90% of the stations were on infomercials!  WTF!!!  If I'm PAYING to watch these stations, I shouldn't be subjected to watch commercials, much less PAID PROGRAMMING.  That is complete BS.  Most of us had our own Roku's or Google Chromecast's and would just use those.  No commercials, pause when you want, better selection.  Screw cable and satellite.
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  • Darby_Crenshaw
    Darby_Crenshaw Posts: 2,657
    edited December 2015
    Jays and the Leafs?  That subscription can't cost more than$3/mo on any platform

    no idea what that is in Canadian money, but Canadian money isn't real money anyway
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  • ryantt
    ryantt Posts: 2,570
    we went 7 years with out tv service, and it was no big deal.  Last year my wife wanted to get tv service so we could watche the Ohio State University play.   Funny thing is we still watch mostly Netflix so not sure why we pay for Dish Network. I imagine when the contract is up we will go back to being cord clutters.  
    XL BGE, KJ classic, Joe Jr, UDS x2 


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  • cazzy
    cazzy Posts: 9,136
    We have 3 smart tvs, 2 fire TVs (1st gen and 2nd gen) running Kodi and a RaspberryPi in the Media Room.  We plan to cut the cord after our DirecTV contract is done.  I'm on board, but the wife will need some convincing.  

    Have the Fire Stick and I hate it.  Spend the extra on the TV if any of y'all are going back and forth.
    Just a hack that makes some $hitty BBQ....
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  • stlcharcoal
    stlcharcoal Posts: 4,764
    cazzy said:
    We have 3 smart tvs, 2 fire TVs (1st gen and 2nd gen) running Kodi and a RaspberryPi in the Media Room.  We plan to cut the cord after our DirecTV contract is done.  I'm on board, but the wife will need some convincing.  

    Have the Fire Stick and I hate it.  Spend the extra on the TV if any of y'all are going back and forth.

    Tell me more about RaspberryPi.  I've tried to read about it, and I'm just not grasping the concept of it.
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,709
    edited December 2015
    Hibby said:
    I didn't think the 3 (I have it) has voice search. Am I wrong?
    According to this comparison chart:  https://www.roku.com/products/compare it should.  Anyone here with a 3 use the voice search function?  
     
    (another nice thing about Roku's system is, when you ask for something specific, it will tell you all the sources that have it and which one is cheapest/free).  

    The average life expectancy of a (russian) soldier on the (Ukranian) front line during an assault is 20-35 minutes.  

    Ogden, UT, USA

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  • U_tarded
    U_tarded Posts: 2,083
    Smart tv and PS3 here.  No tv service but I spent the coin on a good external digital antenna.  We pay for Netflix, Amazon prime, HBO anywhere and that has us setup.  Miss a few sports but nothing major 
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  • Parkersquared
    Parkersquared Posts: 83
    stlcharcoal said:
    cazzy said:
    We have 3 smart tvs, 2 fire TVs (1st gen and 2nd gen) running Kodi and a RaspberryPi in the Media Room.  We plan to cut the cord after our DirecTV contract is done.  I'm on board, but the wife will need some convincing.  

    Have the Fire Stick and I hate it.  Spend the extra on the TV if any of y'all are going back and forth.

    Tell me more about RaspberryPi.  I've tried to read about it, and I'm just not grasping the concept of it.


    I run a Pi 2 in my living room with openelec on it.  Its a great improvement over the original pi and about the same speed as the firetv in my opinion.  The great advantage of the pi is kodi is the only thing loaded on it and it boots directly into it.  It works well with the wife. 


    Wiggins, MS
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  • stlcharcoal
    stlcharcoal Posts: 4,764
    Parkersquared said:
    stlcharcoal said:
    cazzy said:
    We have 3 smart tvs, 2 fire TVs (1st gen and 2nd gen) running Kodi and a RaspberryPi in the Media Room.  We plan to cut the cord after our DirecTV contract is done.  I'm on board, but the wife will need some convincing.  

    Have the Fire Stick and I hate it.  Spend the extra on the TV if any of y'all are going back and forth.

    Tell me more about RaspberryPi.  I've tried to read about it, and I'm just not grasping the concept of it.


    I run a Pi 2 in my living room with openelec on it.  Its a great improvement over the original pi and about the same speed as the firetv in my opinion.  The great advantage of the pi is kodi is the only thing loaded on it and it boots directly into it.  It works well with the wife. 



    What does it do over Roku, Chromecast, FireTV??  From what I originally read, it sounded like it got a TON of content from vaious sources.
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  • Shiff
    Shiff Posts: 1,835
    Botch said:
    According to this comparison chart:  https://www.roku.com/products/compare it should.  Anyone here with a 3 use the voice search function?  
     
    (another nice thing about Roku's system is, when you ask for something specific, it will tell you all the sources that have it and which one is cheapest/free).  
    The original Roku 3 didn't have voice search.  They came out with a new version and confused everyone by still calling it a Roku 3 but now that particular model does have voice search.  So, original 3's do not have voice but new ones do.  They should have called it a Roku 3A
    Large BGE
    Barry, Lancaster, PA
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  • cazzy
    cazzy Posts: 9,136
    stlcharcoal said:
    Parkersquared said:
    stlcharcoal said:
    cazzy said:
    We have 3 smart tvs, 2 fire TVs (1st gen and 2nd gen) running Kodi and a RaspberryPi in the Media Room.  We plan to cut the cord after our DirecTV contract is done.  I'm on board, but the wife will need some convincing.  

    Have the Fire Stick and I hate it.  Spend the extra on the TV if any of y'all are going back and forth.

    Tell me more about RaspberryPi.  I've tried to read about it, and I'm just not grasping the concept of it.


    I run a Pi 2 in my living room with openelec on it.  Its a great improvement over the original pi and about the same speed as the firetv in my opinion.  The great advantage of the pi is kodi is the only thing loaded on it and it boots directly into it.  It works well with the wife. 



    What does it do over Roku, Chromecast, FireTV??  From what I originally read, it sounded like it got a TON of content from vaious sources.
    My Pi2 has about 4 projects.  My fav ones are OpenElec, which runs Kodi and my other fav is RetroPie.  I use RetroPie to run NES, SNES, N64, Sega Gyn and Atari emulators.  

    I also run my Pi in the car for road trips.  I can the same or different stream content to several tablets in the car.  Basically, its a mini computer with a quad core processor and a GB of RAM.  There are a ton of different projects you can run and the entire rig can be obtained for less than a hundo.
    Just a hack that makes some $hitty BBQ....
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