How does picture quality with these non-cable services compare to HD cable? Are the cable HD channels superior in quality? Or is quality the same either way.
ROKU. How many of you have it? How do you like it?
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Thanks. I will check it out.
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They are very good. My $10 HD antenna from walmart is every bit as good as HD cable and I'm not kidding.
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That is good/interesting to note. Thanks!
Depends on your area too. My hd antenna in Louisville KY was a better quality picture and sound that I ever had with insight/time Warner HD. When we moved to california the same antenna only picked up 3 channels and they were all in Spanish.
My wife and I dropped cable over 3 years ago and haven't looked back. We have a Roku and love it. We're set up with Netflix, HuluPlus, Amazon Prime, and a friend of mine lets me use his HBO GO account, so we never run out of anything to watch. Plenty of apps to choose from, too. We also have a digital antenna that gets us about 16 local channels including the big four, CW, three public television channels, and 4 retro channels that play a lot of what my wife and I enjoyed when we were younger and know is safe for our son to watch.
Here's the antenna:
https://www.antennasdirect.com/store/ClearStream-4-Ultra-Long-Range-Outdoor-DTV-Antenna.html
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Amazon has it cheaper, around $130, but we picked it up directly from the manufacturer during a sale for $90, and that included the J-mount. You can mount it in an attic if you don't want to see it on the outside of your house.
I was going to try to Amazon Fire TV, but it doesn't have HBO Go yet, so I'm waiting.I might pick it up, because our Roku is 3 years old, and I have to reboot it once every few days. Not a big deal to me.
I purchased and installed that antenna last week. Got rid of cable and phone, then moved to the fastest internet I can get in the area. Ended up saving about $130/month. Will only take about 5 months to cover all the hardware I ended up buying (antenna package, new modem, and new router).
I think we'll be picking up an Amazon Fire in the next couple weeks.
CobraBob, the picture I'm getting with the above antenna is as good, if not better, than HD cable. We get 14 channels and should get 3 more when another local station switches to UHF.
You want 1 roku to work on 4 tvs without moving the roku? I don't believe that can be done. You would have to get one for each tv.
I have a Roku 1 and a Chromecast and my PS3 is setup for media. PS3 I use all the time for the living room. Chromecast is in the master, and Roku is in the guest room. Roku is the slowest responding of all of them. It is the older version and I would highly suggest the 3 if you want a Roku. It's content is cool, however all the free stuff is clips found on youtube or crackle which is also on Chromecast. For the money Chromecast is faster, cheaper, lets you use your phone as a remote which is great. I am giving away the Roku for another Chromecast.
I believe so
Yep, that's what I did.
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