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ThisOf course if you live out of syracuse it may make sense.
ThisOf course if you live out of syracuse it may make sense.
Dumb question from a tech dummy...
I travel a lot and am always disappointed in the hotel room channel selection when it comes to sports. Can Roku be used to get other channels on a hotel room tv?
Not worth it to me.
No you dont. And you are far uglier. I watch every conference. Talk to me when you watch alcorn state/grambling wire to wire.
Why are you pissed?Jackson state/southern tonight in the swac is a monster game. Pissed its not on the U
My"cable provider," such as it is, is Direct TV. I am totally cable free. Does it get better or worse if you content provider is Direct TV?Brief explanation from a marginally-technical person:
All of the content that you're watching on your Roku is through the internet, not cable tv.
Some of the content is free, like Crackle (which shows lots of older movies and some older tv shows) or PBS.
Some of the content is subscriber-based. 'Subscriber-based' could mean something like Netflix or Amazon Prime or it could mean HBO Go and ESPN, which are channels you get to watch through your internet provider (Time Warner, for me).
You can't see current network tv shows through Roku. If you were hoping to skip the basketball game tonight and watch The Bachelor, that's not an option. I can't think of any network tv show that is worth watching so this isn't a big deal for me.
I can see episodes from previous seasons, but there are fees.
You're paying that one time free for the Roku box but potentially saving from not renting a cable box from your service provider.
It's probably most appealing to people like me, who fixate on how to cut the cable cord.
Brief explanation from a marginally-technical person:
It's probably most appealing to people like me, who fixate on how to cut the cable cord.
Marsh01 said:Because the swac is always on monday nights on the U and tonight they had a weird 8:30 start so it wasnt televised.
mountaincuse said:Oh, I take it it's not on 3 either then? Here I was trying to set you up, but it didn't work. You're supposed to say your pissed it's on espn3 so you have to watch on your phone, and then I get to tell you that you wouldn't have that problem with a roku. But no. Meanwhile, I'm getting ready to take off in Philly and have to tape the cuse for later.
Does anybody have slingbox?
Dumb question from a tech dummy...
I travel a lot and am always disappointed in the hotel room channel selection when it comes to sports. Can Roku be used to get other channels on a hotel room tv?
Not worth it CTO. A lot of fiddling with no guarantee of success. I love my Roku but I know you'd be sorry. You'll do just as well with a laptop. But as others have said, you'll need to have an ESPN partner for your Internet or TV to get ESPN on Roku or laptop.Dumb question from a tech dummy...
I travel a lot and am always disappointed in the hotel room channel selection when it comes to sports. Can Roku be used to get other channels on a hotel room tv?