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[QUOTE="orangeinohio, post: 886740, member: 824"]
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.
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