Roku and Friends: Can You Cut the Cable? - Comments Page 2

I think this will be worth a lok at ( thats the truble with living down under all the letters keep falling out)

Bob - You left out one of your sponsors, the Chromecast! Like Roku, it supports Plex for streaming local media and is adding apps in bunches for $35 or less.

I bought a WDTV box over a year ago as I couldn't find Roku or others up here in Canada. Works great albeit some drop-outs ( live in the boonies and my hi-speed is 2 Mbps !!!) but I luckily have Netflix USA set up as Netflix Canada sucks.
Sometimes faster to surf via my PC and pick it up on the WDTV box but otherwise happy with it.
I'd drop cable tomorrow bu t have to have it for guests as we have a small B&B with TV in each room.
Other than that , great newsletters. Find a lot of useful information and have just switched to Avast from AVG, same problems as yourself. Thanks Bob.

Why does nobody talk about needed bandwidth for all this internet streaming stuff that is being promoted .... there is no more unlimited service in Canada .... all bandwidth costs $

I have had my Roku 2 streaming device for more than two years and have no plans to replace it. I may upgrade to the Roku 3 but that would be it. It has worked flawlessly and gives me everything I need in such a device.

In all that time, I have not regretted my decision to leave Direct TV behind. My monthly bill for entertainment went from $89.00 per month to $8.00 per month (NetFlix).

hi
oh ROKU maybe a very good box but they are the most discriminative peoples in the world.has a foreigner living in the PHILIPPINES did order the box but a soon i send the payment or PAYPAL or credit card he was blocked reason any order from the PHILIPPINES are suspicious ??? even my bank account his in AUSTRALIA still not good ???i do order many items on line never encounter such dilemma ,even contacted the ROKU hot line help grr still no success even did pay then pl deliver to my friend in USA well pl keep away from them they are useless.

The reason that I chose a Roku 3 is that it has a USB port that allows me to attach an external hard drive (up to a 2TB xFAT formatted drive) so that I can watch either watch local content or streaming video.

If there's another streaming video device out there with the same features, then I missed it.

I live in the South Pacific.
What is my BEST bet to satisfy my needs for MOVIES, SPORTS, AND FREE TV,
I am THOUSANDS OF MILES from any over the AIR channels, and cable(s) show the same shows 4 nights a week for a month, then changes one and re-shows these for six months.
Is there any hope for me to enjoy FREE TV, or must I re-locate?
retired with a budget
UNCO FRANKIE