Ready to give up Direct TV

[Sedona]

but every time I call to cancel they give me three more months free!

Posting to keep the group alive

[Lost-in-FL]

1. Me too...

I called to downgrade but got 6 months of $30 monthly rebate receiving premium channels for the cost of basic package. Could not resist...

[Stinky The Clown]

2. Sounds like they're trying to keep a dying business model alive

Streaming is the new model

[dmosh42]

3. Just bought one of those "Roku" devices to get the streaming TV from internet to my television.

I can see where this will be the future! I only do movies off Netflix and Amazon, and some wacko channels have some out of the ordinary content. The big networks are not signed on yet, but it will happen!

[KoKo]

4. Roku is great...

Have you checked out the CNN International which is better than the US RAG...and the international news sites in English from Russia, France, Ireland, BBC and Germany?

Great sites and no Drug Commercials that last for 10 minutes. Plus the other good, quirky and informative content.

I think Roku will be killed off eventually, but I'm loving it for now.

[dmosh42]

7. I don't have any channel with the name "CNN INternational"-Is there another name?

[KoKo]

9. Roku has "private channels" that you can add...

The best is NowhereTV...which when you click on the site go to "whats available" and you will find tons of channels.

Scroll down to "International" for "CNN International," (RTE -Irish TV, DV (German TV), RT for (Russia TV ) plus Aljazerra, BBC and others.

You can add the whole Nowhereman TV by clicking the button on the site which will add to ROKU.

There's tons of other stuff. You will never be bored. Even PBS, Charlie Rose, Current Olberman clips.....well there's just too much there to list it all.

OOPS: Forgot to add the link:

http://www.thenowhereman.com/roku/

[jannyk]

10. Here's a second for Nowhere TV! Since NBC wants to show the news in 40 second clips

...and NO Rachel Maddow, Nowhere TV has them and many, many more great news channels.

[dmosh42]

11. OK, thanks for that info. Will check the 'private channel' thing.

[KoKo]

12. Let us know how it worked for you.

and if you need any tips for working with Roku. Although if you Google Roku...they have a good help section.

[cyberswede]

5. Love Roku

We loaded up a Pandora Christmas music station to play over the TV while we decorated our tree.

I had fun showing my husband a the international radio stations we can get over the Tune In channel (or whatever it's called).

Lots of free old TV and radio shows available, too, if you like vintage stuff.

And NASA TV is cool.

Obligatory Netflix mention: Since our ISP upgraded to fiberoptic, we can easily stream Netflix over the Roku and the Wii simultaneously without any problems. Fabulous!

[dmosh42]

8. Yes, having the fiber optic instead of copper cable pairs would make a great difference!

[Still Blue in PDX]

6. We just switched to DirecTV from Comcast.

I wish we would have actually talked to people who have it before jumping at the wonderful pricing quoted in the junk mail they send out. I do like the whole house DVR, but not much else.

Live and learn, I guess. Next month I'll try canceling and see what they offer. Thanks for the heads up.

[dkf]

13. Just added nomad and I LOVE IT.

I've got different IOS devices saving different shows and it will really come in handy to entertain the kids. Then they won't kill my 2 gigs via 3G streaming Netflix.