internet, phone & cable. internet is 80 a month & total is 110. We would want to add Amazon and Netflix. Is it worth to get this and get rid of cable?
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If you don't care about TV Live, I would cancel the cable. I have the Roku 2, which seems to have more advantages than the LT. The remote on the LT seems to widen choices, but the Roku 2 suits me fine. I may cancel my cable; I already reduced it to Economy Cable.
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I was up to $265 per month! Cut cable, family is finding much more content via Roku, Netflix, AZ Prime for far less the cost. Only channels we miss is ESPN and Bravo. But I get most football live via a Wineguard $29 antenna that grabs free HD feeds. And I fully agree with all of the answers below. Downgrade, un plug before cutting your service to see how you like it...
1126831
I got rid of my cable and only have the Roku. I do have subscriptions to Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Hulu (for most of the TV programs). There are so many other channels on the Roku I can watch news, food channels, outdoor channels, and so many other channels that I would have received through cable. Each month more channels become available, you just have to keep an eye out each month.
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I had Comcast triple play for years. When I bought my first Roku, I scaled back to basic broadcast TV. It gives me only 11 local channels in SD, but that's enough for local news. I kept my internet service as-is, and I have local phone. By scaling back, I am saving about $50/mo. I am looking into some indoor HDTV antennas to see if I can pull in local channels so I can cancel my basic TV service altogether, thereby saving $60/mo. My suggestion to you is to downgrade your service first before eliminating it altogether. For me, the Roku offers plenty of content. I don't miss cable. Remember, you still need a good internet connection to use Roku. I had Comcast triple play for years. When I bought my first Roku, I scaled back to basic broadcast TV. It gives me only 11 local channels in SD, but that's enough for local news. I kept my internet service as-is, and I have local phone. By scaling back, I am saving about $50/mo. I am looking into some indoor HDTV antennas to see if I can pull in local channels so I can cancel my basic TV service altogether, thereby saving $60/mo. My suggestion to you is to downgrade your service first before eliminating it altogether. For me, the Roku offers plenty of content. I don't miss cable. Remember,... » Read More I had Comcast triple play for years. When I bought my first Roku, I scaled back to basic broadcast TV. It gives me only 11 local channels in SD, but that's enough for local news. I kept my internet service as-is, and I have local phone. By scaling back, I am saving about $50/mo. I am looking into some indoor HDTV antennas to see if I can pull in local channels so I can cancel my basic TV service altogether, thereby saving $60/mo. My suggestion to you is to downgrade your service first before eliminating it altogether. For me, the Roku offers plenty of content. I don't miss cable. Remember, you still need a good internet connection to use Roku. « Show Less
1126833
For what it's worth that is what I did. Got rid of satellite and have Netflix and Amazon Prime. There are somethings I miss, but enjoy not having the bill every month. I can honestly say for me cutting the cable was OK. But I guess everyone has their own preference.
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If you're a big sports watcher, you're going to have a bad time with the Roku, there just isn't much available unless you are a cable/satellite subscriber. The only thing you can do is get an HD antenna and watch sports on your local channels. If you don't care about that, then you should totally feel good about ditching cable. We did it, and if we want to watch a new show, we just buy it on Amazon, Vudu, Google, or you can pay for Hulu and get a lot of stuff. We cut the television bill in half (looking at the entire year) by going this route.
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It would depend on what you watch. We have basic cable TV, but only because it's cheaper to keep it with our phone and internet service. We get the same channels as we would with just the antenna, plus a few we don't watch anyway. We have Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Hulu (for recently TV shows). We watch TV shows delayed by one day (in most cases) but have fewer commercials. If you watch a lot of cable TV shows, then cable may be worth it to you, but if you rarely watch other than your local news station, then dropping cable probably makes sense.
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I think so. I signed up for Amazon Prime, so I get a lot more movies than just the free stuff (and no commercials). You won't see the very latest movies but they do have a large selection on Prime that are free. What I like most is I can watch a movie anytime I want to see it, I can pause it and come back to it later. I don't have to make time for it when cable decides to show it. For $99/year for all the movies I can see, I think it's a great deal. And it works great with a fairly slow internet connection, I live in the country and have a 256K connection and I don't have an issue watching movies.
229833
This is our second broadband device and you don't add anything to it. Ours is flashed to out carrier and we have a plan so I guess your plan would be for so much data.
93230
Games run ok. Screens a little small for gaming in my opinion. Thats why I own a PlayStation. Netflix runs flawlessly over WiFi. Depending on your signal runs fine over data, but you better have an unlimited data plan.
13535
No data usage comes with it. You have to buy 3 GB for $60 or 10GB for $90. I must confess, it doesn't last at all if you are a movie watcher or if you download once in a while. A week max. It's not really economical. My opinion though.
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Absolutely yes ....this is a really good product ....in fact if you want to really save some cash, cut your dish down to internet only, and then buy a Roku HD stick ..... I now spend less than $40 a month....
61329
"Cable"? As in, pay a provider for TV?NO!A strong internet connection would be nice, but not necessary. Depends on how you wanna use it
858390
Yes that's correct. Dump the cable TV bill, and use an antenna, it looks better, and it's free. This does do atsc, and over the air, the picture quality compared to cable looks great. I am going to be dropping pay tv, because clear qam is how I used one tuner for. Ya listening Comcast?
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I never had the 3G. I'm sorry. Verizon has been good, though. I've never had a problem connecting, even when I was in some tiny towns in the middle of nowhere. I wouldn't recommend verizon if you plan on using lots of data...videos, gaming, etc...because of the cost of data used. However, if you aren't a netflix junkie and just want to surf the net or whatever, it may be a good option for you.
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I don't know what you are using for a computer or how full your hard drive is. I'm running windows 7 in one computer while also using And older Vista as my second computer with a larger "LGL television being used for a screen and streaming. I installed a new "Net Gear" router and because my cable service was charging $10.00 a month for rentals, I returned and bought a Net Gear Modum also. We have Netflix and we also have Amazon Prime instant video and it all runs so smoothly it makes me wonder why Inpaid for cable services so long. My guess is, that it's something running in the computer in the background , not the modem or router, clean the computer first, then look at a movie ;-) I don't know what you are using for a computer or how full your hard drive is. I'm running windows 7 in one computer while also using And older Vista as my second computer with a larger "LGL television being used for a screen and streaming. I installed a new "Net Gear" router and because my cable service was charging $10.00 a month for rentals, I returned and bought a Net Gear Modum also. We have Netflix and we also have Amazon Prime instant video and it all runs so smoothly it makes me wonder why Inpaid for cable services so long. My guess is, that it's something running in... » Read More I don't know what you are using for a computer or how full your hard drive is. I'm running windows 7 in one computer while also using And older Vista as my second computer with a larger "LGL television being used for a screen and streaming. I installed a new "Net Gear" router and because my cable service was charging $10.00 a month for rentals, I returned and bought a Net Gear Modum also. We have Netflix and we also have Amazon Prime instant video and it all runs so smoothly it makes me wonder why Inpaid for cable services so long. My guess is, that it's something running in the computer in the background , not the modem or router, clean the computer first, then look at a movie ;-) « Show Less
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Streaming the netflix isnt the greatest though. I have had good luck with my wireless internet connection through my playstation 3, but the selection on netflix is horrible. It doesn't do me any good to have the entire setup when I can only download about 5% of the netflix inventory. For example, of the netflix top 100 movies, you can only stream 6 of those movies to your TV. The other 94 movies are available to be shipped on DVD, but not the direct stream to your TV. The concept of direct streaming is misleading, just giving you a heads up!!!
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I did exactly what you want to do, I dropped Cox except for my internet saved $100 pcm, use my roku for everything bought a $12 HDTV antenna and get all over the air channels plus Roku and my netflix, use CNBC Europe for CNBC +nowheremanTV, use netflix and an antenna and you;re set
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another thing you could do is, if you feel you are not an average know it all call the cable co and ask them and follow their advise. If you want to surf the web make yr system wireless and buy a wireless router and a modem hook them up and forget about paying big money for cable and buy a wifi antenna and save money
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We have 2 roku xd players and have yet to have a issue with them wireless or video playback, between Netflix and hulu plus we pay 14.99 a month mix that with all the free channels we get more then cable tv offers and including quality 1080p at a fraction of the cost for apple tv or monthly payment extortion rates to cable tv We are happy with it
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I have two separate phone numbers. One is my business phone number that I transferred from Comcast. I went from $50/month to $5/month without changing numbers. Then, we were paying $50 for our home landline. I transferred it to Phonepower, too. So, we are paying $10/month for the same services we paid $100/month. Plus, I get free long distance to Canada, which is really important to my business. I love Phone Power.
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Thanks, Brian and P. Stein! I have about 250 movies on my Blockbuster list, plus some TV shows, so I'm guessing I can find a good portion of what I want with the streaming option. Even if it's only 10%, it's more than BB, right? Plus, BB has a slightly lower selection of movies to begin with. So it definitely makes sense to switch.Thanks again again for all the thoughts, Folks!
195330
absolutely not, this is an internet router and has nothing at all to do with cable tv, except for the fact my internet comes threw the tv cable line from time warner, i dont even have a tv, just a computer and monitor. the cable companies have you over the barrel you have to buy or rent a box for each additional tv.