can you get rid of cable, are you able to get local channels for news and such? If you don't have cable can you get ABC and Fox?
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This is a great Device but doesn't replace cable. Some news and sports but not enough to take the place of it
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The solution is easy. Use the leaf antenna for local off the air channels and roku for everything else.
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You can watch on demand content as of right now from some of the major channels. Ones such as lifetime and history, I think still require you to verify you subscribe to cable. We are not yet at a option to pay the network directly for access.
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It replaces the cable box that you have hooked up to the cable going into the tv. However, it does not give you all the channels that a cable box does, it only gives you the locals like fox, nbc, cbs. These vary from city to city so you may have more than other people in other towns.
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No... this antenna only receives over-the-air signals (like the "old fashioned" "rabbit-ears"). Unless Fox News or CNN broadcasts over-the-air, you'll have to resort to your cable service :-( to get these stations.
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I am desperate to reduce my monthly expenditures and I think Roku may be a great option for a cable service replacement. However, I'm a still a bit foggy on the specifics of it. When I turn the TV on, it's not going to be a just an array of channels like I have now but the channels that I "subscribe" to, correct? And I won't be able to watch live TV for news, awards shows, etc.?
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No, not for channels that require subscription service (CNN, Showtime, etc.). For local programming (and the increasing number of HD channels) and for PBS, the reception is crystal clear. Those are what I watch now and I no longer pay for cable or satellite.
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Sky stream is an excellent product.i still wouldn't get rid of cable.skystream is a big plus ,plus.hope that helps.
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Hello Michael,Don't know, sorry. I left cable and replaced with antenna reception. Tired of paying for commercials and trash.
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at best you'd get the local channels by plugging in a split coaxial cable without the cable-box to decode... if they are not encrypted.alternatively you can run a coaxial cable to a standard antenna (preferably external, but some internal rabbit-ears will do) to get local stations in HD over-the-air. fyi.. if you can receive them, over-the-air channels are actually of HIGHER quality than signals "passed through" by cable companies (who compress their signals)
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No, only broadcast channels can be picked up with an antenna those are CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox, PBS, and maybe a couple local rural access channels.
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Questions- ROKU 3Can I buy channels that don't come with it?Can I get live daytime and nighttime tv? Local Channels both day and night?Is it easy to learn and operate?Trying to convince my husband he will be able to watch what he watches now for less than 1500 per year with Dish. MLB, Football, MMA, Boxing are all must-haves. Help.
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You can get a digital attena to get free air channels ( without the digital Attena, TV won't be able to get all free channels in your area doing to signal interference) or get a cable/satelite box to get pay channels
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No, those are cable channels. It picks up local channels that are broadcasting in your area.
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I have both cable and Roku, but my brother in law cancelled his cable when he got the Roku. The programs are not the same though. He uses an antenna to get local channels. You might want to check out what programs Roku offers. It isn't the same as live TV.
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You only need a HD antenna to pick up any free HD channels in your viewing area but this won't get paid channels for free only HD channels of local digital over the air content Hope this helped I used to be confused about what free HD meant too
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Any channels picked up by an over the air antenna are going to be your local stations..........CBS, ABC, NBC, maybe FOX, etc. It will NOT pick up anything like ESPN, CNN, etc. as these are cable or satellite channels. It will also pick up your local PBS channels. I live in a fringe area and get 14 local channels with a different version of the same antenna. If you want more than just your locals, you probably need to get something like a Roku and use your internet. But for basic, local channels......this cannot be beat. Hope this helps.
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Don't stop your cable or satellite subscription until after you have successfully tried this alternative. Others have answered the basic process of doing the channel search on antenna and/or cable. Good luck.