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Question about roku

Bowwowluv — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 00:42:14 GMT

Just bought a roku and was wondering if anyone can suggest a free movie that you do not have to pay an extra $.99 to have the movie commercial free? I have loaded several free channels but all require extra charge for no commercials. Thanks for any help you can give.

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meonlybetter — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 00:52:53 GMT

That is odd! We have Roku (LOVE IT) and only pay a monthly fee for Netflix and HuluPlus. No fees for no commercials, ever.

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chickenbutt — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 01:23:39 GMT

Same here, except I only have Netflix.

If you have Amazon Prime you can get free movies and shows, too. I don't know if all versions of Roku have Prime. I know the Roku3 does.

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lovescats — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 15:37:36 GMT

Crackle is free but it has commercials.

I have netflix, hulu plus and amazon prime and I think they are worth it. hulu does show commercials but I still think it is better than cable.

pbs has a roku channel.

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Bowwowluv — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 18:47:56 GMT

Thank you ladies.

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Meeras — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 20:20:06 GMT

if you want free , u need to watch commercials..

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Iambeezer — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 05:05:09 GMT

On 7/14/2014 Meeras said:
if you want free , u need to watch commercials..

then why do i pay for cable and satellite?

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lovescats — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 13:59:42 GMT

On 7/15/2014 WIlliam Joseph said:
On 7/14/2014 Meeras said:
if you want free , u need to watch commercials..

then why do i pay for cable and satellite?

because you get a better picture and more channels and programming

There are a lot of free channels on roku but they won't replace broadcast or cable tv

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glb613 — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 17:17:24 GMT

I had the opportunity to view Netflix while at my sister's house. I loved "House of Cards" and will sign up when season 3 is available. Other than that, I really didn't see enough programming I liked to get a subscription. I have an iTunes account and there is a better choice of TV shows and movies for me.

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adoreqvc — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 22:35:57 GMT

I recall back in the 90's when I first installed cable there were no commercials, and then last year I watched a movie and then was forced to sit through 21 commercials non stop, at about 2 am.

That was what made me cancel cable tv the next day and buy a Roku, get Netflix, and Huluplus, and a bunch of other channels. You can always search for new Roku channels on your pc and add to your Roku line up on line and then they will auto download into your Roku tv.

I really like Netflix and the variety also with the movies on Amazon, either free as a prime member, or pay to watch.

I do not miss cable at all, especially not that humungous bill which kept going up and up and up. Pay more and get more commercials and lose digital reception due to cable excuses galore. Pretty soon cable and such will be phased out completely and newer technologies will become available.

I did keep internet and telephone cable service since I prefer to always have a land line and not pray that cell phones will work during storms and other emergencies.

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focksie — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 12:36:06 GMT

I know nothing about this technology if someone can answer my question:

So you buy Roku for $99, one time. Then you pay a monthly fee of around $10 for Netflix, another $10 monthly for Hulu, and another $10 monthly for Amazon?

Can you still get channels such as TCM, HGTV, Animal Planet, regular network news stations?

Please forgive my ignorance.

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Nuttmeg — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 12:54:20 GMT

On 7/18/2014 focksie said:
I know nothing about this technology if someone can answer my question:

So you buy Roku for $99, one time. Then you pay a monthly fee of around $10 for Netflix, another $10 monthly for Hulu, and another $10 monthly for Amazon?

Can you still get channels such as TCM, HGTV, Animal Planet, regular network news stations?

Please forgive my ignorance.

You need cable to view the channels you listed.

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ritasNo1Fan — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 12:55:01 GMT

No TCM, HGTV or Animal Planet. TCM has a free app that you can use on the tablet/pc. There are Roku local news apps. for a few cities. There are new apps often like a Warner Brothers movie app. that has a monthly fee. Hulu and Net Flix have a few classic movies but not many. Maybe Amazon has more. I too want to get away from cable..

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focksie — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 12:55:38 GMT

Thanks nutmeg. Those are some of my favorite channels. They would be hard to give up.

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KJPA — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 13:39:42 GMT

We've had cable and/or satellite since the 80's and almost all stations I remember have/had commercials. There were a few movie channels that didn't. I think my parents had cable back in the 70's and we had commercials then too, albeit there are more and more all the time.

Didn't someone do a study on that and even in prime time isn't the ratio something like 3 mins of show to 1 min of commercials? And I think "cable" channel reruns are even worse, like 2 to 1! Obscene!

I am wondering, why do we pay so much to watch commercials? Our satellite TV is VERY expensive, even though we love it. We mostly record and watch later so we fast forward through a lot of commercials. Hubby can watch a football game in about an hour I think. I guess that's why we pay, so we can get all the channels, record them, and skip commercials!

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Haddie1 — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 14:34:03 GMT

On 7/18/2014 focksie said:
I know nothing about this technology if someone can answer my question:

So you buy Roku for $99, one time. Then you pay a monthly fee of around $10 for Netflix, another $10 monthly for Hulu, and another $10 monthly for Amazon?

Can you still get channels such as TCM, HGTV, Animal Planet, regular network news stations?

Please forgive my ignorance.

I have a roku and have found you really only need one service ie netflix redbox or amazon. I have tried all three. We have amazon prime because we use the mailing service and ended up discontinuing the other two because of the similarities of the shows. I have not used hulu plus Type services because after not having cable for 15 years I really am not interested in what is on cable. We do use redbox kiosks occasionally for new movies but the service was very similar to amazon and we only get one or two movies per month that are new so we disconnected it. I would suggest you do the free trial of each together and see which one works best for you. Peace.

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jackthebear — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 14:41:33 GMT

because these companies have the business in a stranglehold.

or by the b***s

and there is very little competition, and customers need the infrastructure to get the product