NGKU: roku users.

[heatherj9603]

Have you seen this new channel sling? It has tnt, tbs, abc family, Disney, hgtv, food network, all the ESPN channels and quite a few others. It's 20 a month. You can watch all those channels live!  i wish it had amc so I couid watch TWD live. 

It Has a free 7 day trial, but I may wait Til my surgery to try it simce I'll be in bed a lot then. 

I also know a lot of people who only have cable or satellite because of ESPN and watching sports live, so I bet a lot more people will cut the cord now! 

Sorry for the advertising, but since cutting the cord about a year ago, this is pretty exciting! Be nice to have some live channels without paying 100 plus a month. 

[ohinvrtedworld]

Man. I want that. We already have a smart TV and I wish it could stream those itself, but that is insanely tempting. We are Netflix only ATM.

[heatherj9603]

Feb 19, 2015 11:36:18 GMT -5 ohinvrtedworld said:

Man. I want that. We already have a smart TV and I wish it could stream those itself, but that is insanely tempting. We are Netflix only ATM.

We got the roku streaming stick. The guy at best buy said there is no reason to get the more expensive models unless you want to play games on it. It is slightly faster, but he said If you have good internet speeds, the streaming stick works fine. Plus it's half the price of the higher models. 

I did notice that if yiu prepay for 3 months of sling, they'll give you a streaming stick for free. So 60 plus a free roku which is worth 50. 

[ohinvrtedworld]

Feb 19, 2015 11:42:06 GMT -5 heatherj9603 said:

Feb 19, 2015 11:36:18 GMT -5 ohinvrtedworld said:

Man. I want that. We already have a smart TV and I wish it could stream those itself, but that is insanely tempting. We are Netflix only ATM.

We got the roku streaming stick. The guy at best buy said there is no reason to get the more expensive models unless you want to play games on it. It is slightly faster, but he said If you have good internet speeds, the streaming stick works fine. Plus it's half the price of the higher models. 

I did notice that if yiu prepay for 3 months of sling, they'll give you a streaming stick for free. So 60 plus a free roku which is worth 50. 

Well then... I will have to tell H about this! Because I miss those channels. Especially ESPN.

[Deleted]

ooh, sounds awesome. will have to check it out!

[kcones88]

I am soooo ready to get rid of Direct TV! Now I have to convince DH. We have Roku, plus Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Hulu subscriptions. I honestly think 5 years from now, all the major cable companies are going to start switching to a la carte services like this, in order to stay competitive.

[Sparkly]

Feb 19, 2015 15:54:07 GMT -5 kcones88 said:

I am soooo ready to get rid of Direct TV! Now I have to convince DH. We have Roku, plus Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Hulu subscriptions. I honestly think 5 years from now, all the major cable companies are going to start switching to a la carte services like this, in order to stay competitive.

I hope they do...sooner rather than later!