Comments on: Cut the Cord: Replace Cable with Roku, Part I https://geekitdown.com/cut-the-cord-replace-cable-with-roku-part-i/ Computer Services & Technology Solutions Tue, 23 Aug 2016 16:17:18 +0000 hourly 1 By: Chief Geek https://geekitdown.com/cut-the-cord-replace-cable-with-roku-part-i/#comment-113 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 16:17:18 +0000 https://geekitdown.com/blog/?p=437#comment-113 In reply to Bob.

@Bob – Roku is a separate entity and will function with or without cable, over the air satellites, etc.

]]> By: Bob https://geekitdown.com/cut-the-cord-replace-cable-with-roku-part-i/#comment-112 Sun, 10 Jul 2016 18:02:10 +0000 https://geekitdown.com/blog/?p=437#comment-112 Can I watch local channels like HDTV channels over the air (like METV, Cozi) and still have Roku?

]]> By: Chief Geek https://geekitdown.com/cut-the-cord-replace-cable-with-roku-part-i/#comment-111 Fri, 21 Aug 2015 14:20:10 +0000 https://geekitdown.com/blog/?p=437#comment-111 In reply to Gideon.

@Gideon – The Roku needs internet access to display content on the TV. The Roku has built-in WiFi capability, so just connect the Roku to your home wireless network. The other option is to run an ethernet cable from your modem/router to the Roku. Good luck!

]]> By: Gideon https://geekitdown.com/cut-the-cord-replace-cable-with-roku-part-i/#comment-110 Fri, 14 Aug 2015 07:38:55 +0000 https://geekitdown.com/blog/?p=437#comment-110 I have the roko hooked up to a tv in the back room that has no internet receiver. Is there any way to connect the tv to the internet with the roku

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]]> By: Chief Geek https://geekitdown.com/cut-the-cord-replace-cable-with-roku-part-i/#comment-107 Sat, 08 Dec 2012 16:31:56 +0000 https://geekitdown.com/blog/?p=437#comment-107 In reply to Pamela Pugh.

@Pamela – The Roku uses an internet connection to deliver programming to your television. If your area is covered by Comcast, then they likely have the monopoly on both cable and internet. You can ditch the cable portion of your Comcast bill, but will still need internet access in order to use the Roku for program viewing. If Comcast controls your internet service, then you will still need to pay them for that portion of your service. A quick check of Comcast pricing in the Portland, Oregon area shows Xfinity Internet service introductory rates as low as $29.99/month.

If you intend on using the Roku, then I recommend calling Comcast and explain that you want to retain or add internet service, but cancel your cable service. See how the Roku works out for a month or two to see if it fits yours and your mother’s needs.

]]> By: Pamela Pugh https://geekitdown.com/cut-the-cord-replace-cable-with-roku-part-i/#comment-106 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 23:38:53 +0000 https://geekitdown.com/blog/?p=437#comment-106 I am reading alot about this online and have some questions. Our apartment complex in Portland Oregon has cut our Comcast cable and told us it would be very expensive to keep. 85% of our complex is elderly and low income apartments and when they told us the other day that we would have to pay way more for our cable my mom and I wrote the management company and complained and they did not even get back to us. When my mom signed her lease the other day they said since we were NOT property owners that no matter how much Comcast cost and it was alot more we had to pay it. My mom gets only $1000 month SS and has to pay all her bills on that and all I get is $950 month disability. Again the management does not give a damn and are greedy jerks. My brother bought her a ROKU for her and my friend is going to put it in and have read all over the internet about it. How is this unit going to help people (my mom who is poor) forced from apartment managers to disconnect cable because of greedy apartment owners who could care less about the poor? She cannot pay this new cable price and neither can I for that matter. I do not understand how the ROKU is going to help her? Cable companies have a law called MUST Carry where they have to carry 13 channels and not charge the public for and those channels come out of the air. This complex is not going to do that and is charging lots of money for XFINITY cable. I thought MUST CARRY meant that they had to provide this antenna service at an affordable price. Please help my mom and me from this greedy management company.

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