CHAT A side benefit of getting the Roku Stick

Dennis Olson

Dennis Olson

Chief Curmudgeon
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Sooth said:
How do you record programs for watching later
if you use ROKU or another streaming service?
TIVO, some type of DVR?

Sooth
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You would have to take the Roku output and run it into your DVR. Also, you couldn't change channels automatically. (I don't know if the Roku device can auto-tune the various channels at a specific time, as I'm too new to the platform.) There is no recording capability in a Roku device.
 
TheHippie

TheHippie

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Sooth said:
How do you record programs for watching later
if you use ROKU or another streaming service?
TIVO, some type of DVR?

Sooth
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Aside from news channels, why would you want to record programs? Roku, is essentially an on-demand streaming service for various channels and networks (netflix, hulu, hbo-go etc.). The programs will generally be available for a lengthy amount of time.
 
Sooth

Sooth

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Dennis Olson said:
You would have to take the Roku output and run it into your DVR. Also, you couldn't change channels automatically. (I don't know if the Roku device can auto-tune the various channels at a specific time, as I'm too new to the platform.) There is no recording capability in a Roku device.
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Thanks for the information. It just occurred to me, there is little need to record anything
as all the programming on the streaming services is available whenever you want to watch it.
Old school thinking meets the 21st Century.

Sooth
 
BornFree

BornFree

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Dennis Olson said:
As I was setting uo the Roku Stick last night, I noticed that OANN is one of the available channels. It's $5 a month for the subscription, but I don't mind.

Dish is almost hysterically harrassing me to "come back!! Please!!!"

Anyway, the best thing about Roku is that I finally get....


Wait for it....













A LA CARTE PROGRAMMING!!!!!




If Dish or any cable company offed it, they'd get my business.
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Good luck with that. I know of two people who went with the stick after about a month they were crashing repeatably. One of them finally took theirs back and got a Roku 3. No more problems after that. Actually the Roku 2 is Great because the voice search in the 3 is a nearly worthless gimmick in my opinion- Not worth the extra 30 dollars.
 
RCSAR

RCSAR

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Sooth said:
Thanks for the information. It just occurred to me, there is little need to record anything
as all the programming on the streaming services is available whenever you want to watch it.
Old school thinking meets the 21st Century.
Sooth
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It would be nice to record it to a USB or DVD so you will always have it.
For instance live news such as the Sept 11 attacks.
Once you leave it on demand or "in the cloud" (someone elses computer) then it is easy to make it go away.
 
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OldArcher

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Thanks for the head's-up on OANN, Dennis! OUTSTANDING!!! Also just subscribed to AWE, it's sister channel... Both are affiliated with one of my favorite newspapers, The Washington Examiner!

Again, Thanks!!!

Maranatha

OA
 
BH

BH

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Sooth said:
Thanks for the information. It just occurred to me, there is little need to record anything
as all the programming on the streaming services is available whenever you want to watch it.
Old school thinking meets the 21st Century.

Sooth
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It took me a couple of months of streaming before I came to this realization. There are a couple of OTA DVRs that can record off an antenna so you can delay any broadcast shows you might be into. Tivo has a couple, pricey and requires their monthly subscription, but available. The DVRs have to connect to a TV, to my knowledge they will not stream into your streaming media devices.
 
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yakjax

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I've gone all over the Roku site but I cannot determine the difference between a "player" and the "stick". Are there any real differences in performance or functionality??

TIA, Jax
 
BornFree

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The player is a very small box that sits on a shelf and connects to everything via cables. The stick looks like a Large USB flash drive and it plugs directly into an HDMI input on your TV. They both come with a wireless hand held remote control. They have the same basic functions, but some of the Player boxes have a few more features. Unless the new model of stick is actually more stable then the first model then you will get better performance and reliability from the box. The Roku 2 and 3 have the same processor and are identical in performance. Yet the price difference is $30.00. Unless you really want one of the two extra features(kind of lame features) on the Roku 3 then stick with the Roku 2 and save some money. The Roku 1 is slower than molasses and crappy, but it is the only one that will work with non- HDMI TV's(with an RCA video input). The Roku 4 is for 4K televisions and not many people have those.
 
Dennis Olson

Dennis Olson

Chief Curmudgeon
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Um, there are HDMI to RCA converters you can get for about $15-$25, so "old TV sets" can use HDMI equipped devices.
 
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yakjax

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Thanks...that;s exactly what I needed to know. I don't need the extra features that R3 offers but I could use the r3 features over the stick.

Thanks again.
 
Knoxville's Joker

Knoxville's Joker

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The new Apple TV is not too dissimilar in functionality. The Roku unit has more options though. If you have an apple iPhone, the apple tv integrates nicely. For android phone users the roku integrates better.
 
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