Wednesday, June 14th

[Bethers]

Martha, I second what Karen says about the Roku. I'm still searching for my second one because I intended to put it on the TV in the casita. So far it's not where I was sure I put it or dozens of other places. But I absolutely love our. Was a game changer for me.

[Cudedog]

Martha you dont need to buy a new TV to see if you can stream. You can just buy a ROKU stick or FireStick, just need to make sure you have an HDMI port you can use. Much cheaper than a new TV. I love ROKU best because it is easy to use, I like the voice search, and the tv controls so I only need one remote to operate my tv. LOTS of videos on how to use and navigate the ROKU site. I used to have the Firestick but found I like the ROKU better.

this is a good insight to the ROKU

Not real expensive either

I'll second everything everyone says about the Roku. I got my first Roku in about 2011 (12 years ago!) which was one of the early versions. It was (and is) basically just "plug and play" (i.e., you plug it in, it works right out of the box).

I originally went with Roku because my tv cable provider was raising the price of cable for the second time in a year, which pushed it up to $70.00/month (cable is a LOT more expensive now!). Which, by my humble math skills, worked out to $840.00/year. About the price of a camping vacation!!

One evening, I sat down to watch tv and decided to time the commercials as compared to programming, so I had my cell phone handy so that I could time each one. After an evening of tv, I discovered that it was just about evenly 50% programming and 50% commercials.

So, the upshot of this was that I realized that I was basically paying $35.00/month (half of the $70.00) for the "privilege" of watching commercials!!

I went out the very next day and bought my first Roku (back then, there were "only" about three-hundred free "channels" on the Roku - these days the "number" of channels on Roku are uncountable - likely tens of thousands, of every subject matter imaginable. And even some one might not be able to imagine)!!

I tried the Roku - which, up to that point, I had never had - for about a day. The next day after that, I phoned my cable company and cancelled my cable, even though I had to pay a hefty "early-termination" fee.

I have never looked back. My only regret is that I didn't do it sooner!

These days I still watch a lot of tv - mostly just in the evenings after dinner. I watch "channels" on everything from beekeeping, to ranching, to jewelry-making, to Geology (if anyone is interested in Geology, be sure to check out Nick Zentner's channel - he is a Geology professor at a Washington State University - I forget which one), to volcanoes, to homesteading, to bulding, to prospecting, to plumbing, to full-length ballets (I love the "Swan Lake ballet). . . and everything in between!!

I could go on and on.

It is ALL there, for anyone's viewing pleasure, for FREE (I haven't had any kind of paid tv service in years) via Roku.

I advise anyone considering a Roku to Go for it!!

Anne