Netflix instead of satellite & Redbox??? - Page 3

01-21-2012, 03:27 PM

I just got the Sony Streaming Player. It does everything the Roku does but is a bit cheaper (the N100 version is $20 cheaper) and has more options, like YouTube, Sony concert series, etc. It also comes with 2 months of Huluplus for free. The only thing it doesn't do from what I can see is the gaming that the Roku SX does. Just another option for those looking for a cable/satellite alternative.

shilala · 01-21-2012, 04:10 PM

I'm in just the opposite boat from you, Shane. I tried Hulu plus, I thought it sucked out loud. I had no use for it at all. Netflix is like 8 bucks a month. I get way more than my money's worth out of it.
My thing is football. I'm pretty much forced to go to directv next year just so I can get the nfl package. When I do that, pour Internet service cost will go up. It's the worst of all the worlds.

Blak Smyth · 01-21-2012, 05:10 PM

Right now I'm using Hulu Plus and Netflix and Amazon Instant. Amazon instant has better stuff than anything else so far but you have to pay for almost all of it like pay per view. Oh and there is a Roku app for my iPhone that is awesome. It works as a remote control and much more. The only sports I really watch is the Skins games and they are hardly ever televised here. I usually listen to then on the radio on my phone.

CigarNut · 01-21-2012, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by chaase321

sorry, wrong site...not sure what I was thinking. See pm

Thanks for this -- watched the missing episode last night. All is right with the world

hotreds · 01-21-2012, 07:40 PM

Doesn't Hulu have commercials? So, you pay for the service and have to sit thru commercials as well. Not me, brother!

Blak Smyth · 01-21-2012, 08:59 PM

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Doesn't Hulu have commercials? So, you pay for the service and have to sit thru commercials as well. Not me, brother!

Yah 60 second ones, very annoying. I didn't think it had them when I signed up.

chaase321 · 01-21-2012, 10:18 PM

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Yah 60 second ones, very annoying. I didn't think it had them when I signed up.

Wow. Totally sorry that some things aren't great with Hulu man. All I have heard is great things which is why I was so excited about it coming to google tv soon! Are you able to fast forward through the commercials?

But you're liking th roku? You still planning on getting rid of satellite?

chaase321 · 01-21-2012, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by CigarNut

Thanks for this -- watched the missing episode last night. All is right with the world

Nice! The Internet! You can find anything!!!!

Blak Smyth · 01-21-2012, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by chaase321

Wow. Totally sorry that some things aren't great with Hulu man. All I have heard is great things which is why I was so excited about it coming to google tv soon! Are you able to fast forward through the commercials?

But you're liking th roku? You still planning on getting rid of satellite?

Working on it still.
Im not blaming you for anything brother. All you did was help!!!
No you can't FFWD commercials. Movies don't have them just TV shows.
I'm not complaining at all here, just trying to post facts for others.

01-22-2012, 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by shilala

I'm in just the opposite boat from you, Shane. I tried Hulu plus, I thought it sucked out loud. I had no use for it at all. Netflix is like 8 bucks a month. I get way more than my money's worth out of it.
My thing is football. I'm pretty much forced to go to directv next year just so I can get the nfl package. When I do that, pour Internet service cost will go up. It's the worst of all the worlds.

Football is my big question mark also. I can't watch the Vikings every week without the Sunday Ticket. I think next year I'll just go to the sports bar to watch them. It's not worth the cost of having directv for the whole year.

CigarNut · 01-22-2012, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by goomer

Football is my big question mark also. I can't watch the Vikings every week without the Sunday Ticket. I think next year I'll just go to the sports bar to watch them. It's not worth the cost of having directv for the whole year.

Agreed. That is what I do -- and the bar I go to just happens to be a cigar bar, so it's all good

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01-21-2012, 03:27 PM	#41
goomer Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Netflix instead of satellite & Redbox??? I just got the Sony Streaming Player. It does everything the Roku does but is a bit cheaper (the N100 version is $20 cheaper) and has more options, like YouTube, Sony concert series, etc. It also comes with 2 months of Huluplus for free. The only thing it doesn't do from what I can see is the gaming that the Roku SX does. Just another option for those looking for a cable/satellite alternative.

01-21-2012, 04:10 PM	#42
shilala Dear Lord, Thank You. Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Scott Posts: 13,721 Trading: (252)	Re: Netflix instead of satellite & Redbox??? I'm in just the opposite boat from you, Shane. I tried Hulu plus, I thought it sucked out loud. I had no use for it at all. Netflix is like 8 bucks a month. I get way more than my money's worth out of it. My thing is football. I'm pretty much forced to go to directv next year just so I can get the nfl package. When I do that, pour Internet service cost will go up. It's the worst of all the worlds. __________________

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