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can someone talk Roku players / HD antennas to me?

MrsMillerTimeMrsMillerTime
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My parents (who live in Houston) are seriously fed up with their current TV provider and are wanting to scrap it all to hell.  They're considering getting a Roku player (or something similar) but I don't really know a whole lot about them and I'm trying to figure out if it would work for them.

They are both retired and are home all.day.long.  My dad likes to watch Fox News & the History channel ad nauseam.  It isn't so much about a specific show but just the "I keep the TV on for the noise" aspect.  I realize that a Roku player (coupled with a Hulu+, Amazon Prize, and/or Netflix membership) means that they have to watch specific shows one at a time, but what about local news & basic "channel surfing"?  Can you fix this with an HD antenna?  Does anyone have one?  How's the quality?

I'd appreciate any info you've got. 

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Re: can someone talk Roku players / HD antennas to me?

  • Mrs.PurdueMrs.Purdue

    I don't know the Roku player answers, but I have a friend that has an HD antenna and the quality is fine.  You'd only get broadcast stations though (so your local 'free' channels like NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox, PBS, maybe one or two more), which wouldn't include Fox News/History channel, etc, as those are premium cable stations. 

     

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     which wouldn't include Fox News/History channel, etc, as those are premium cable stations. 

     

    it's like you are saying fox news is a real channel :) 

     

    We have a Rokku, and use it for hulu + and netflix and they have some of their own weir channels. I don't know about surfing regular tv through it though since we have directv.

    We also have a google tv which we can watch our tv though, so i'd imagine if you had the antenna thingy, you could watch that live tv along with the netflix, hulu and other services. 

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  • HSartteachHSartteach member
    I don't know what a roku player is, but we have an HD antenna.  The signal is super clear.  If you don't mind surfing through the free channels, it's fine.  We also have a netflix acct.  We watch that through our playstation.
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  • EmerEmer member

    We have an HD antenna and the picture is awesome.  It's as clear as it was on our TWC/Uverse boxes.  We get about 20 channels, but that includes a number of spanish channels.  We watch Hulu a couple times a week, but I don't see the need for plus at this point.  I'm not familiar with Roku, but I'm off to google it and see what it's all about... 

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  • EmerEmer member
    We got our HD antenna at Best Buy and they had a promotion where you got a free Tivo box.  You have to pay for Tivo service past the first 2 weeks, but it was a great deal.  I don't know much about antennas, but DH says it's important to have one strong enough to push the signal to all the tv's in the house.  The sale is still going on if you want me to send you a link to the specific one.
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  • MrsMillerTimeMrsMillerTime
    Emer & HSArtTeach - what channels do you get?  Is it only local news channels or do you get any other "cable-ish" channels?
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  • EmerEmer member

    We get the local affiliates for ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX (network, not news), and several variations of those.  Variations include the spanish version, news only, weather, etc.  We also get whatever the WB is called now (CW?), PBS, and one other random channel.

    No cable-ish channels other than CW/WB. 

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