Friday, March 30, 2012

Student-Friendly TV without cable-- check out my Roku video too

A few weeks ago, I gave some ideas for students on how to get free TV and movies without a cable or satellite bill.  I went back to school after my daughter graduated, so we both don't have cable.  She watches on her laptop and I watch on my Roku.  I mentioned streaming options on PS3, Wii, Roku, XBox360, Roku, Apple TV and others on my blog: http://tvwithoutcable.blogspot.com/2012/03/free-tv-and-movies-on-your-laptop-and.html .  I also mentioned some TV and movie channels that are accessible right off the internet.

I discussed playon which streams from your computer to the television, its merits and trying it free to make sure your internet speed and computer are adequate on this blog: http://tvwithoutcable.blogspot.com/2012/03/more-roku-channels.html  

My first video can be seen at: http://tvwithoutcable.blogspot.com/2012/03/roku-mini-tour-tv-addiction.html which gives a mini tour of Roku on television.

Some additional student-friendly channels on Roku include: new channel iFame which has indie movies, music, dance, and even some hip hop and classic comedy from Three Stooges and Abbott and Costello; Party Rockers Dance Reality, TED (some courses use these), Revision3--geekbeat and net news, AOLHD-cooking to gadget new, many radio channels, many sports and movie channels previously mentioned, Giant Bomb-video game reviews and previews, Twit-tech, Tested-smartphone, tablet camera reviews, Screened-trailers and more (some humor), Crunchyroll-anime, Live Exercise and other exercise channels, cooking channels, Kid Paint-like Mario Paint, comedy from Funny or Die and Break, Blinkx-videos, Kung-Fu Theater and so much more!  There is are vimeo, picasa, flickr, shutterfly, Smugmug, Facebook photos & videos, horoscopes, travel, international stations, and religion channels.  Games are probably at cost.  The budget $49.99 Roku LT when available comes without angry bird game.  You can also get private channels to put on Roku.  And....if you don't like a channel, press the asterisk on your Roku remote, follow the prompts and voila...it's gone.  Come back for more ideas and enjoy the show!

2 comments:

  1. Can you accsess any local news channels through your roku?

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  2. Yes. Nowhere TV, a private free channel which one of my early blogs explains how to get it, has podcasts from some local Boston channels and WMUR has had some temporary but longterm glitches but is supposed to be accessible. This was I can get the weather each day on my old analog TV through my Roku box.

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