![]() Plugs in the back out of sight and comes with an RF remote that you don’t need to point anywhere specific to use, and controls volume and power on the TV as well. The live TV guide also used to be similarly unconventional, but within the last couple weeks it was completely redesigned to more resemble a typical box, albeit quite a bit smoother and more elegant than ones I’ve used.ĭon’t need a new TV either - we use Roku Sticks as they tend to be better powered and more intuitive than most smart TVs built in interface. And obviously since the DVR is completely in the cloud it can be accessed anywhere - however many TVs you have, computers, phones, tablets. ![]() If a recorded episode is also available on-demand, it’s smart enough not to show both copies and just present the VOD version (usually with fewer commercials), but if it expires and the recorded copy is still in your DVR it’ll revert back to that. The Hulu service has DVR but it works in a pretty unique way that may take getting used to but I find quite convenient - it rolls all of your recorded content into the main Hulu interface, so what you record off-air appears seamlessly alongside the offerings from the Hulu service and cable video-on-demand content that comes with the live TV service, making it sort of 3 apps in one that way. In our house we have the Hulu with Live TV service, and are definitely much happier with it than we were with Spectrum, which despite having swapped out boxes multiple times often had issues with faulty recordings and glitches in the video. (Just on principle and middle aged maturity I avoid those pirate iptv services), and use my tech savvy (and every free promo) to get lots of stuff for free or as cheaply as practical (my total outlay for content is ~$15/mo?).īut for most civilians using SmartTVs, who want to ditch the cable tv companies, I would recommend taking a good hard look at YouTube TV ($50.mo), as they seem to be trying really hard to do it correctly, and Ive tried and tested literally every service and angle over the past decade. My setup is much more complex than most users are accustomed too, as I do Rokus with many apps, a VPN and Pi-hole, a Plex server with many plugins, an AppleTV with Kodi, a good rabbit ears antenna, a music and movie NAS (local and remote server), m3u playlists, etc etc, and Amazon Prime, Netflix and Hulu. ![]() but downside: you cannot fast forward the repetitive commercials. well, it has a setting that allows you to see the show from the 9:00 beginning if you wish. BUT it has a very cool little feature: say the "Live" show starts at 9:00PM, and you tune in at 9:16PM. Very often the shows you "tape" are actually served to you "on-demand", so you cannot fast forward the repetitive commercials. ![]() PhiloTV on my Roku TVs and boxes (Ive been a cord cutter for about 8 years). PhiloTV is $20 month for 58 non premium channels: I took a free promo to test, I gave them a virtual credit card that expired quickly, I signed up via email address (didn't want to give them my cell #), and I cancelled at end of promo, and they never disconnected me?! But anyways, on Philo, they have your Cooking channel and Hotel Impossible on HGTV, and much more, thought I mostly watch Discovery and Motor Trend. I use a Winegard indoor antenna for local over the air, which in WLA (I see you are my neighbor) and rabbit ears are pretty good and includes: CBS, NBC, PBS KTLA (ABC is flaky in WLA) NHK, ION, KMEX UniVision Unimax, KLCS, COZI and ANTENNA (these have the old 50s 60s and 70s TV shows) And Xumo and PlutoTV apps on Roku do lots of free antenna type tv also. He's old school and wants his cabletv, so I just make sure to capitalize every promo while avoiding many ridiculous TWCSpectrum added feesīUT Cheapest option to get those exact channels you mentioned above: PhiloTV $20 month (no local channels). I always sign him up for the cheapest triple-play promo packages, and when his promo expires, I switch it to his wifes name as a new user, and vice versa every other year. (I also gift my family shares of my Netflix and Hulu subscriptions). so that he can watch shows on demand via the Roku Apps or on demand in the Spectrum guide to avoid DVR Fees. I setup a few other Roku TV channel apps, Univision Sports, ESPN, Discovery, History, EPIX, etc. He only rents 1 HD cable box on his Main TV (no DVR on that RokuTV), and his bedroom and guest room TVs have 50" RokuTVs running the Spectrum App, so he doesn't incur $8 rental fees for boxes on each of those other TVs. I setup my Dad for his Spectrum App, to get rid of renting multiple cable boxes.
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