can you watch local news stations with your roku? Does anyone know?
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The free Roku "channel", Pod TV can be added to the Roku and in addition to News programming from the major broadcast and cable news networks, it also has many local news channels on it. It looks like there is at least one local station from every metropolitan area of any size in the entire country. Pod TV and many other Roku channels are not even listed on Roku's website, but these "private" channels can easily be added (Just Google a search for Roku private channels to find out how to add them.) Also, the Roku has an excellent weather channel called Weather Underground. Enter your zip code the first time that you use it, and then this channel will give you your complete current weather conditions along with a 5-day forecast. You get all of this information instantly on the screen, any time that you want it without having to listen to an overly-long, boring local TV weather cast. And, you can also see radar, satellite, and webcam images there. When travelling, you can also search for weather by city name on this channel to get a quick travel forecast. Also, there is also a great optional Roku screen saver called LED Time and Weather that displays time and complete current weather conditions.
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You can view it anywhere as long as you have a wifi or data connection, however the video feed is so choppy and lags so bad that I sent mine back.
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Only if your local programming offers it, Note: an antenna only picks up over the air channels
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No. Only local channels. Please make sure you have the antenna near a window or you will get a stutter in your incoming signal.
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There is alot of free content http://www.roku-channels.com/ . Looking at my roku a couple very good "channels" are :Nowheretv http://www.thenowhereman.com/roku/ (Nowhere TV features free content from providers like HGTV, Food Network, Smithsonian Channel, NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, and CNN as well as local news content from stations around the country) , Newscaster , Playon, CNET, Pandora, Tunein,TWIT, Revision3, HGTV, Chow, CrackleTV.com, JustinTV, CNN,Flixter and media fly gaming... Most of these you add trough Roku channel Store and the others are private codes you easily add to your roku..@wetwhistle A think he is referring to a channel called "Crunchyroll" has a lot of anime and asian drama showstake Care There is alot of free content http://www.roku-channels.com/ . Looking at my roku a couple very good "channels" are :Nowheretv http://www.thenowhereman.com/roku/ (Nowhere TV features free content from providers like HGTV, Food Network, Smithsonian Channel, NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, and CNN as well as local news content from stations around the country) , Newscaster , Playon, CNET, Pandora, Tunein,TWIT, Revision3, HGTV, Chow, CrackleTV.com, JustinTV, CNN,Flixter and media fly gaming... Most of these you add trough Roku channel Store and the others are private codes you easily add to... » Read More There is alot of free content http://www.roku-channels.com/ . Looking at my roku a couple very good "channels" are :Nowheretv http://www.thenowhereman.com/roku/ (Nowhere TV features free content from providers like HGTV, Food Network, Smithsonian Channel, NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, and CNN as well as local news content from stations around the country) , Newscaster , Playon, CNET, Pandora, Tunein,TWIT, Revision3, HGTV, Chow, CrackleTV.com, JustinTV, CNN,Flixter and media fly gaming... Most of these you add trough Roku channel Store and the others are private codes you easily add to your roku..@wetwhistle A think he is referring to a channel called "Crunchyroll" has a lot of anime and asian drama showstake Care « Show Less
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Questions- ROKU 3Can I buy channels that don't come with it?Can I get live daytime and nighttime tv? Local Channels both day and night?Is it easy to learn and operate?Trying to convince my husband he will be able to watch what he watches now for less than 1500 per year with Dish. MLB, Football, MMA, Boxing are all must-haves. Help.
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There are three built-in apps served by USA Today that are enabled with an ethernet connection - news, weather, and stocks. These are "widgets" that you can call up as overlays while watching TV.
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Yes, I do the same. You can get the app to play your local news radio, like the I Heart Radio app.
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Yes! You can stream several different types of media through the Roku. Some examples are: Netflix, Hulu, Vevo, Youtube, Spotify, GooglePlay, Pandora, etc.
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A web browser would help to get current year epiosdes of network TV as well as the local news. If I could get that fully operational, why would I need cable at all. $90 is better in my pocket than theri pocket. I need access to current year shows, local news and sports,
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Keep in mind that you cannot get broadcast networks with a Roku (like FOX, ABC, NBC, CBS). This is not a replacement for a digital antenna.
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I cancelled my cable subscription but I'm still able to watch the free stations (ABC, CBS, NBC, and about 10 others). I use my Roku connected to my wireless router that is in turn connected to my internet provider. I now own two Roku boxes: one in the living room and one in the master bedroom.
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I live in southwest louisiana and I can not pick up my local news. Thats the only thing I do not like about the roku.
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I bought the unit for my parent in law. They used it to watch TV program from China. I don't know if it can receive local channels. The signals aren't very good.
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If you can get it to work, it will give you your local channels, I can't get mine to work
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I don't think the answer to your question is "no". The answer is "sometimes". I know of no way to live stream any of the major broadcast networks via Roku. However, there are many ways to access network shows, particularly prime time shows, as soon as the day after they air. Some of those ways involve a subscription (Hulu Plus is the best example of that since it has the widest selection of current shows) and some do NOT involve a separate subscription. For instance, through my free Plex server I can select a wide number of what Plex calls "Channels", including some of the major networks plus AMC, Bravo, History, etc. Through that access I can watch many current shows that are available from those networks on demand. For instance, right now on the CBS "Channel" I get through my Plex server I can watch the latest 3-5 episodes of just about every show that airs on CBS. I assume that this same content would be available to me via computer from CBS.com but this way I'll watch the shows full-screen on my HDTV in what for me is very high resolution. This is one of the beauties of Roku -- in many way it allows you to get content you could get on your computer but access it through easy navigation controls and watch it on your big screen TV. Even though the total number of "current" shows that you can watch one way or another through Roku might be quite large, though, the process will probably continue to be awkward and what you can get will continue to be hit or miss.
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As far as I know, the Roku SD cannot just surf the internet (at least mine can't). It can only stream channels from the Roku channel store.