Droping my high dollar TV boxes and going to an Android box

[Flench]

AT&T just run fiber to my house  yesterday and WOW is it fast .

Skuzzy , witch Roku unit did you get ? I like the best one they have at 100 and somethng bucks but it looks to be the best one to get .

EDIT: And what about these Androide boxes I see on Ebay . Well they do the same thing ? I just don't want to get into any trouble downloading movies and so on . Why I was asking about a VPN service .

[Skuzzy]

I have three of these: https://www.roku.com/products/roku-premiere-plus

My house is wired so I am able to plug into my LAN at each television upstairs and downstairs.

No, those Android boxes will not compare to the Roku.  They will offer a subset of what the Roku can access.  Anything you stream over the Roku will be legal.

I only do legal.

[Flench]

I have three of these: https://www.roku.com/products/roku-premiere-plus

My house is wired so I am able to plug into my LAN at each television upstairs and downstairs.

No, those Android boxes will not compare to the Roku.  They will offer a subset of what the Roku can access.  Anything you stream over the Roku will be legal.

I only do legal.

GREAT ... Thank you Skuzzy . I can only aford to do legal now day's myself . Why I am asking here . I know if anyone would know it be here . We got so smart guys here .

[morfiend]

Kodi

   Been using this for several years,you need unlimited internet or you will go over the set limit very easy!


   I dont live in the US so things are somewhat different here,we call it the grey market.....

  Early satellite systems were much the same way here.


  If I lived in the US I'd like get a roku box myself!


       

[Mister Fork]

If you want something that is kinda nifty in finding content for you, any good quality Android TV box with Kodi installed is the best way to go - especially if you're a little tech savy.

I use my Apple TV (2 in the house) - cut my cable over 6 years ago saving over $7000 since then. Cable was $100 a month - $1200 a year. No brainer.

I have Hulu, Netflix, and Amazon Prime. And if I so desired, was thinking about the HBO subscription but at $15 a month, that's a little rich when compared to Netflix for 1/1000 of the shows. Game of Thrones or not.

[Flench]

If you want something that is kinda nifty in finding content for you, any good quality Android TV box with Kodi installed is the best way to go - especially if you're a little tech savy.

I use my Apple TV (2 in the house) - cut my cable over 6 years ago saving over $7000 since then. Cable was $100 a month - $1200 a year. No brainer.

I have Hulu, Netflix, and Amazon Prime. And if I so desired, was thinking about the HBO subscription but at $15 a month, that's a little rich when compared to Netflix for 1/1000 of the shows. Game of Thrones or not.

Are you or do you still have to pay for Hulu / Netflix and Amazon Prime with Kodi installed ? I see apps like Aptoide / Mobdro where you suppose to be able to get the same thing as Netflix and so on .

[Gman]

I have a couple of the newer Roku variants, the Nvidia Shield is excellent as well, but costs more.  It does 4k, Plex, etc all better than any other device.

Amazon Prime was only recently launched/available in Canada, Hulu still isn't, however there are work arounds for Hulu, but it's a PITA - I have a US account set up with my US address and buy Hulu gift cards from a US source, as Hulu rejects Canadian credit card #s.  You also have to use a VPN with a US IP to watch Hulu even on a US account while in Canada.  Same thing with SlingTV, although there are other payment options there than gift cards for now.  I use a VPN for Netflix to open up regions other than Canada, as the Canadian Netflix catalogue isn't as good as many others.  Between subs for Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, Sling, CraveTV (for HBO content here in Canada), we cut our cable/tv bill by 50% and increased the amount of decent TV by a huge factor.  Sling TV truly gives you all the "network" stuff you will ever need for a fraction of what the cable companies charge.  I'll probably drop Hulu as the cost due to not being in the US is higher, plus I can watch every show but 2 owned/created by Hulu on another platform, so it makes it pretty much a redundant service for me.

Bandwidth as stated earlier is an issue, we have a 250 cable and a 260 fiber connection, one has a 1.2tb limit, the other has no limit.  Watching 4k streaming it doesn't take long with a few TVs in a home to bust even a large data cap.

[Flench]

Gman , what VPN do you use . Looking and reading about that now .

EDIT: Running a VPN from what I am reading would be a wize thing to do anyway . Prices on service seem to jump all over the place though .

[Mister Fork]

I use Turbo Beacon VPN in Canada. I do the same for Hulu in Canada like GMAN -  PITFA but lots of good shows. So now I get the best of both worlds - good content for US Netflix and access to Canadians netflix which also has shows the US does not - i.e. The 100 and iZombie. Not sure why Hulu let the CW drop...

[Skuzzy]

Netflix has both "The 100" and "iZombie", although they cannot release them until the end of those seasons.  You can also get them free from "the CW" streaming channel, but "the CW" only keep the last four or five episodes of each of their shows online, so you have to stay current if you want to watch them there.

[Meatwad]

On Roku you can go online and search for hidden Roku channels you can add in manually too

[Flench]

Thanks a bunch guys

[Brooke]

We do just what Skuzzy does:  Roku to control everything, then subscription to Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Hulu.

We also got Starz, initially only to watch Ash vs. Evil Dead with Bruce Campbell in it (which is the awesome), and found that Starz has a good amount of interesting series on it, so we are keeping it.

We will probably let Hulu go -- we don't end up using that much -- and get Playstation Vue (a competitor to Sling, Hulu, etc.), which is available on the Roku.

[Nefarious]

Wish I could quit the Dish Network... Wife watches 90% of the TV in the house. Everything I like to watch could be had over digital antenna, no real need for DVR.

However, wife records everything, on pretty much every channel. Not sure how she even watches it all.

Of course, our biggest issue is West Virginia internet. We can only stream 1 thing at a time, it makes internet browsing at the same time tough, let alone AH.

[Flench]

So should I go with an Roku box or and Android box ? I am use to the Android systems but on a phone . Should be just like the box though .