The Bees do not get any television channels at our new house, and we did not want to pay for cable.
After doing some research we decided on a streaming player called Roku.
If you are not familiar with Roku it allows you to watch shows on your television via the internet. We have had this now for about a month and we like it. The only requirement for this to work is high speed internet and a router. Then you just pick and choose the shows from the different channels that you want to watch. The channels on the Roku itself are not necessarily mainstream channels. Some of them, like Netflix, require a subscription. We added a channel called PlayOn and this gives us access to all of the major networks as well as some cable channels like the History Channel, GAC, HGTV, etc. You cannot watch shows live as they air but you can access them the following day. If you are like us and do not schedule your lives around TV shows, PlayOn would be ideal for you. We paid a small extra amount and have the ability to download shows to our computer so we don't have to tolerate streaming interruptions.
The Roku and PlayOn are one time fees that amount to approximately $130. We will never have to pay another penny for either one of those services. The only monthly fee that we now pay is for subscriptions such as Amazon Prime which is a yearly cost of $80. That means that we now pay about $7.00 a month for TV!!! So, if you live in a rural area and can't seem to pick up any tv stations and do not want to pay the price of cable the Bees would recommend Roku.
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