now this is kind of cool-PLUTO TV

[YJ02]

totally free
I have found no "hook" yet

live tv and on demand movies and tv

on roku and other services

nothing premium mind you-but a lot of 'cant find anything else to do on this rainy/snowy day, kind of stuff

a lot of 'trash channels' like wrestling, a lot of sports- i dont watch sports

a bunch of news channels--to include the onion!!-- sky news, nbc, others

some science channels, like NASA ,etc

some sci fi and classic horror channels

and a bunch of music channels (not MTV!!)

i figured there would be some catch, but no, its free, and their guide is awesome! i wish hulu, netflix, psvue, etc ALL had guides this simple and informative at the same time

sorry, US only

http://pluto.tv/

 

[Overmind One]

totally free
I have found no "hook" yet

live tv and on demand movies and tv

on roku and other services

nothing premium mind you-but a lot of 'cant find anything else to do on this rainy/snowy day, kind of stuff

a lot of 'trash channels' like wrestling, a lot of sports- i dont watch sports

a bunch of news channels--to include the onion!!-- sky news, nbc, others

some science channels, like NASA ,etc

some sci fi and classic horror channels

and a bunch of music channels (not MTV!!)

i figured there would be some catch, but no, its free, and their guide is awesome! i wish hulu, netflix, psvue, etc ALL had guides this simple and informative at the same time

sorry, US only

http://pluto.tv/

I like it! It's worthy of a place in my free streaming sites bookmarks folder. I just do not see a need to up my costs for streaming. I settled on Amazon Prime as my keeper, and dumped Hulu after my trial was up. I may take my next 30-day Netflix trial eventually, but I am not staying with them.

 

[YJ02]

how do you think it IS being paid for?

granted, i haven't watched that much of it yet, but i have not yet seen one commercial.....

also like the eccentricity of it

some standard channels. like news and entertainment, then stuff like IGN and NASA and the 'chill out' channel. i was watching that yesterday, it was uniterrupted by commercial or dialog-visuals and geographic relative music

the session i watched was on the himalayan cultures and music from that region

i think -that channel at least- is also broadcast in 4K?

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all of this streaming stuff is moving fast!

i dont see how any traditional--whatever that means now-- cable or sat services can stay in competition for much longer
maybe with elderly who dont what change,etc....

i wonder just how much ROKU getting an IPO has increased their capacity? that is , more higher quality streamers for free or cheap?

i occasionally browse the "latest channel" spot on roku home page. usually, it is just some bogus game or screensaver stuff or some expensive niche old movie site

since the IPO, they have really added some good stuff. even more korean channels for my wife

they even have a 'roku channel' with rotating newer movies on it, for free

hmmm, how long before roku starts making their own content? of course, that could go badly (ex: so much of netflix's originals)

 

[YJ02]

ps-- i am sure that stuff like apple tv etc is also going as good as ROKU? i would think so...of course i am partial to roku since i have had it for so long

before it was a useful 'also have'. now it is the main source