[pgkdan]

Netflix is just one streaming option. There are more channels than Netflix on Roku. For example, The Blaze is available on Roku.

I hate to put my ignorance on dispolay for all the world to see but here goes...what's Roku? I subscribe to Netflix directly.

[Sans-Culotte]

I hate to put my ignorance on dispolay for all the world to see but here goes...what's Roku? I subscribe to Netflix directly.

Roku is a streaming device. It's a little box about the size of a hockey puck. It offers a variety of streaming channels, some free, some that require a subscription. It was probably the first streaming apparatus that brought streaming away from computers and laptops and brought it to TVs. Now streaming is built into many Blu-ray players, game systems and TVs. But Roku has the most choices, IMO.

[Sans-Culotte]

I should add that if you already subscribe to Netflix, you would simply link the Roku to your Netfix account (or Amazon, or whatever). I do most of my streaming via the Roku 2 XS. I stream amazon Prime, Netflix, Acorn TV (not the community organizers; they are a source of British TV shows and mysteries). I just started a trial of the Warner Archive streaming service.

Roku has more choices, and simply works better than my TV or Blu-ray players for streaming, has a better interface, etc.