[virgil283]

"free content ...like Conde Nast, Nat Geo, Discovery Channel / History, H2"

Like what content, some selected shows or what. I've been told it's different from what's shown on cable.

[Karl Spooner]

Yes, mostly selected shows and achieves on those channels. They aren’t LIVE on cable either. Still very interesting. I thought I was going to miss Gold Rush when I switched to Roku. All you have to do is wait an hour or so and somebody puts it up on Youtube anyways.

[Company Man]

Take Smithsonian Channel for instance. The Roku channel will have a hundred or more clips ranging from 5-20 minutes in length. These clips are typically updated daily. The Fox News Roku channel updates multiple times daily. History Channel and H2 offer a mix of complete episodes and web-exclusive content.

I could never afford to subscribe to the cable tier which provides H2 (Ancient Aliens / Curse of Oak Island / American Restoration etc.), but Roku gives me essentially the same thing free. Maybe not every episode, but enough to be happy, given the (no) cost.