If only income would increase with the same alacrity as the
Comcast rate increases. Every year you
pay more and more for Television and Internet.
It seems impossible to cut your bills without losing some service. I have tried a variety of high definition
antennas to no avail. I was able to use
an antenna for one TV at my last house but I am now in a DEAD area for over the
air digital reception. What to do, what
to do?
There is a way to cut your Comcast bill and that is to get
rid of some of your Comcast hardware.
Those little boxes that you pay a monthly fee for the use privilege. Ditch 3 or 4 of those and you can get an
immediate drop in your cable bill. You still
need something to replace the boxes you pulled out. ROKU can replace those boxes. Comcast Xfinity has a free (for now anyway)
application that your can download to the ROKU menu that allows the ROKU to work
as a Comcast box. It is a bit cumbersome. For some reason that I have not found yet, turning
off the TV frequently puts the ROKU box back to either a screen saver or the
main menu. If this occurs you simply
need to go to the Xfinity icon in the ROKU menu and load the application. ROKU offers NO SUPPORT for the Express or
the older model 3 so I have not been able to find a solution for this. Note that is NO SUPPORT not just on the
Xfinity application but just flat out NO SUPPORT.
Bottom line the ROKU works with the Xfinity
application. That allows the return of
some Comcast boxes to lower your bill.
It is not an elegant solution as the Xfinity interface is cludgy and
ROKU seems to have time out issues. If
you're handy with gadgets this will be a good solution for you.
I was going to put an Amazon link here so if you do buy your
ROKU there I would get a minuscule commission.
However due to the TOTAL LACK OF SUPPORT besides website FAQ’s by ROKU,
I can’t in good conscience earn a commission however small on a product that
has lousy support. So again if you have
some minor technical expertise, this is not hard to setup to make work. If you aren’t that comfortable, technically,
don’t cut the cord.
If reviewing a product, it may have been received free of charge. That will NEVER have a bearing on my recommendations.
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