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Hi there...

I am really interested in buying the Roku 3. being a sports fanatic that's my main reason to buy.
but i have been reading up and i became aware that all sports channels are paid for. Are there any free or what is the work around this? im mainly looking to all our local and national sports and all football.

I want to get complete clarity on this before i go for it?

regards,
 
/\/\arks said:
Hi there...

I am really interested in buying the Roku 3. being a sports fanatic that's my main reason to buy.
but i have been reading up and i became aware that all sports channels are paid for. Are there any free or what is the work around this? im mainly looking to all our local and national sports and all football.

I want to get complete clarity on this before i go for it?

regards,
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Pay for your content
 
I know that but its pointless having to pay dstv and paying for all the sport subscriptions I want...

is there decent free sport?
 
/\/\arks said:
I know that but its pointless having to pay dstv and paying for all the sport subscriptions I want...

is there decent free sport?
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There is free sport. It is not premium sport. You need to pay for that.
 
JStrike said:
Where do you see the world cup for free?
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The UK have laws that certain sporting events have to be shown on FTA and not just on subscriber services. Things like Wimbledon, FA Cup final, Grand National etc. I'm pretty sure that's why the WC is on BBC and ITV and not just on Sky which is of course paid for.
 
JStrike said:
That is paid for by tv licences to the BBC. It is not free. I assume you have paid your BBC licence fee?
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Lol. You are talking about the BBC. Those links also include ITV amongst others which is completely totally and utterly FTA.

But hey, my Mum has a BBC license which allows up to 4 tv's. She has one. I can sleep at night.
 
Spizz said:
Lol. You are talking about the BBC. Those links also include ITV amongst others which is completely totally and utterly FTA.

But hey, my Mum has a BBC license which allows up to 4 tv's. She has one. I can sleep at night.
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I'm pretty sure there's no limit to the number of devices per household.
 
bwana said:
I'm pretty sure there's no limit to the number of devices per household.
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Maybe, I thought they had a limit, but maybe that's here rather. I've given the BBC enough over the years to not feel bad about using them to watch the odd football or rugby match.

Grief, I even pay the license here and I don't have any way to receive our glorious national broadcaster.
 
The unotelly deal is a great solution for Worldcup, no need to pay NoChoice R700 for the coming month
 
/\/\arks said:
Hi there...

I am really interested in buying the Roku 3. being a sports fanatic that's my main reason to buy.
but i have been reading up and i became aware that all sports channels are paid for. Are there any free or what is the work around this? im mainly looking to all our local and national sports and all football.

I want to get complete clarity on this before i go for it?

regards,
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The roku is a device that facilitates streaming. There is no monthly cost associated with it. The monthly costs you would pay for are for Netflix, or any channel that asks for subscription fee for their content. The sports channels you're interested in will incur a monthly fee. You won't get past that and/or if you do get a free channel, it's usually delayed or crap quality. ie. you get what you pay for.

just pay for your content. ditch dstv entirely. a 2mb line with unotelly and netflix subscription (for example) costs the same as dstv premium. Added to that that you can use XMBC/MediaBrowser3 etc with Roku (which I do, and then download tv as I need it), it's an awesome device.

I haven't watched normal TV in over a year now.
 
envo said:
The roku is a device that facilitates streaming. There is no monthly cost associated with it. The monthly costs you would pay for are for Netflix, or any channel that asks for subscription fee for their content. The sports channels you're interested in will incur a monthly fee. You won't get past that and/or if you do get a free channel, it's usually delayed or crap quality. ie. you get what you pay for.

just pay for your content. ditch dstv entirely. a 2mb line with unotelly and netflix subscription (for example) costs the same as dstv premium. Added to that that you can use XMBC/MediaBrowser3 etc with Roku (which I do, and then download tv as I need it), it's an awesome device.

I haven't watched normal TV in over a year now.
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How do you use XBMC with roku? I though you could only use plex and that XBMC wasn't supported?
 
Spizz said:
Lol. You are talking about the BBC. Those links also include ITV amongst others which is completely totally and utterly FTA.

But hey, my Mum has a BBC license which allows up to 4 tv's. She has one. I can sleep at night.
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fair enough :)
 
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