i have a roku XS and could'nt be happier. over a year with no cable, and no worse for the wear. of course what would life be without the walking dead, breaking bad, top chef...etc...so we also use amazon instant video to buy those shows. the fall lineup is generally where most of the good shows are, and when we're watching 4-5 shows, it works out to about 40 bucks a month, plus 7.99 for netflix. but some months, especially over the summer, we only pay 7.99/mo for the netflix. we had been paying over 100 bucks a month for cable...all set.
im buying a TV in december, a panasonic ST60, which is a so called "smart tv"...which should run netflix, hulu...etc...all that crap. so the roku will be relegated to the bedroom. i also have a bluray player that is netflix capable, which will fall by the wayside on november 15th when i pick up my PS4. the setup on the roku could not possibly be any easier. you plug it in to the ethernet and it does the rest. you get an online roku account where you can add channels to your roku player...there are even hidden channels with some really cool content that not many people know about. there used to be an HGTV stream on a hidden channel, of course it got cancelled, but still, it was a good few months of free HGTV. that's one channel you wont find free streaming anywhere. anyway...good luck.
im buying a TV in december, a panasonic ST60, which is a so called "smart tv"...which should run netflix, hulu...etc...all that crap. so the roku will be relegated to the bedroom. i also have a bluray player that is netflix capable, which will fall by the wayside on november 15th when i pick up my PS4. the setup on the roku could not possibly be any easier. you plug it in to the ethernet and it does the rest. you get an online roku account where you can add channels to your roku player...there are even hidden channels with some really cool content that not many people know about. there used to be an HGTV stream on a hidden channel, of course it got cancelled, but still, it was a good few months of free HGTV. that's one channel you wont find free streaming anywhere. anyway...good luck.