Let's Trade!

So I've got my Roku, and I'm LOVIN' it!

Soon, I'll be canceling my DirecTV subscription...once I buy an antenna or converter box, or whatever I'll need so that I can still get Broadcast channels.

The one thing that I still can't figure out, and gosh...I sure hope that someone out there in Cyberspace knows...is how to get CNN. I miss CNN. It's the ONLY station I really care about.

I haven't had CNN in over 2 years because it doesn't come on the "Basic" package that DirecTV offers. In order to get CNN I'd have to upgrade my package to the one that's $59.99/mo. No can do!

What I really find ridiculous is that I have all these other channels that I NEVER watch...but don't have CNN. Heck, I'd trade TWENTY of those channels just to have CNN. Man, I sure wish it worked that way.

So...although I'm happy with my new setup...I'd be happy as a lark if I could ever figure out how to get CNN

.

You can probably guess what tonight's question will be...

Let the DIALOGUE begin: Do YOU know how I can get CNN without having cable?

Talk to me!

Til next time...

Miss Independent

Ya know...it's kinda interesting, the things that you learn when you actually have lunch with your co-workers versus eating in your car and listening to talk-radio.

Today I did just that.

And in dining with them we somehow got on the subject of television and how old my set is, blah blah blah. Then we talked about streaming movies and I mentioned how I had recently tried to do that through my Wii, as I had once done before but for some reason, now it won't work.

We tossed around what some of the problems could be and eventually someone suggested that I get a Roku.

A who ku???

A Roku.

I wasn't sure if such a new-fangled device would work on my 10 year old television set but said I'd look into it.

So I check with my cousin who's into all this Roku stuff and he told me which one to get that would work on my set.

Right after work I headed over to my local Best Buy and whammo bammo...I picked one up.

Now that was the easy part. The tougher task was actually setting it up, which for my non-techy self was gonna be quite the feat.

But I was up for the challenge, so I took it out of the box, read the instructions, and about 30 minutes later, I was in business!

Go ME!!!

And I am sooo excited.

More than anything, I am excited about the fact that I can stream whenever and whatever I want to on MY OWN account.

I've recently had two friends offer to add me as a user on their Netflix account. And I greatly appreciated those offers. I was actually *this close* to doing just that. But I knew that I didn't wanna watch Netflix on my small computer screen so I had to find a way to stream it to my television. And since I wasn't able to do that, I never added myself to either of their accounts.

But I think that was actually for the best. Although both of these folks are really good friends, I would've felt a level of dependency on them, or would've wanted to contribute to the payment of their account...or something.

Or what if things went sour down the road, and the streaming service that I would come to enjoy would come to a halt by a mere password change. Who knows? Anything can happen.

So by being forced to get my own device and stream from my own Netflix account, it has created a level of INDEPENDENCE that I know I need. And THAT'S a good thing. So all in all...it worked out perfectly.

Well that's all for now...I gotta a movie to go watch...or SOMETHING! But before I go...

Let the DIALOGUE begin: Do you use any streaming devices or services? If so, which one?

Talk to me!

Til next time...

Just Push Play...maybe

I was on my way to bed and realized that I had forgotten something VERY important. So here it is...today's post, short and simple.

Have you ever fixed your mouth for something...thought about it ALL day...couldn't wait to get home to eat it, only to find that somebody else got to it first?

Well...that's NOT my story (today), but...I DID record one of the VERY FEW television shows that I like and could hardly wait to get home to watch it. Got home, pulled up the recording, pushed play, and all I got was the show that was CURRENTLY airing. What the...?!? CLEARLY there was an issue, so I reset the DVR and thought I'd try again. It went from bad to worse...NOW the recording is gone COMPLETELY. I called my provider and they were of absolutely NO help. And I can't watch it online because I don't have that kind of internet. Urgh...and DOUBLE Urgh.

Oh well...there are greater issues in life, right?

Let the DIALOGUE begin: What's your favorite, "can't miss" televisi

on show?

Talk to me!

Til next time...