Albert B.

I've been using Roku now for a month or two after cutting my Shaw direct pkg from $130.00 to $30.00/mo leaving me with literally nothing I care to watch but keeping my account active in case I'm forced back.
I received my Roku as a gift so no cash outlay from me.
Easy setup and almost instant access to what Roku has to offer. Sadly there's not much here (for free) once you've seen the odd movie you missed over the last 20 years. The channels I can bring into Roku that carry anything I would waste watching time on, all require additional subscriptions to view. In practice it will cost me every bit as much and in fact more to cut the cord and spread my money all over the place with multiple subscriptions to find watchable TV.
I have discovered that Roku offers nothing more than the $30.00 trash pkg I left at Shaw. If I want to watch current/relevant tv I must pay numerous subscriptions to numerous providers. You know, like cable but with more, smaller bills and more guides to search for watchable TV.
Roku does do what it says it will do, which is bring free stuff no one watches and the channels you pay for to one place so it can be browsed easier. That's it!
Can you find all the shows available from every provider? No.
Roku can only provide shows its licensed to provide. There's a lot missing but Roku is happy to constantly advertise what you don't get so you can subscribe to it.
If you are tired of paying cable/satellite subscriptions and willing to watch whatever happens to be on for free, Roku is not your worst choice. But neither is reducing your cable/satellite pkg or using any one of dozens of services just like Roku.
If you think you can have anything comparable to cable/sat pkgs at a savings, this road does not lead there.