On Monday, February 22, 2021 at 8:07:05 AM UTC-10, wrote:
> On Monday, February 22, 2021 at 10:13:08 AM UTC-6, dsi1 wrote:
> >
> > I picked up a Roku Premiere package at a hardware store. What an odd place to buy a streaming device. It was 25 bucks. That was a pretty good deal.. It works great on my dumb TV.
> >
> I got the Roku Streaming+ stick yesterday at Lowe's and used my brother's
> military discount. It was $49.99 and his discount dropped it to $49.15 after
> taxes. But I agree, the hardware store is a strange place to pick up these things.
That military discount ain't what it used to be! The thing about the Roku products is that it's unclear what the differences are between them. The hardware store was selling two Roku products. One for $35 and the other for $25. I couldn't figure out the differences so I brought the $25 product. It works a lot better/faster than the Amazon Fire Stick that it replaced.

On Monday, February 22, 2021 at 12:19:37 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:
>
> On Mon, 22 Feb 2021 10:07:01 -0800 (PST), "
> > wrote:
>
> >I got the Roku Streaming+ stick yesterday at Lowe's and used my brother's
> >military discount. It was $49.99 and his discount dropped it to $49.15 after
> >taxes. But I agree, the hardware store is a strange place to pick up these things.
>
> That's the stingiest discount evva!
>
All they offer is 10%, that's all that Home Depot offers. And no, it's not fabulous
but I look at it as they could offer nothing so I'll take the 10%.

On Mon, 22 Feb 2021 10:42:15 -0800 (PST), "
> wrote:

>On Monday, February 22, 2021 at 12:19:37 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, 22 Feb 2021 10:07:01 -0800 (PST), "
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >I got the Roku Streaming+ stick yesterday at Lowe's and used my brother's
>> >military discount. It was $49.99 and his discount dropped it to $49.15 after
>> >taxes. But I agree, the hardware store is a strange place to pick up these things.
>>
>> That's the stingiest discount evva!
>>
>All they offer is 10%, that's all that Home Depot offers. And no, it's not fabulous
>but I look at it as they could offer nothing so I'll take the 10%.

From 49.99 to 49.15 isn't a 10% discount, of course. Must have
something to do with the taxes. Taxes? Marxism!

On Monday, February 22, 2021 at 12:53:41 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:
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> On Mon, 22 Feb 2021 10:42:15 -0800 (PST), "
> > wrote:
>
> >All they offer is 10%, that's all that Home Depot offers. And no, it's not fabulous
> >but I look at it as they could offer nothing so I'll take the 10%.
>
> From 49.99 to 49.15 isn't a 10% discount, of course. Must have
> something to do with the taxes. Taxes? Marxism!
>
Yes, taxes were added then the discount or the discount then taxes.
I'd have to go look at the receipt but the total was $49.15. That's
better than no discount.

On Mon, 22 Feb 2021 11:30:56 -0800 (PST), "
> wrote:

>On Monday, February 22, 2021 at 12:53:41 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, 22 Feb 2021 10:42:15 -0800 (PST), "
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >All they offer is 10%, that's all that Home Depot offers. And no, it's not fabulous
>> >but I look at it as they could offer nothing so I'll take the 10%.
>>
>> From 49.99 to 49.15 isn't a 10% discount, of course. Must have
>> something to do with the taxes. Taxes? Marxism!
>>
>Yes, taxes were added then the discount or the discount then taxes.
>I'd have to go look at the receipt but the total was $49.15. That's
>better than no discount.

Yes, 10% is worth it.

Gary wrote:

> On 2/20/2021 8:42 PM, wrote:
> > On Saturday, February 20, 2021 at 5:48:49 PM UTC-6, dsi1 wrote:
> > >
> > > On Saturday, February 20, 2021 at 12:33:24 PM UTC-10,
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Ok, I've finally taken the plunge and am going to ditch DirecTV.
> > > > My Sling TV AirTV Anywhere box and indoor antenna are scheduled
> > > > to arrive Tuesday by UPS. of $1027.92. I'll take that!
> > > >
> > > The indoor antenna sounds iffy. I can't get any digital broadcast
> > > channels with an antenna. You'd think that broadcasting would be
> > > simple on a rock but it's not. I get a bit goose egg with
> > > antennas. It was a big relief to cut the cord for TV. OTOH, I'm
> > > still connected to Spectrum internet service. There's no local
> > > service or national network services. I miss the old network
> > > stream but the kids these days don't give a hoot about that. What
> > > this tells me is that traditional cable service will be a thing
> > > of the past.
> > >
> > Well, I guess I will find out this week if that indoor antenna does
> > what it's supposed to do. I'm wondering if a roof antenna uses the
> > same cable that the satellite dish sitting up there uses?? It
> > would be nice IF I have to opt for a roof antenna that I could
> > ditch that big saucer and plunk the antenna there using the same
> > cable and not have to run any new wires. But hopefully, that
> > indoor gizmo will do it's job.
> >
>
> So you're talking about local broadcast channels only?
> I'd like to hear back from you when you get this setup and hear how
> you like it too.
>
> How many channels do you get and how is the reception?
>
> C-shenk bought one a couple of years ago. I wonder how her's works.

I have one for emergencies. I get 5 channels in the non-optimal room,
and 15 in the optimal room. It's the super cheap version that you tape
inside to a window.

If I were to convert to something like that for all our TV, I would get
the real antenna version for about 75-100$ (depends on unit) and would
possibly get 55-60 channels but some not clear?