# Roku Frenzy **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 12, 2020, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roku-frenzy/915129 "2020-07-12T17:05:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2020, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roku-frenzy/915129/1 "2020-07-12T17:05:24Z")
We just got ourselves a Roku television, and I am scanning through all Roku internet channels(or at least I am attempting to-I am up to channel number 725 at this point), and finding some weird shit. Did you know they have five different channels dedicated to that _Gilligan’s Island_ ripoff _Dusty’s Trail_? But I am also finding some b-movie gems like B-Movie TV and American Horrors, dozens of great retro tv channels, news feeds from around the world, documentary channels and so much more. So, what have you found of note(good or bad) on Roku? ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2020, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roku-frenzy/915129/2 "2020-07-12T18:41:21Z")
I’m not sure if they draw from the same service, but my new Samsung TV came with a bunch of pre-loaded free channels. The ones that caught my interest is an all 007 channel and one that shows non-stop Riff Trax. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roku-frenzy/915129/3 "2020-07-13T17:13:33Z")
It’s kind of fun to watch the local news channels from all the places I’ve ever lived or visited. ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roku-frenzy/915129/4 "2020-07-13T20:16:46Z")
I found an all-_Leave It to Beaver_ channel and binged on that for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roku-frenzy/915129/5 "2020-07-13T20:23:33Z")
Some of my go-tos are Tubi, Pluto TV, popcorn flix, Mutant Society, Midnight Pulp, Shout TV and all the Filmrise channels. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roku-frenzy/915129/6 "2020-07-14T17:12:18Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Some of my go-tos are Tubi, Pluto TV, popcorn flix Sorry if this is off-topic, but do these channels have commercials on Roku? I can get all of them online for free, but they have commercials. I don’t have a Roku, but I do get the Roku channel commercial-free (most times) if I log in to an account. If getting an actual Roku would take away the commercials, it might be worth consideration. Some other free channels that are similar are Crackle, IMDb TV, CW and CWSeed. I would assume all those are free on Roku since they’re free on the web. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roku-frenzy/915129/7 "2020-07-14T18:25:54Z")
PlutoTV, Tubi, and IMDB, and Crackle have commercials on Roku. Not a lot of commercials, but some. Generally if you aren’t paying for a service you will get commercials, something has to pay for their content and bandwidth. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roku-frenzy/915129/8 "2020-07-14T19:05:14Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > PlutoTV, Tubi, and IMDB, and Crackle have commercials on Roku. Thanks! That helps. I’m able to get Crackle commercial free sometimes through the website, so I’ll pass on getting a Roku for now. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roku-frenzy/915129/9 "2022-01-30T02:31:19Z")
Roku recently added channel 457 for classic episodes of “This Old House” and “Ask This Old House”. Rather amusing to see Bob Vila working with an AT&T rep to figure out where to put the (not cordless) telephones.