Here's what Comcast and Verizon are doing to Netflix streaming- and this is a big deal

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90. Plex

I use the free version of Plex Media Server.

https://plex.tv/

You download it to your computer which has to be on-line to watch the channels available which then connects to your Roku.

https://www.roku.com/channels/#!details/13535/plex

The bad thing is that your computer must be on to watch Plex channels, but mine usually is anyway and I would rather watch my TV than my computer screen. I mostly use the YouTube channel. Whenever I see something from YouTube in DU or at that site I just click on the "watch later" button on the YouTube video, it looks like a clock.

When you add YouTube to your Plex channels you will then have to sign into that channel with your YouTube name and password so that you can access your "watch list".

There is also CBS/NBC/Daily Show/Colbert channels which have the current shows for free on-demand the same as if you go to those channels on-line to watch the latest episode. I like to watch "The Big Bang Theory" and I can keep up on that show without commercials. I don't know how long CBS/ NBC will let that go on. The NBC channel isn't allowing access today. I don't know if that is a "Comcast" thing or just a "today it's not working" thing.

There are other things you can do like access your itunes and a lot of the channels are already on Roku.

Sometimes there are issues like today some of the channels are not working right although YouTube has been fine, that is not to say that all YouTube videos will play, most do, but sometimes one doesn't play. It doesn't bother me because I usually have 50 things on my playlist. You have to delete the videos on your watch list that you have watched from YouTube, you can't do it from Plex.

Security is a big thing with people and I don't know all the possible issues with Plex.