Anyone who uses a Roku box to stream Netflix can watch the final Countdown w/KO.

[elocs]

Many only use their Roku box to stream Netflix, but there are also lots of free channels.

Instead of selecting Netflix from your choices on the tv screen, click on the Channel Store and scroll down to News & Podcasts. There, choose to add the Roku Newscaster.

Once that is added to your channel lineup scroll over and select it, then choose NBC (there is also CNN, ABC, CBS, NASA, Cnet, Current TV, ESPN, FOX, C-SPAN, NPR, PRI, and the BBC). From the NBC lineup simply choose Countdown w/Keith Olbermann and Friday's show will be there, but I don't know for how long. No commercials though.

You can also watch Rachel there, but if you pick C-SPAN you can see Obama's last weekly address: "We Can Out-Compete Any Other Nation".

[mdmc]

1. I have a netflix account

but don't know what a roku box is.

kicking for info..

[mdmc]

2. i use my wii to watch shows on tv..

[elocs]

6. The Roku box is probably the main way that people stream Netflix to their tvs.

http://www.roku.com/roku-products

Once you buy the box there are no other monthly fees for it, but certain channels do charge a subscription, but many if not most are free. You can use it even if you do not subscribe to Netflix and even without Netflix you could use it to rent or buy movies from Amazon.

There is a lot of news and commentary you can find with the Roku box which is nice because I do not have cable or satellite and I can watch on my big tv while I surf the net.

[GoCubsGo]

3. You can also watch it here...

http://msnbcpod.vo.llnwd.net/pb/e1/video/podcast/pdv_countdown_netcast_m4v-01-21-2011-194541.m4v?llnw_original_url=http%3A%2F%2Fmsnbcpod.rd.llnwd.net%2Fe1%2Fvideo%2Fpodcast%2Fpdv_countdown_netcast_m4v-01-21-2011-194541.m4v

Or, download the podcast from iTunes (free).

[elocs]

4. But with the Roku box I can easily watch it on my 50' plasma tv.

That's the point of the Roku box, to be able to watch online streaming video on your main tv in your living room.

[GoCubsGo]

12. That's nice, but...

A lot of us don't have a Roku box or Netflix, and would still like to see it.

[elocs]

13. That's why I said in my subject title: :Anyone who uses a Roku box ..."

Many who use the Roku box do not know all of what is available to them to watch on their tvs.

[elocs]

14. Gee, nobody commented about my 50' plasma tv.

It was hell to get it to fit in my living room.

[TicketyBoo]

5. I was subscribed

to the podcast, so I already have it on my hard drive.

[Eric_323]

7. I recently got a Roku and really enjoy it

I mainly use it for watching Livestation through cdntwo. Livestation carries live streams of news channels Al Jazeera English, BBC, RT, and Euronews. In order to access it you have to sign up for a free account at cdntwo and then add it.

[Dappleganger]

8. Thank you!!

We just got a Roku box for xmas on an excellent Amazon sale (to stream Netflix) so I'll be sure and add that channel.

[elocs]

9. Check out our DU Netflix Streaming Videos & DVDs group for more infor on Roku

and Netflix streaming videos: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=441

[Dappleganger]

10. It finally opened up...

someone notified me what they were asking about the group, happy to see it happened.

Right now I'm watching Leo Laporte on Twit--he always puts me into a great mood.

[elocs]

11. His was one of the 1st channels I added to my Roku box way back when.

There are a lot of channels at the Channel Store as well as private ones you can get when you enter the code at your Roku site when you register your box.