Can Roku replace Spectrum cable box

Roku is a device that you just will plug into your current tv that provides you access to apps like Netflix, Hulu, and also the Spectrum app. You can purchase a Roku device locally at Walmart or Meijer; they run anyplace from $30-$70. For most of you, the $30 model will fill your requirements. 

They also make Roku Televisions.

If you are lucky enough to own one of these, you can download the app now. The Spectrum app is also provided on Xbox One or any newer Samsung television.

When you set up your Roku device, the Spectrum app is usually one of the default apps it downloads. If you don’t see it, you can also download it for free from the Roku app store. Then, all you need to do is start the app, and log in using your Charter Spectrum online credentials. After that, you may have access to any or all of the channels that you just subscribe to, without a cable box.

Charter provides you the app without any cost, on as many Roku devices that you own, as long as you have one paid cable box in your house. This works nicely for the rooms that you require TV only when you have guests. It beats paying $6 a month for a box that only gets used once or twice a year.

The Spectrum channel on Roku basically streams your entire cable package live, together with premium channels, local broadcast channels and even On Demand channels. How to fix Spectrum outage map and Spectrum pay bill online issues.

Here are a few things you should know.

If you have got Spectrum cable and web, you’re good to go. If you have got Spectrum cable but get your net from another provider, there’s still a solution: Spectrum will give you — free of cost — a special modem that will let you stream the Spectrum channel to your TV. The modem doesn’t work for net service, only for streaming Spectrum to your extra Television. You still obviously require that Spectrum cable account, though.

The Roku and the Streaming Stick — need to use 2 remotes, because the Streaming Stick remote doesn’t turn the TV off or on, and wouldn’t adjust the volume.

When you first started using the Roku to stream the Spectrum channel, it started having a lot of internet outages. Everything was OK on the Spectrum end, but it turns out your router and modems were old and couldn’t handle the extra work.Simply, You just upgrade both of your modem and router.