Day 6: #25DaysOfGiveaways – Win a Roku!

by Antonio Wells Dec 6, 2012 8:35 AM – 70 Comments

Carl Bondietti – Winner of Roku HD from #25DaysOfGiveaways 2012

Day 6 in our #25DaysOfGiveaways we’re helping some lucky person cut the cord and giving away a Roku HD streaming media player. I personally use these in my household and have been a cord cutter for about three years now. This tiny device allows you to stream movies & TV shows in HD from Netflix, Hulu Plus, Amazon Video, Crackle, Vudu Movies, HBO GO, plus it has more than 600 channels like these you can add. Did you know you can even control this with an app and speak to change channels? Win this awesome stocking stuffer by telling us in the comments below about your cable TV provider’s service! Is it too high, great service or are to a cable cutter too? Stay tuned for tomorrow’s giveaway as we go four “Olah!” and don’t forget to enter to win either iPad Mini or Nexus 7!

Roku HD

Check out the past giveaways & winners

Day 5 we gave away the Gametel Bluetooth smartphone gaming controller, RingO car/wall mount, and $15 Google Play gift card for telling us the cool tech gadget you hope to receive this year.

Day 4 was retro day as we gave away an 8-bitty game controller, iSkin case for SGS3, and $20 bucks to shop our store for telling us about your 1st video game.

Day 3 $25 Google Play gift card for telling us about your carrier’s service.

Day 2 $15 Google Play gift card for coolest homescreen on Instagram.

Day 1 $15 free app shopping on AndroidTapp Store.

Special thanks to Gametel for the controller and RingO system!

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70 Comments

By Robert on December 6, 2012 at 8:39 am:

ATT Uverse. I like the service but know people that have many issues with their customer service.

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- By Travis Zepp on December 6, 2012 at 12:21 pm:
  
  I believe Central Valley Cable is part of Comcast.
  CONSTANT audio dropouts!
  lots of “this channel will be available shortly” showing for HOURS!
  Missed recordings because of the above!
  NO HD for local channels
  It’s really crap!
  
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By Daniel Geerts on December 6, 2012 at 8:42 am:

Comcast sucks…working to build my own HTPC and cut out my cable TV service for good. The only plus to Comcast is their internet, it’s amazing.

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By Simone on December 6, 2012 at 8:43 am:

I cut the ‘cord’ when I cancelled my Direct TV service years ago, tired of them raising the price 10% every year – wasted so much money to just watch G4TV (when it wasn’t stormy out). Cable has been cut for over a decade – Comcast is an evil company… Would love to have a Roku to supplement my media center pc and XBOX 360 for entertainment.

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By Rob on December 6, 2012 at 8:44 am:

We have been trying to cut out our cable for a few years now, First with a Logitech Revue with Google TV and now I have converted an old PC into an XBMC player. Cables costs are just insane today. I cannot wait for 5 years from now when we can have a system that allows us to pay for what we watch rather than paying for 600 channels of nothing.

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By Jake S on December 6, 2012 at 8:44 am:

Hook me up! =)

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By Sleerts on December 6, 2012 at 8:46 am:

Comcast sucks at Cable TV service. In the process of building my own HTPC to cut the cord.

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By Jake S on December 6, 2012 at 8:46 am:

My cable TV provider (Time Warner) is pretty good. Video on Demand is spotty. Other than that my TV and Internet is top-notch. I still do a ton of online streaming with my HTPC, but I would love one of these Roku boxes to replace it.

Hook me up! =)

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By soul64 on December 6, 2012 at 8:48 am:

Time Warner. what do you want to hear? that if you get a breeze fast enough to fly a kite,your cables going out! or how if the work on your neighbors cable,your is goin go out,lol or the locked in prices that are not that locked in. I want to be a cable cutter.so help me please!!!

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By Thomas on December 6, 2012 at 8:52 am:

I have Time Warner cable, but only for internet. I don’t pay for TV or a land line. The actual service is great in my area. I get speeds faster than I know what to do with, and it is great for streaming Netflix to my HD TV. The only problem is that they started charging for “renting” their modems. That is a very annoying problem.

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By peejaybee on December 6, 2012 at 8:53 am:

My cable provider does a decent job, actually, but we get the barest minimum cable service and a huge honkin’ Internet connection from Comcast.

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By Marcerlo on December 6, 2012 at 8:56 am:

Comcast

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By John on December 6, 2012 at 8:58 am:

I use UVerse. I like it in general, but if they don’t get the WatchESPN app accessibility soon, I might go back to TWC.

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By Ben on December 6, 2012 at 9:01 am:

Recently switched from Comcast to Verizon FIOS. Comcast was good enough, but FIOS just screams for internet. I’m getting 75 megabit connections, the only problem the wireless in my house is only 10-15, so I’m having trouble getting all that bandwidth to the clients.

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By JPB on December 6, 2012 at 9:03 am:

Verizon Wireless works everywhere I want it to. Now if they would just let me use the unadulterated smartphone I want to use.

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By flyingbambaataa on December 6, 2012 at 9:04 am:

Dishnetwork, had it for a long time, like it but has come to a point of over priced junk TV.

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By JPB on December 6, 2012 at 9:05 am:

Whoops, I read the contest rules wrong…scratch that.

Verizon Fios provides my cable tv service. Actually, I have zero complaints. They are awesome. Their service is much, much better than Cablevision, which I had before. Even the remote control is faster.

If I’d change anything, I’d like to go ala carte and just get the channels I want please. But that isn’t happening with anyone’s cable service any time soon.

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By schoon on December 6, 2012 at 9:05 am:

After trying both of the big carriers in my area (Charlotte, NC) , AT&T Uverse and Time Warner Cable I decided to stick with Time Warner because their television service in my opinion is just better. They also offer the highest speeds possible with their Signature Home Service which gives me 50mbps down and 5mbps up which I routinely get in daily use. I also enjoy having a direct line where a real human picks up if I have a problem. I’m not saying that Time Warner is perfect but are the best available to me. I would love having the Roku for my upstairs television as I don’t have a cable box there.

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By Robert on December 6, 2012 at 9:09 am:

Was RCN in PA (great service, but a bit behind the times) now VZ FIOS in NJ; awesome service options, low pricing, and latest technology. Just amazing.

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By harold on December 6, 2012 at 9:16 am:

I cut the cord about a year ago and the service couldn’t be better. Between a solid antenna, Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime Instant, I forget that cable was ever a thing.

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By melinda g on December 6, 2012 at 9:16 am:

I would love to be a cord cutter. We have exactly one provider in my area. You get what you get, period.

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By juliegnh on December 6, 2012 at 9:22 am:

Directv for over 10 years. Would like to supplement with Roku box!

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- By juliegnh on December 6, 2012 at 1:31 pm:
  
  Also, service not bad, a few fried receivers and price increase every year, but it works….
  
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By Dan on December 6, 2012 at 9:23 am:

I use Cox Cable for my service provider. Pro’s are great service in my location, including availability, speed on the internets, rarely an outages. Con. price. they got me….

Best

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By JMS on December 6, 2012 at 9:30 am:

I cut the cable last year in favor of Roku and a bunch of rss-based torrents.

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- By Antonio Wells on December 6, 2012 at 9:41 am:
  
  @JMS question about your rss solution, do you set them to automatically download content?
  
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By Jason on December 6, 2012 at 9:33 am:

I am using Xfinity/Comcast and enjoy it very much. I have very little if any downtime and the price is actually very modest.

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By Ali Ataya on December 6, 2012 at 9:33 am:

Dish has fairly good service. Sometimes the connection goes out, but other than that the connection is fine

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By Django on December 6, 2012 at 9:58 am:

I’m a fresh (6 month) cable-cutter. So far, so good!

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By Todd on December 6, 2012 at 10:01 am:

comcast customer for years. takes care of the basic viewing. but I pay for too many channels I don’t ever watch and a few I want I can’t get with out adding more of what I don’t want. Been thinking about cutting the cord for a year. This might be the start I need.

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By mike on December 6, 2012 at 10:33 am:

I like my directv service, the hd dvr is slow but aren’t they all?

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By Larry Banamassa on December 6, 2012 at 10:35 am:

I have Cox cable, no premium channels cause they keep repeating the same movies over and over. Every year they raise their fees. At least 90% of the channels are never used, but I’m still forced to pay for them. CABLE SUCKS!

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By Louie on December 6, 2012 at 10:45 am:

DishNetwork its ok at times but satellite signal goes away every freaken hour.but you get wat you pay for right:/

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By Cactacae on December 6, 2012 at 10:46 am:

Simple, I don’t have cable TV service. Cut that cord two years ago. Use my Mohu Leaf, Netflix, and Hulu Plus instead.

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By JBu92 on December 6, 2012 at 11:04 am:

Currently a college student dorming it up, so don’t really have cable at the moment. It’d be great to upgrade my current media center to a Roku, though.

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By Steve on December 6, 2012 at 11:18 am:

I have FIOS, and since I’ve moved two months ago I’ve had to call at least once a week to get things working again. And instead of doing what worked every other time, I have to go through the entire program again. Just reset the damn battery and everything will be fine. Anyway, been thinking about cutting the cord, got an antenna on the way (I live in the country so lets hope it works) This would be a great help in getting it going

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By dmmacs on December 6, 2012 at 11:22 am:

DirecTv. No real complaints other than price. Been thinking of cutting the cord for a while and this would be just the right incentive.

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By Ravi on December 6, 2012 at 11:27 am:

No cable service. Only internet and netflix.

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By Dorian Booze on December 6, 2012 at 11:58 am:

lately Comcast sucks! outages, 2 wk time frames for service techs to come out. But it’s the lesser of 2 evils right now so….

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By the360king on December 6, 2012 at 1:00 pm:

I use Comcast and there are some cool things about it, but it is just too dang expensive. I’ve been considering getting a couple of Roku boxes and getting rid of Comcast.

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By roger on December 6, 2012 at 1:27 pm:

I have Insight Communications. Their prices are too high and not enough channels!

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By aviedo on December 6, 2012 at 1:39 pm:

Comcast supplied me with a modem/wireless router combo unit. They even installed it and set up the network but when I had problems where the router would not hold a connection I called them and they said they do not support wireless networks and tried to charge me 70.00 to trouble shoot the problem. I balked and after threatening to cancel my service they sent a tech out as it was their equipment that was faulty!
I cannot believe that a company does not support it’s own equipment. If they can’t support it then don’t install it!!!

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By Carl B on December 6, 2012 at 1:40 pm:

I have time Warner. Internet is awesome. I pay extra for turbo service. Tv on the other hand is alright. Sometimes it digitize and pixels. Need a cable cutter device. Save me 60.00 a month.

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- By Antonio Wells on December 7, 2012 at 6:48 pm:
  
  @Carl B check your email as your name was pulled out the bag as winner! (literally)
  
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By Grant on December 6, 2012 at 1:52 pm:

I’ve had nearly every cable provider. We lived in nyc for 10 years and then all you could get was time Warner, which, well, plain sucked. Then we got cablevision when we moved out and that was, and somehow, even worse. Now we’re on fios and it’s like a different dimension. Fast speeds, great picture, strong wifi, and easy controls. Plus, it’s $50 cheaper than the others ever were. Nonetheless I’ve been itching to cut the cord because we use like 5 channels, so a new roku would be the right incentive to get our next evolution of media underway.

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By bender23 on December 6, 2012 at 2:09 pm:

Time to cut my cable bill!

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By Ernie Manning on December 6, 2012 at 2:34 pm:

I have Knology cable service in my area. I was in one apartment for 5 years and then my apartment manager moved me to an adjacent unit as it was more updated and they wanted a chance to renew my unit. In this 5 year time frame I was on a certain plan each month, paying the same amount each time. When I switched I told Knology that I wanted the service EXACTLY as it was before. They switched the prices claiming that I had been on the wrong service plan. I told them it had been the same for 5 years and they basically stated that when I made the change the person put in the wrong package code so I had been incorrectly billed for 5 years!! I had to pay the new rate which was of course higher. They own the rights to this area and I can’t get another provider or satellite service as the apt. manager does not allow that. I …. HATE… KNOLOGY!!!

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By Łukasz Komorzycki on December 6, 2012 at 2:38 pm:

Upc . I dont use it, because i have mobile internet acces from t-mobile paid by my emp loyer . Hsdpa.Its not very fast but satisfying especially because its free .

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By sainthooligan on December 6, 2012 at 2:39 pm:

Have Verizon fi. Great on speed, never had any issue but horrible on price. Plus they gouge with so many “taxes” & add-on “fees”. Even with a bundle the phone tracks on an extra $21 in “fees”. lame. but the service isn’t bad.

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By Randy Law on December 6, 2012 at 3:27 pm:

I have Charter. their internet service has been good, no complaints. fast and reliable.

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By Thomas on December 6, 2012 at 5:14 pm:

I use CableOne, after years of being annoyed with their overbundling and other nonsense, 2 months ago we scaled back to just using them for internet and are using Over-the-air HD for network television. So far, it’s great!

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By Ashley on December 6, 2012 at 6:26 pm:

I have cablevision io. I get a lot of great channels and premium channels. But having 4 boxes in the house and internet. It gets overly expensive. Took out some of the premium channels recently. I love Netflix anyhow more than cable!

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By Amy on December 6, 2012 at 6:47 pm:

No cable. Just an antenna and a Netflix subscription.

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By Stephen on December 6, 2012 at 6:58 pm:

Verizon. Pretty good, but overpriced.

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