Comments on: Watch out, Aereo: Skitter brings live TV to Roku

By: Joshua Cash

Joshua Cash — Tue, 29 May 2012 01:00:40 +0000

As Long as Hulu doesn’t follow through with selling out their Internet users, this could increase the value of the Roku exponentially. As for the idea of “just buy an antenna”, I’m on the outskirts of Austin, Tx and have to mess with my amped antenna to get 95% good reception. If the online retransmitter service addressed this issue, I’d pay $5-$20 for that, especially if it allowed for cloud DVR and high quality service like phrend mentioned.

By: Gwood

Gwood — Mon, 14 May 2012 21:00:00 +0000

What zip codes is this service available in?

By: Adam Yamada-Hanff

Adam Yamada-Hanff — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 22:14:58 +0000

Why do you need this service? Just buy an ANTENNA!

By: Adam Yamada-Hanff

Adam Yamada-Hanff — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 22:13:21 +0000

Who would use that over just buying a friggin Antenna?

By: gaybutnot

gaybutnot — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:57:27 +0000

This has some possibilities. However, is the quality BETTER than ustvnow’s? They are missing a few nets… ION, METV, AntennaTV, RTV, CW+, CoolTV, etc. On one site they list $6, on here they list $12-$15. What’s the truth? Can I get a good UNSTRETCHED picture, decent quality? USTVNOW you can’t get that… maybe a too tall 640i resolution on the locals.

By: GNS

GNS — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 15:17:51 +0000

Maybe. But I see this as a kind of an ironic back to the future moment.When Cable TV got it’s start all it really offered was a big shared antenna for those that didn’t have the ability to erect a huge antenna of their own. It was called Community Antenna service. That’s kind of the Skitter model right now except that it’s over the top instead of over a coax cable.
http://cordcutterguide.com/

By: In disbelief

In disbelief — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:58:05 +0000

I believe this is called “re-inventing the wheel”. There must be too much VC funding available for companies like this get started.

By: phrend

phrend — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:09:16 +0000

That’s pretty expensive for what is already supposed to be free. I understand that some people don’t get a decent signal with an antenna, but I get a great signal. $10-15/month for a handful of network channels…? Once they have audio/video quality at the level Netflix has (with closed captions) and have a DVR in the cloud, I might be willing to pay that price. I think I’d choose Hulu Plus over their current offering.

By: Gregg Smith

Gregg Smith — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:12:38 +0000

As a cable guy, I wish our customers would pay $15 for local tv stations…

By: GNS

GNS — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 02:51:24 +0000

Watch out Aereo , watch out Comcast. Roku’s bundle of free stuff plus Skitter plus Netflix might just be attractive enough to get us close to the critical mass driving cord cutting beyond the fringe!
http://cordcutterguide.com/