- Today, we are talking about the top 10 free
hidden gems on Roku.
Now I've done a few of these videos before,
but I am especially excited for this one.
I found some really good ones for you guys.
So hang in there,
let's dive in.
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Now at the end of this video,
I'm going to give you my secret sauce,
the well, okay, not so secret sauce
about how I find these things.
Okay, so stick around for the end.
But for now,
let's get to what you came for,
which is the top 10 free hidden gems on Roku.
So I'm going to go over to my Roku device here.
It's actually Roku TV
and I'm going to skip past all the stuff we know about
Netflix, HBO max, peacock, whatever.
And I'm going to come down to my first one, which is STIR.
Now STIR is kind of a, it's a cable alternative.
Now there are a few of these out there.
You might've heard of Pluto TV.
Stir is a bit like that,
but this one is a little bit more of a
well hidden gem, right?
So on here, you can go and browse through
just like you would,
you know, on Netflix or something like that.
You can go through the thumbnails here
and it will tune you into those channels.
Or you can come up to the top
and click over to channels
and then it'll make you watch a few commercials.
That's the thing about these free ones
is they're all commercial supported
or mostly commercial supported.
And so you'll probably have to sit through
a few commercials here and there,
but once you're in
you'll be able to click through
just like you would on cable or satellite
with these channels here.
So this I'm starting with
a little bit less hidden of a hidden gem.
A lot of people know about this.
I hear a lot about it in the comments.
People like STIR.
And so hopefully you will too.
It's just not going to give you the same kind of programs
or the same channels that you would get on cable.
But it's the same feeling.
Moving right along If you've got kids,
this one is going to be big.
Now, if you've got kids,
you're probably getting Disney plus or, you know,
using PBS kids or something like that.
But check out the LEGO channel.
I highlighted this one a little while ago but
it has stuck with me.
The LEGO channel is getting used in our house.
Believe it or not.
So the LEGO channel will let you kind of
pick what theme you want to go with,
you know which brand or whatever
but you can also just go right here to skip this screen.
There we go.
Yeah, skip this screen.
And you can see everything that's on offer
LEGO has a ton of programs available.
This one yeah I mean
to say it's commercial supported
is a little bit of a stretch
because the whole thing is a commercial for LEGO, right?
So if that's all right with you
then they do have some fun programs
that I'm sure that your kids will enjoy.
And hey, maybe you will too.
Speaking of which
if you want to keep kids entertained
with something classic
let's go down here to BABY BOOMER CARTOONS.
When you go to BABY BOOMER CARTOONS
this is stuff that's in the public domain
that you know your gen X-ers grew up with
or you know whatever.
So they're, I mean, they're when we're talking classic
we're talking real classic,
Betty Boop, Bugs Bunny all that sort of thing.
So you can click through here
and find some of these ultra classic cartoons.
Similarly, if it's not about the cartoons,
you can go over to BABY BOOMER TV,
and why things like, you know, Mr.Ed or whatever.
There we go.
Yeah. The Lucy Show, Mr. Ed, Dick Van Dyke,
all sorts of stuff on here that
would have been appeal to people of a certain generation.
And frankly, kind of me too.
Sometimes I'm in a mood
and I want to watch the Dick Van Dyke show.
Yeah, not bad.
Now we talked about stuff for kids
whether it's BABY BOOMERS CARTOONS or the LEGO channel
but for the young adult audience out there
or the teenagers out there,
the CW is huge And CW Seed is great.
So CW Seed is going to have a lot of the programs
that run on the CW,
but you can watch them for free here.
Now again this is going to be commercial supported
like most of these things.
So watch out for that.
But once we're in here,
yeah you can go through and check out all lot of
of really good programming from the CW and their partners.
And yet not much more to it than that,
but a lot of people know about the CW,
but don't know about CW Seed.
So go check that one out.
For our next one,
Do you like space?
Of course you do.
Everybody likes space.
So go to the NASA channel.
NASA has a lot of programs that they produce
and they also have a lot of live feeds that
they have for you.
So you can watch the Mars Rover land,
you know just like check out that clip
or you can check out their live feed.
This, this live feed right here is
it's a satellite image as it's orbiting the earth.
And so you get a lot of really cool
images that you can simply put on your TV.
If you just want something kind of in the background there,
it's really quite something.
And if you prefer the fictionalized version of space,
then go check out DUST.
DUST is a sci-Fi channel that again
I've highlighted this before on these top 10 videos
but I want to do it again.
Because it is really cool.
If you enjoy sci-Fi programming,
then DUST is for you.
It's mostly shorter stuff
so short films, you know,
anywhere from five minutes to 20 minutes
that are all Sci-Fi based.
They do have other stuff on here.
It's not just shorts,
but that kind of makes up the bulk of what I've seen on here
anyway, yeah you feel like sci-Fi
check out DUST for sure.
COURT TV is an interesting one.
This one is well it's all about that.
It's COURT TV.
So live streams of, you know
of court cases that are ongoing.
You can also get some short on demand pieces as well.
If you want to go through and check out some of that.
So if you love the drama of court
then this one is a must have
you ever shop on TV?
Well, now you can shop streaming, right?
So if you're paying for cable
to go on QVC or HSN,
well you don't have to do that anymore.
Cut that cord get Roku
and you can get these same channels
all the same stuff right here for free.
I mean, of course it's free.
You're getting on there to shop, right?
So you're already, you're going to be paying for stuff
but this app is free for you.
So you can get the live feeds from QVC and HSN
and all of the associated versions of those.
Or you can go in,
if you have a type of thing in mind that you're looking for
they've got categories that you can go through.
So you can go through kitchen, fashion, garden, et cetera
and find whatever you're looking for
on these shopping networks for free.
Okay. The stuff isn't free,
but hey at least the channel is.
okay, next up let's talk about Vevo and XITE
Now, technically it's vevo by XITE
but I'm including both of these,
even though they're basically the same thing
you might have heard of Vevo.
If you've ever watched a music video on YouTube
but they've got their own app.
Here's the deal
with both of these like I said,
they're both essentially the same thing
you can pop in here.
And yeah, there you go Vevo powered by XITE
and watch music videos.
Now it's going to give you some instructions here,
you know press up to like it
press right to skip
because this is free.
It's not the premium version.
You can't search for something.
So you can't call up a specific music video
but you can skip through these.
Oh, got it.
You can skip through these
and, you know find the next video on here.
And then you can press the OK button
to pull up different genres.
Okay, here we go.
So I can do genres
I can do different collections, decades, whatever.
And so I, you know, really into,
I don't know, indie wave sure.
And then it will shuffle music videos through there.
So you will watch commercials every once in a while
while you know, after a few videos.
But for the most part
it just kind of cycles through these videos.
It's fantastic.
If you just want something on, in the background
while you're doing dishes or
if you've got a party going on
remember when parties happen before COVID.
That was awesome.
So yeah.
Music videos through Vevo or XITE, like I said
both basically the same thing.
So I'm counting them as one app.
Okay We're coming up on the end.
I want to highlight FAWESOME here.
FAWESOME FOREVER AWESOME TV AND MOVIES
horrible name, great content.
So you come in here,
it's a lot like watching something
like Tubi, you know, something like that.
It's just that most of the shows on here
are going to be a little further down
that quality totem pole.
Sometimes that's just what you're looking for.
But anyway, so you can come through here
and browse just like you would on Netflix or Tubi
or whatever else
you can browse by genre, you know
Or you can just go through their homepage
and see what it is is that you might like watching.
But if you are interested in sort of that B movie
somewhat lower quality content
then boy oh boy, do I have the app for you?
Seriously?
I was really excited when I found this one
THE MOVIE HOUSE,
THE MOVIE HOUSE has low streaming quality.
It has a horrible interface.
It's absolutely terrible.
Except if you're after that B movie content
because it is you'll be up to your eyeballs in this stuff.
Okay it's fantastic.
So if you're really into premium HBO quality content
you're not going to find that here
but you will find some gems.
If you enjoy that kind of
straight to video feel for a movie,
then you're going to find a ton of it here
in THE MOVIE HOUSE.
So highly recommend it to a certain type of person.
So there you have it.
There's a bunch of free, hidden gems out there.
Now I promised you
I would show you how I find all of these.
Some of it is simple, Google searching
but there's something you can do on your Roku right now.
If you want to find your own hidden gems.
So I'm going to hit my home button
come down here to streaming channels
and just browse.
Okay? So you can search channels.
If you know what you're after
you can go through the featured stuff
and you know that's going to be...
Hey there's QVC and HSN.
You can find things through there
or you can come down here to new and updated.
That's going to be a good one.
Anything that is brand new on the Roku network
is going to be there.
That's how I found XITE.
I'd never heard of it before this.
Anyway, it's really that simple.
Once you find something that you think you might enjoy
let's say it's kid doodle TV.
Then you just add that channel
and you're done.
So not much to it
go forth find your own hidden gems
and hit the comments below.
Let me know what you find out there
or what you already have
that I haven't covered in these videos.
I'd love to hear about it.
And don't forget to like this video
if you enjoyed it and subscribe to the channel
I've got lots more stuff like this coming up.
So I will see you next time.