Welcome back everybody.
Today we're going over some Roku apps some Roku channels.
Now we've done a video like this before
but it was the top ten Roku apps.
The really good stuff, the best of the best
the stuff you can not do without.
Today's a little different.
This is hidden gems on Roku.
So let's dive in.
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on the Fire TV, and the Chromecast,
Apple TV that sort of thing.
So today let's dive into Roku.
The way this is going to be a little different
like I said, this is not the top 10 must haves
we're going to skip right past those
and go to the stuff that I think is a little bit
you know, buried underneath the surface.
So, some of them you may of heard of,
others should be new to you.
I just hope you find two or three new channels for yourself
that you can really get into.
So on my home screen here,
I'm going to skip right past all the big stuff
all the Netflix's and you know HBO and all that
and I'm going to come down here to Filmrise.
This is our first pick.
Technically I have like 12 apps on here by the way
but I'm kind of combining a few.
Like Filmrise Free Movies and TV, and Filmrise Free TV
here's the dirty secret it's basically the same thing.
They've got a few versions like Filmrise Kids
but they all do the same thing.
Which is kind of similar to what Netflix does,
but commercial supported.
So if you've ever heard of Tubi
this is going to be similar to something like Tubi
where's it's commercial supported content
and it's going to be some titles
a lot that you don't care about
of course, but some that you do.
3rd Rock From the Sun fantastic show from the 90s.
And who doesn't want to watch Batman all over again?
Or Lost in Space, the good one.
So yeah, a lot of good stuff on here.
I highly recommend Filmrise TV.
Next up is Haystack TV.
They're all named something TV right.
Haystack TV Local and World News.
So there are a lot of news aggregation apps out there.
Haystack is one that not a lot of people have heard of yet
but that I think is pretty darn good,
because you can customize you're feed
with the types of stories that you care about.
So it may be politics,
in my case you know, I've got my local stuff here.
I like science and technology.
So they're going to have picks for you based on
what you actually want to see.
Next up is another pairing that I quite enjoy.
Baby Boomer Cartoons, and Baby Boomer TV.
Can you guess what's in there?
You should be able to it's pretty easy.
Baby Boomer TV, I'm going to go into this one here
because it includes both the cartoons
and the live action stuff that you used to watch
that well you used to watch, I don't know how old you are.
It's going to have a lot of classic TV.
So whether it's cartoons or Mister Ed
or The Dick Van Dyke Show.
All of this stuff is there for you to stream
commercial supported of course.
The other one, Baby Boomer Cartoons
is just the cartoon side of that.
So if that's all you're interested in it's a great one.
But I like the TV a little bit more
because it incorporates both of those concepts.
All right, next up another pair, Eater and Bon Appétit.
Now these are both food related apps
but they are different and they do pair well together
like a fine wine and a cheese you might say.
All right, first up is Eater.
Now this is going to be food related content.
This one is not going to concentrate on recipes
and how-tos and all that stuff.
This is more about stories that have to do with food.
And so you can click through and see all the stuff
that they're going to be talking about.
You know, food porn, I like to call it.
It's really pretty good stuff.
I love watching all these people
talk about their food, you know adventures.
So they've got people who travel for food related things,
they've got Eater profiles,
restaurant profiles that sort of thing.
So this is food related stories.
On the other hand, if we go over to Bon Appétit
this one is going to be,
it will have some of that food related story content
but it's going to be a lot more about
the recipes and the how-tos.
So for instance, Molly Makes Chicken Soup.
So if we click into here, Molly is going
to walk us through the actual process.
And we're going to see exactly
what she does and how she does it.
Or if we pop over here to recipes
find something you want to make.
Yeah I'm a big fan of desserts, obviously.
So if I go in here into the desserts.
Here's Molly again, she's making pumpkin bread
and strawberry shortcake.
Whatever the case is, they're going to
walk you through how to do this.
So this is a great kitchen companion.
If you have a TV in your kitchen.
Then I highly recommend Bon Appétit to go with it.
Next up, the LEGO channel.
Did you know there was a LEGO channel? It's true.
What's in there? LEGO content.
People making LEGOs, people competing over LEGOs,
people you know, using LEGOs to tell stories.
All sorts of stuff.
So you can, on here, on the home page
if you want something specific you can pop in.
But there's so much LEGO content,
they actually have categories for all this.
So you can go right over here to skip this screen
and it will give you everything.
So LEGO Star Wars, Ninjago, Minecraft.
All of this LEGO content.
So if you or your kids, I'm not judging, either one,
if you're really into LEGOs then this is an awesome channel.
Next up Stirr TV.
This is Sinclair Broadcasting's app.
So if you've never heard of Sinclair Broadcasting
it's one of the biggest names in media
that you don't typically hear.
Because they own all the channels
or some of the channels that you like to watch.
A lot of local news stations, and other networks as well.
So anything owned by Sinclair Broadcasting
is going to be fair game.
In this case I can, you know, I can watch classic stuff
or I can go into KUTV that's the Salt Lake City
station that's owned by Sinclair.
And I can watch live feeds or on demand stuff from that.
Court TV is going to be for anybody that loves
courtroom drama and wants to try the real thing,
right into your veins.
Court TV is just that, this is live feeds
and updates from various trials that are going on now,
or maybe classic trials, if you want to
brush up on your O.J. stuff
so right now if I want to follow the Weinstein trial,
I can do that and it's going to give me live feeds
and updates on all this stuff.
Pretty cool.
Nosey, (laughs)
Nosey TV is exactly what it looks like here.
This is talk show programming both current and classic stuff
so Maury and Jerry Springer,
it's got, it concentrates on that.
It does have a few other things that you can click through
but let's be honest, if you're downloading Nosey
it's for the daytime talk show content.
So if you just can't get enough of that
and you miss those old Jerry Springer shows
it's got a few of those on there.
And last up is Dust, Dust is sci-fi content
so TV shows and movies.
And most of this stuff is going to be things that
you have not heard of for the most part
unless you're a real sci-fi junkie
then you may have heard of some of this.
But it's got featured films, it's got you know
TV marathons like Mystery Science Theater 3000
absolutely fantastic of course.
And you can click through and get all the sci-fi content
that your heart could possibly take.
So enjoy fellow nerds, you're welcome.
All right so that's it, our top ten hidden gems on Roku
let me know what you thought.
Or if we missed anything that you absolutely love
hit the comments below and if we like it too
we'll feature it in the next
hidden gems video that we do.
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