{"id":15237,"date":"2013-12-30T11:30:33","date_gmt":"2013-12-30T16:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=15237"},"modified":"2020-12-19T10:58:55","modified_gmt":"2020-12-19T15:58:55","slug":"merry-christmas-to-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2013\/12\/30\/merry-christmas-to-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Merry Christmas to Me!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"roku-3\"<\/a>A while back, I wrote about my experiences with my Roku box<\/a>, and it seems to be a fairly popular post. People seeking information on Roku<\/a> boxes or the possibility of cutting the cord seem to land on my site. Well, I had a gift card burning a hole through my pocket so I decided to upgrade my device to Roku’s latest offering — The Roku 3!<\/p>\n

I’m still test driving it, but what I’ve seen so far, I like! Roku has ditched support for older tube televisions with this model. Folks with older TVs can still get the Roku 2 which works beautifully with RCA plugs. <\/a><\/p>\n

Once I get a better feel for the latest toy, I’ll write about it. Stay tuned!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A while back, I wrote about my experiences with my Roku box, and it seems to be a fairly popular post. People seeking information on Roku boxes or the possibility of cutting the cord seem to land on my site. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[317,518,26],"tags":[2964,188,185,186],"class_list":["post-15237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computers","category-joes-garage","category-stuff-joe-likes","tag-cord-cutters","tag-internet","tag-roku","tag-television"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-3XL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4190,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2015\/03\/05\/wonderfully-weird-channels-roku\/","url_meta":{"origin":15237,"position":0},"title":"The Wonderfully Weird Channels of the Roku","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"March 5, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm starting a new category that could be considered for cord-cutters or folks looking to save some serious cash by giving cable TV the heave-ho. 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