Channels & viewing

[DrJeff]

We are fans of the Hallmark channels (especially the Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie & Mysteries channel. We've been Comcast Xfinity customers for years. We now have Roku in addition to cable, along with the Max and Amazon Prime.

Google Fiber is now available and were looking to make many changes to include dumping all Xfinity products. So, I have two pressing questions...

1) Will Roku work with the Google Fiber network as a live streaming and on-demand option with DVR capabilities?

2) Is the Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Channel available l e on Roku or does Roku only offer Hallmark Movies Now?

The Christmas programming will start on Oct 18th and I'd like to ditch cable and find these two channels through connectivity with Google Fiber.

[AvsGunnar]

@DrJeff 

1. Roku in and of itself has no DVR capabilties, but the channels/apps that you subscribe to may have DVR capabilities.  Roku will work on Google fiber.

2. While you can certainly subscribe to Hallmark Plus  https://channelstore.roku.com/details/f51ec27fd29492c1fa58fe9afd7a73e9/hallmark for your Roku device,  https://www.hallmarkplus.com/, you may find a better deal using FrndlyTV that carries Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Mysteries, Hallmark Family and is running a current special to include Hallmark Plus.  Frndly includes an unlimited DVR service.  https://try.frndlytv.com/

The free Roku Channel also has a Hallmark Channel Live TV linear channel that shows Hallmark movies (Hallmark Movies and More).  This is different from what you see on Frndly or other subscription channels but is 24/7.  Other free channels/apps on the Roku platform also run this same Hallmark Live TV channel.  You can get a feel for it from the online Roku Channel. https://therokuchannel.roku.com/watch/08973e5adc625d15aaa9c4c13cfb0307/hallmark-movies-and-more