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it work?  post #1 of 5 Thread Starter  Hi, I'm kind of new to
all of this new-age media, but I'm getting tired of paying for
Dish network! I heard of this thing called Ruku, and an 'app'
called "Play On". I guess with play on, you can watch a whole
bunch of different shows, and different channels. And, what play
on doesn't have, apparently you can go to something similar to
an 'app store', and get 3rd party apps (called "Plugins") that
have specific cable type channels, and even specific shows.  So,
what I'm trying to figure out, is how does this work, exactly? I
know it's through the internet, and you use either the Ruku box,
or a blue ray player with wifi, and basically play the internet
on your TV. But, what I don't understand, is these channels you
can get, and the plugins, are they all "live" (like as on Dish,
or cable), or is it just certain programming? I watch many
different 'cable' type channels, as well as primarily CBS for
broadcast TV