"Hidden gems" channels for Roku, here's a video listing ten, off the beaten track, especially Kanopy

[UTUSN]

Last edited Tue Nov 26, 2019, 06:18 PM - Edit history (1)

Added Kanopy (HBO documentaries), Stirr, CW Seed, attempted Hoopla (ebooks), already had NewsOn and Yahoo.

Here's the trick, for Kanopy and Hoopla you have to have a participating library and in registering will be asked for a PIN and a password. My bar code library card was so old that there was no PIN, and my local library participates in Kanopy but not Hoopla. So I had to go to the brick'n'mortar library to update the card.

It took some of that brick-to-the-forehead to get registered, then link the device (android) to the Roku, but Kanopy is fantastic, has heavy duty movies and documentaries as opposed to fireball type movies. Already viewed Ken BURNS' Central Park Five, the first long form movie/video of any kind I have seen since last year's The Favourite, etc. My library doesn't participate in Hoopla.

[LeftInTX]

1. My library doesn't participate in Kanopy or Hoopla

It does participate in something called "Overdrive", but the videos are pretty much junk. It's mostly History Channel reality shows, Sesame Street, Jillian Michaels workout videos and a few bad movies such as Sharknado.

[Sherman A1]

2. Kanopy is great!

I really enjoy the selection they have.

[UTUSN]

3. Sure is. But just sank in, downside: Limit of *4* per month!1 Gotta choose charily!1

[TexasBushwhacker]

4. I wish Kanopy had a pay option for unlimited access

I would gladly pay $5 a month, especially since it goes to the library.

[Sherman A1]

5. Wow

Just 4, we have a limit of 10 here in St. Louis County.

[UTUSN]

7. That adds a wrinkle - I wouldn't have guessed the limits would vary!1

[hlthe2b]

6. Wow. I will have to look into this.