Hey guys,

We are moving to a house, and need a new service. I could either get Verizon Fios or Comcast. Comcast has an app for Roku, which means that i could make due with one box, and then piggyback multiple TVs with Rokus, and avoid a $10-15 monthly charge per box, per TV.

Is FIOS that much better that I should pay the premium to get additional boxes?
Does Verizon Fios also offer an app? I have heard mixed reviews. Like they had one, but discontinued it. Is there anyway to get live TV channels on TVs that arent paired with a Verizon box?

Thanks.

 

You don't need a Verizon box. You can provide your own box such as a Tivo and then rent a cablecard from Verizon. The cablecard is something like $3-$5 a month, can't remember exactly. Tivo Bolt + Tivo Mini seems like a good solution as I think you only need a cablecard for the bolt and the mini's piggy back off of it. I haven't used it though and you would need to also pay for the Tivo service. I have a Tivo HD. You can find Tivo HD with lifetime subscription for reasonable price on Ebay. If you go that route though and get multiple Tivo HD, each one will need a cablecard as they are old tech.

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I believe they will also require cablecard.

I don't think verizon offers an app for roku, or like you said, they killed it.