A:Answer You can return the cable boxes and use Roku units instead, but any content that you were paying for through cable, you would now need to subscribe separately. For example, if your cable subscription includes the USA network....as long as you are still a Comcast subscriber, you can stream USA for free on the Roku platform. But cancel the cable, and your rights to stream many channels will disappear until you re-subscribe through other approaches.
Roku does have some local content available, but the most reliable source for local channels would be to connect an inexpensive HDTV antenna to each television.