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I got my Roku streaming system but it keeps asking for me to subscribe to Comcast or other cable network,I thought I would be free from greed of cable companies with Roku.
I was hoping you would introduce me to Roku. This is really about different channels I could watch. Someone who's new and a total novice to Roku need the bare basics explained.
I had to get a new tv for bedroom when cat killed my other smart tv so I bought a Roku tv and had no idea what it could do. Best purchase I could get for the price. I am still learning stuff. Highly recommend for seniors like myself who think old shows are better than ever. Thanks for all info on cord cutting since I just might do that too.
If you have, or can get, reasonable internet, I think cancelling cable or satellite TV makes sense for almost everyone. The prices have become outrageous and I got sick of their pricing games and contracts.
What do you mean when you say watching antenna live TV or watching roku tv? When you say antenna, does that mean the one on the roof or is it one through the roku
What I find most frustrating about Roku is that we got it to get rid of cable. So we only have Spectrum internet. Yet when you want to add/subscribe to a new channel, you have to sign in thru your TV provider . But if you had one then you wouldn’t need Roku 🙀
The problem with streaming is the data caps from the internet provider, you pay when you go over and then you also pay for the streaming service. The service should be free when they play ads just like antenna tv
I love my Roku tv. Have it for over 10 years now. I don’t need a lot of apps. I have about 5 that I watch the most. I have a regular tv antenna to pick up my news channel. I also have a app from my IPad which I can watch on my Roku tv.
me too. except mine is TCL w/roku 32" 720p , it is so slow when FF/RW , scrolling , ect. very slow OS. my 1982 Tandy trs-10 was faster than this tv... but..... its worked exactly as it did the evening i bought it, no problems other than stated above, since 2017. this thing is a soldier
Thank you sir, you had the only video showing exactly what I needed to know. I wanted to know how this tv works with over the air antenna signal (free tv).
I am struggling to distinguish between a smart TV featuring integrated apps and a Roku TV as both still require a subscription to access desired content. Therefore, I find the concept perplexing unless the complimentary services offered on Roku justify the purchase.
Id be curious that when you show all the apps you give a average cost as to the least amount it can cost per month for the app to the most expensive. TY
I still have cable and several tvs. Roku allowed me to get rid of all cable boxes since I could download the cable company app. I still want cable at least for now but I am not paying $11 for each TV box like before.
This is helpful. I moved in to be a caregiver for a disabled family member and Roku was already set up. I've only had cable before and I have no idea how to work this TV. I have no passwords, get invalid input, no signal... I have no idea what I'm doing. I'll have to watch the second video.
A friend was kind enough to give me a ROKU player, to save me $100 a month (& I only watch one channel). So, I started here first, & found this video to be very informative & helpful. I’m not much of a tech, but liked & subbed. Thank you for the info!
I live in Puerto Rico and years ago in my tcl roku tv,i could see crackle app,now it does not work,only in my apple tablet and my samsung phone. I don't know if you know the reason.thanks for the updates.God bless.
Is there anyway on the remote that will lighten up each of the keys so when you don’t have the lights on you can still see the remote. I have to charge my remote, but I don’t know how to tell if I should always leave it plugged in charging or should I once in a while and charge it and if I do that, how do I know when it has to be charged again?
On the RoKu ultra remote, what are the 2 bottoms on the left side of the remote? Also I can play Primetime video on on my computer as a “guest” of my daughter’s, although she pays the monthly bill. So, can I activate the Prime video icon on my RoKu Primetime video app by Putting my daughters pass word on? That’s how I’m able to watch primetime from my computer. Also- the directions for using the Remote should be printed out in “large text” so I , at 78 can read the directions. Finally how can I stream from my iPhone onto my Tv?
Before you call your cable provider to cancel your tv service I suggest you test your internet speeds for a few days prior to making the call. The ISP may try to tell you that you will need faster internet but you will refuse. Then they could throttle back your internet speed forcing you to call back to pay more for higher speed internet. So test your down and uploads, then cancel the tv service. If you notice your computer running slower retest the speeds to determine if the cable provider indeed throttled back your speed.
there sure are a lot of steps with Roku..........I just have RU-vid TV on my phone and then I chrome cast to any tv in the house.........so simple and so many channels to pick from
Forget the apps, what good is it if the remote control can’t change the channel by pressing the #’s. It sucks when is on live tv, we have to go around the world to get to the channel
This is good info. I will try your advice in my home on my WiFi.. But what I also want to know is how to use RoKu on the road using the data plan on my phone. Can roku somehow pick up the internet from my data, not hotspot but data. Is this maybe done by casting? and how would I do that.
Love my Roku Ultra but my phone cannot mirror to my Roku no matter what I do. It keeps saying device not found. I've even tried several different phones.
Its not made for tinkerers. It's more like an iPhone, far less like an Android phone, not friendly at all to someone looking to modify it or sideloading apps.
Do you need to reprogram your tv if you have had a cable connection but you want to get rid of the cable? We have had cable for years and I don’t know about disconnecting the cable. Help!
You forgot to mention that streaming from a Roku TV/device counts towards the data cap, and there's no way to lower the resolution, unless you're on RU-vid, Prime, Hulu, or whatever streaming lets you lower the quality to stay under that cap. I tried streaming stuff in HD 1080 for a month, and 3/4 the way through them month, Comcast alerted me I was nearly at the limit. I just got a Roku TV, and have to be very careful about what I watch. Mostly, it's just for local TV, and a monitor, but it's nice to have a backup means of watching a few movies, when the main screen is down. Thanks for the video.
If the roku streaming device is going on a living room TV, does it offer the feature to create profiles or User accounts? If, say, you live with relatives or friends who you don't share a netflix account with, and/or do not share content, can you easily log into and out of user accounts?
I didn't watch the entire video so I apologize if you addressed the question I'm posing here. I'd just like to know if this ROKU device needs to necessarily be connected to a TV. I ask bc I don't watch TV much really. However I do watch a little RU-vid on my PC and was wondering if that would suffice. I'd really appreciate any help you can give me. Thanks.
I was hooked up to antenna TV then I had to buy a new TV which has ROKu tv, I can’t get antenna, TV channels can you tell me how to do that? The menu says I have antenna TV live TV but I can’t get those channels I have a TV in the bedroom and I get antenna TV I don’t get the ROKU, which is fine. But in my front room I want to get antenna TV and the others when I want can you help??
Does Roku make a remote that has numbers on it?? I used Roku recently at a friend's house and liked it but for the life of me i can't figure out why the remote didn't have any numbers. So I want to get a Roku stick but then I'll have a smart TV but an idiot remote unless I can get one with numbers.
Silly question. If I get a Roku streaming device, is the operating system going to be fast on pretty much any compatible tv? For example, I have a 2018 Vizio P-Series. It has held up well, but the OS is annoyingly slow. Will a Roku player operate faster or is it limited by my tv’s OS?
I have a question , I have a Roku on one of my tv’s, All of a sudden when I’m watching RU-vid the thing is reading to me everything that’s on the screen and it never did that before so how do I make it stop very irritating thanks
I love Roku but I do not like when you start watching a tv series and it doesn’t have a final episode. That is not right, I have left many of my subscriptions because of this issue it’s like a bad joke.
I have a Roku TV and a fire stick on it. Roku is fantastic for all major streaming platforms but I use the fire stick for the third party apps… I spend way more time on the Roku, but I would miss the Fire stick.
Both are good only downside I have for Roku compared to the Fire Stick is the ability to connect via bluetooth to portable speakers/headphones. My wife sometimes goes to bed before I do and the rear speaker on the TV goes right toward the bedroom with Roku I cannot move the sound to my portable speaker or headphones via Bluetooth. Firestick does this easily. I believe to do this with a speaker with Roku you have to buy a Roku speaker/soundboard. Other than that both work very well, I prefer the firestick.
Is there anyway on the remote that will lighten up each of the keys so when you don’t have the lights on you can still see the remote. I have to charge my remote, but I don’t know how to tell if I should always leave it plugged in charging or should I once in a while and charge it and if I do that, how do I know when it has to be charged again? Why aren’t any news stations programmed in to the remote that are not mainstream news like network news? It’s all left or mainstream for all the news and I never watch mainstream news. I have to go to my phone if I wanna watch Tucker, Carlson or Jesse Waters I can’t get it on the Roku, there’s only one Republican like News on Fox News that I will watch but someday I have to subscribe and they want me to put in a Google address and I I don’t have a Google address. My address is iCloud so I’m like a lot.
i have a roku 4k express streaming player amd a 43 " lg tv and am thinking about getting a roku tv 65" but want a llng wifi range voice control google and alexa options good soind good for xbox and movies also if lose remote say roku wheres remote any thing youd recomend
You know what I'd really like to know but nobody seems to answer there are no answers to it anywhere I look why are there no control buttons for the TV itself for volume and channels what if you lose the remote you just screwed right? Why would they remove those
I hate Roku. Had it 2 months now. It is awful. The remote control is like a kindergarten toy. The Roku is like an evil Leprechaun haunting your TV. It is a huge step back in technology. I am ripping it out of my 4 TVs this weekend.
