Roku TV's are now USELESS

Roku TV's got the worst update
oh hello there.

[MeowtronStar]

Why does a TV need to be "smart"? Why isn't a TV just an image output device while the "smart" part is a separate dongle?

[sebastianloder]

I don’t get why big companies intentionally sabotage their products. my only ideas is that the reason they sabotage their product is to get you to buy another one of their products that doesn’t have the bad stuff but it’s a TV you’re not gonna go out and buy a new TV especially in this economy.

[thetato]

No, their not useless, you can use them as a big ass cutting board

[generalrubbish]

> hate cable because it's 10% content and 90% ads
> buy a Smart TV
> subscribe to a streaming service
> sit down to watch some shows
> mfw it's 10% content and 90% ads

[Blaster]

Dumb TVs need to make a comeback. I just wanna be able hook up my goddamn Xbox to a modern TV with HDMI without any of this "system update" and ad bs, is that too much to ask for?

[JaggedGull]

The anime with 60 fps "enhancement" is called interpolation, not interlacing

[Demonetizedatam]

>be me
>cat breaks tv
>have to buy new one
>buys Roku tv because it was cheap
>months later
>shitty update and a TOS for a Television


You can say I regret the purchase

[ThatBluDude]

*Man, it sure is great to be in such a bad financial state that I couldn't even THINK about buying a new TV right now!*

[TheSuperGoober]

Remember CRTs and Early flat screens when adds weren't everywhere and it was TV

[KirbywithaGun]

I think the part that really sucks is that smart TVs are kinda the norm now. If you want a regular, non-spyware TV you need buy it online and even then there aren't many options

[Splatterbrainprime]

Life hack! Buy a laptop (nothing fancy just something with HDMI, pretty box standard.) Disconnect your Roku from your wifi, plug in your laptop, pirate everything.

For legal reasons I cannot say I condone doing this, I merely shared for educational purposes only.

[cobaltking]

Correct me if wrong but that thing people do where they make clips 60 fps that always looks abysmal is called interpolation, or interpolating I’m pretty sure interlacing means something else

[owenmeier]

having a patent for something as stupid as ads while paused is actually good for everyone not using roku, since that means no other companies can do that

[Quotethe]

Linux users! Build a new operating system for my tv and my life is yours!

[juggalouie]

I’m so tired of smart TVs honestly, I just want one that connects to cable, connects to game systems, and that’s it. I don’t want a TV to do everything, I want a TV to *watch TV*

[swmunkei]

and now im happy for never connecting my roku tv to the internet.

[pokemonlover]

It wasn’t until I tried watching smiling friends on one of our Roku TVs my dad brought where I decided not everything should be in 60fps

[tanasoser]

Roku really went from helping aang to this 😔

[hissboomcreeperalt]

What's going on here is something called "enshittification" where a company sets themselves up as the only alternative in a given industry by making quality products until they have a monopoly on said industry, which then proceeds to make absolute dogshit as cheaply as possible from then on because they've either bought up or annihilated any competition.

All industries are choosing to do this and I honestly have no idea what will get them to stop when they have seemingly infinite money.

[Elemenace]

Roku's biggest issue is that it's the cheapest on the market currently, so many people just buy them to have something to watch whatever movies or TV shows they like😓😓😓