Enlarge / A promotional image for a Roku TV. reader comments 177 Roku TV sets come with ads. Generally, these are restricted to Roku’s home and menu screens, its screensavers, and its first-party video channels, and once you start playing video, the only ads you’ll see are the ones from the service you’re streaming from. ..
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Enlarge / A promotional image for a Roku TV. reader comments 110 Roku customers are threatening to stop using, or to even dispose of, their low-priced TVs and streaming gadgets after the company appears to be locking devices for people who don’t conform to the recently updated terms of service (ToS). This month, users on ..
reader comments 53 with 0 posters participating Share this story A rendering of a Roku TV mounted on a wall. Here’s Roku’s splash image for the lineup, which is short on details. Here’s another render of a Roku TV, provided by the company to accompany its announcement. To say Roku is dominant in the TV ..
Enlarge / Roku OS 11.5. reader comments 12 with 12 posters participating Share this story Roku today announced new hardware with the budget-conscious in mind, including the $130 Roku Wireless Bass subwoofer and an updated Roku Express streaming device. The company also detailed Roku OS 11.5, which includes features that should mean less time spent ..
Enlarge / A Roku streaming box. Ars Technica reader comments 92 with 70 posters participating Share this story TV-streaming platform Roku is looking to expand beyond dongles and software deals to make its own TV hardware, according to a report in Insider. The story appears to be based on two sources with different levels of ..
Enlarge / A Roku streaming box. It seems these ads aren’t appearing on Roku’s own hardware like this device; instead, they’re appearing on TVs that license Roku’s software platform. reader comments 162 with 114 posters participating Share this story Some Roku smart TV owners are seeing banner ads appear over live content, according to a ..
Enlarge / Roku’s 4K Streaming Stick. reader comments 50 with 39 posters participating Share this story Roku and Google have arrived at a multi-year deal that will keep the YouTube and YouTube TV apps available on Roku’s devices, Roku announced on Twitter this morning. The agreement comes months after the YouTube TV app was pulled ..
Enlarge / Apple’s and Roku’s new remotes are a welcome upgrade to their respective streaming experiences, and they’re compatible with older models. Corey Gaskin reader comments 62 with 49 posters participating Share this story Apple and Roku know that remotes for streaming devices are important. It’s why they recently inked a deal to put an ..
reader comments 73 with 52 posters participating Share this story Quibi, the curious “TV on your phone” service that lasted for roughly six months last year, will soon live on—as a free-with-ads channel on Roku. After rumors began circulating earlier this week, Quibi and Roku confirmed on Friday that the two companies had reached terms ..
reader comments 34 with 26 posters participating Share this story The new Roku Ultra. These are the ports on the new Ultra. And these are the contents of the box. The Roku Streambar. Here are the ports on the back of this one. And finally, the contents of the Streambar box. Today was a big ..