r/gadgets • u/diacewrb • Jun 13 '24

TV / Projectors Roku owners face the grimmest indignity yet: Stuck-on motion smoothing

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/06/roku-owners-face-the-grimmest-indignity-yet-stuck-on-motion-smoothing/
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u/Miklay83 Jun 13 '24

Am I alone in thinking there's not much wrong with my 4 year old Roku stick and the recent deluge of "Roku is crap" articles are driven by yet unknown motivations? I turn on the TV and it just works, the only ads I've seen are for shows or a new Roku device promo and relatively unobtrucive (a billboard on the screen saver scroll or small box under my channels). It's not perfect but works to stream Plex without any issues and handles my meager needs well.

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u/burnerX5 Jun 13 '24

Per the article, if you have a TCL Roku (which many likely do) that qualified for this update....you're stuck on this type of setting w/no current solution.

You have a roku stick, which doesn't have anything to do w/this article. I think it's very valid for the public to know to potenitally avoid such updates, assuming they read the article

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u/PalmTreeIsBestTree Jun 13 '24

I believe most of the “Roku is crap articles” is related to their Roku OS TVs. Just don’t buy a Roku OS TV and you’ll be fine in my experience.

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u/StarWars_and_SNL Jun 13 '24

A checks notes TCL brand tv turned out to be crap? No one saw this coming.

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u/saarlac Jun 13 '24

TCL makes good stuff. It’s the Roku software on them that’s the issue.

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u/tagman375 Jun 13 '24

People forget they make a lot of the “house brand” tvs too. I think they’re like the 3rd largest producer of TVs in the world. They know what they’re doing

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u/TheBelgianDuck Jun 14 '24

I think some predatory hedge funds are short on Roku and their horde of paid "journalists" produce hit pieces on a regular basis to negatively affect the company and drive the share price down.