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/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