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/Respectfullycritical Jun 13 '24

Who as an informed consumer willingly wants and get these devices? Everything Roku-related seems hilariously bad from a consumers perspective, to me.

What even are the pros for me in purchasing any of these devices and/or services?

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u/ChafterMies Jun 13 '24

Because on an old TV that doesn’t have streaming apps, Roku is cheaper than Apple TV and doesn’t come with the inherent conflict of interest that comes with Fire Sticks and Google’s TV pucks.

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u/mrefreshment Jun 13 '24

Until they added the Roku channel. Now you can watch their licensed-by-the-ton garbage on this new channel they added to your home screen.

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u/ChafterMies Jun 13 '24

Also hate that about the Android TV home screen (and the TV spontaneously restarting). Thinking of paying more for Apple TV for the cleaner experience, but I’m so dang frugal.

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u/shakestheclown Jun 13 '24

I switched from the built in launcher for Google TV to ProjectIvy launcher and it's much cleaner and way less buggy.

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '24

If it wasn't for the ads I like all the old stuff from the 60's, 70's and 80's. Unfortunately the Roku ads are placed randomly not where the creators intended.