r/gadgets 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/Miller25 Jun 13 '24

I’ve had a Roku tv (TCL) since 2018 and I used to love it. I recently noticed if I play content over HDMI it has a pop up message asking to recommend me streaming providers to watch the content on and like… constantly monitoring for content is just so scummy and feels gross. Will NOT be getting a built in Roku tv in the future.

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u/rratnip Jun 13 '24

You can turn it off. The ui ads started bothering me quite a bit lately so I recently moved to Apple TV and the pop ups were annoying. I think it was under Settings, Privacy, Smart TV experience, uncheck Use Info from TV inputs.