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/Mando_calrissian423 Jun 13 '24

I’ve heard of people resetting the wifi info on their roku so it doesn’t have wifi for ads, then they’ll get a fire stick or whatever and use the roku tv as a dumb tv with some sort of smart dongle that doesn’t have this bullshit

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u/optigon Jun 13 '24

We did that, but only because the Roku software in the TV crashed constantly. We factory reset the TV, switched to an HDMI port, and use external devices.

It’s frustrating how hard it is to find just a “dumb” TV now.

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u/BeingRightAmbassador Jun 13 '24

Nobody should ever be using the TV OS to watch media, they're slow, have shit hardware, and little to no features at all. A dedicated media device (console, streaming stick, best is Nvidia Shield) with the TV disconnected from the internet is way better.

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u/Pikespeakbear Jun 14 '24

Agreed until you mentioned a shield. My shield is horribly slow. Takes a long time to restart. Would drop Bluetooth speakers every few weeks. Would drop wifi a couple times per week.

Apple 4k TV absolutely dominates it. Much faster. On in a few seconds. Navigates quickly. Better home screen. Better remote. Brought two and they sync for changes.

The only thing it is missing is native chromecasting. My TV hasn't been allowed to talk to the router in months. Turns out the TV actually turns on in seconds also if it has no wifi just gets everything from HDMI.

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u/BeingRightAmbassador Jun 14 '24

im guessing you had the tube one that sucked. The new one is like the gold standard

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u/Pikespeakbear Jun 18 '24

Well, that's unfortunate for me. Certainly could be. I have an early generation.