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Did your Roku TV decide to strong arm you into giving up your rights or lose your FULLY FUNCTIONING WORKING TV? Because mine did.
It doesn't matter if you only use it as a dumb panel for an Apple TV, Fire stick, or just to play your gaming console. You either agree or get bent.
I haven't connected mine to the internet for a long time
I'm so disappointed in Roku lately. I still have a few streaming sticks in my house and one TV (I went all in), and I'm going to slowly replace them with something else.
I have an apple tv and that is nice, but I would love a little open source player that isn't an htpc or super pricey.
I work for a streaming cable company and we keep getting calls about this. It's not us, its Roku. You have to use your tv remote. Sorry you threw it away. We emulate the basic functions, but why would we emulate an asterisk? You're cancelling because we can't fix a third party issue... gotcha.
yar har fiddle dee dee you are a pirate.
You are a P̸̡̖̻̖͎̫̞̯̙͚͐̽̌̃̃͑̾͑̃̇̃̌̌̓ͪ̚͟͝͏̷̡̡͘͟͟͜͟I̶̶̡̳̼̪̰̥̬͋̃͘̕͟͡͡ͅĘ̸̧̪͉͉̙͙̝͍̞͍̣͓͚̬̞̙̪ͥ̐ͬͩ̃ͨͥͦͫ̿̀̀́̚͟͡C̴̸̸̨̤̘̝̺͉̙̱̰͇̻̙̥̑͒ͭ̇̀͐ͪ̐̏̐ͬ̀́̚͘͜͠͝͝E̸̴̢̮̦͎̫̲̬͓̳̪̖̪ͭ̒͐̔ͮͧ̅ͨ̽͋̇̊͌ͯͬͭͨ́̀̚͢͜͟͜͡͝͏̵̢̛̛̀͜͝-̰͎͎͎̬̙ͫ͊ͣ̚͘҉̢̛̛́͘͟͞͞Ơ̵̵̧̛̥̜̦̹͍ͨ̿̐̓͋ͤ̉ͬ̄͋ͪ̆͑́͘̕͘͟͟͜͜͡͡F̙͎̟͔̥͈̦̔͋ͩ̏͌ͧ͑͆͒ͩ̿͒ͥ͐́̀͜͏̛͢-̶̭̭̲̻̫̠̲̳̭̯̟̏͆̎ͣͩ̉͑ͨͩͧ͟ͅ͏͟͡͞͠͠͏̴̴͝S̶̴̴̶̸̵̢̧̹ͣ̎ͪͥ̿̊́͆̓̐̊͑͢͟͢͢͞͠҉̨̢͡H͕͖̞̠͔̤̏̓ͩ̒ͯ̚͢͞I̖͇̯̹ͥ͌̐̇͏̶̵̶̧̨̛̛͡͡͝͡͏̢́́̀͠͞Ţ̴̷̷̨̧̛̠̯̞̞̌͐̐̑̐̍ͨ̏́͘̕͠͠҉̛́́͡, you are a piiirate!
"My child, a minor, clicked agree when trying to use the TV I paid for. I have never seen this EULA."
So Roku is also a piece of shit too eh? I knew that their device I bought wasn't great but I thought it was just a cheap one. Glad I'm creating a media PC on Linux
Are there any good 4k 65"+ TVs without smart features? All the ones I see from LG Samsung Sony or other top rated TV manufacturers are smart TVs.
I have a Samsung S90, and I was able to disconnect from my network after the initial setup. I also set it to default to the last HDMI input at startup, so I never see the TV OS.
I feel like this is subject to change, but a smart TV without an Internet connection seems to still be an option until they take it away.
Don't they all essentially require internet access to be 'smart'? I have a LGTV (with WebOS, an app store, etc.) that I basically treat as 'dumb' by leaving it disconnected from our network.
Nowadays there are TV that requires internet connection to use the HDMI ports, I hope this trend NEVER take off.
Try look into the Samsung BEC-H. Its meant for signage so double check it has all the inputs you need but it comes in 65", 4k and no "smart" features.
"Dumb" TV + PC + 🏴☠️. life is good
That’s what I have always done. I tried a Firestick once and found it terrible and tedious. Especially compared to M&K. I have a monster ass commercial quality smart tv and it will never access the internet on it’s own.
