Tag: Roku
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Roku Shows Off Their First Player With Built-in OTA in Australia
For years many have asked Roku to build a streaming player with built-in support for over the air TV. You can already get this with Roku TVs that offere a great over the air TV experience that is about to get better with a new grid guide coming out in November. Sadly though Roku players had…
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Roku Just Banned Channel Pear – One of The Most Popular Private Roku Channels
Back in early August Roku made it clear that it intended to remove any service that pirates content from its devices. Now it looks like Roku has banned one of their most popular private Roku Channels Channel Pear and with your next update, it will be removed from Roku players. Tonight several readers have messaged…
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DIRECTV NOW is Giving Away FREE 2017 Roku Sticks
Yesterday DIRECTV NOW announce a new free device offer if you prepay for 2 months of DIRECTV NOW. Right now you can get the 2017 Roku Stick with the new voice remote for free if you prepay for 2 months of DIRECTV NOW. This deal is available right now but keep in mind it can…
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5 Roku Pro Tips to Help You Get The Most From Your Roku Player
Roku is the number 1 most popular streaming media player in The United States; however, many are likely not taking full advantage of everything it has to offer. So I wanted to take a moment and show you my top 5 Roku to help you get the most from your Roku player. #1 Rename Your Roku…
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My First Impressions of the 2017 Roku Lineup
For the last few weeks, I have been testing out the new 2017 Roku lineup. I want to give you my thoughts on this new line of Roku players now that I have tested them all out and put many of them head to head with other Roku models. If you want to see this…
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Here Are The Top 10 FREE Roku Channels as of October 2017
Roku has long been the leader in free video channels; however, with so many channels to choose from, finding the best can be difficult. So here are the top 10 free Roku video channels as of October 15th, 2017, according to the Roku Channel Store. (Note: We only included video channels on this list. Pandora would once again be number…
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Sling TV Is Offering Half Off the 2017 Roku Ultra & the 2017 Roku Express for FREE
Been thinking about getting the 2017 Roku Ultra or the 2017 Roku Express? Also looking at trying Sling TV? Right now may be the moment you have been waiting for. This week Sling TV updated its device deals for new customers to include the 2017 Roku Express (5x faster than the older Roku Express) and…
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Plex Live TV Comes to Roku Players
Plex continues rolling out its live TV DVR for over-the-air TV to new devices. You can now access all of your Plex Live TV DVR recordings on your Roku player with today’s update to Plex’s Roku Channel. Update: You can watch your DVR recordings at this time on Roku but can not set up new…
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The Roku Channel is Now Available on Most Roku Players & Roku TVs
A few weeks ago Roku announced the launch of a new streaming service that will put a ton of 100% free movies and TV shows all in one place. The new channel is called “The Roku Channel,” and it brings a collection of top films from leading movie studios including Lionsgate, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Warner…
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Roku Opens Up About Its Anti-Piracy Efforts
Roku has recently been cracking down on a growing list of “private” Roku channels that it says offer pirated content. The most recent major takedown was XTV, a private channel that quickly reappeared as XTV2. Now Roku has added something new to its takedowns—an FBI logo and piracy warning—which raised a lot of questions as…