Tag: Roku
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Scammers Are Targeting New Roku Owners
This week Roku is officially launching a new line of Roku players. This means thousands of new Roku owners will be setting up their new Roku and many will likely find themselves facing a popular scam targeting Roku owners. For some time now Cord Cutters News has been getting complaints that Roku owners are being…
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The 2017 Roku Lineup is Now on Amazon
Have you been thinking about getting a new 2017 Roku Player? Well, now you can find them on Amazon starting today. They are a little hidden right now and you have to search for them but we have links to them here: (Note some are for pre-order and others are for sale now. Roku says…
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Roku Stick 2017 vs Roku Stick 2016 – User Speed Test
We are slowly working out way through the new Roku lineup and today we have a head to head user speed test of the 2017 Roku Stick vs the 2016 Roku Stick. So today we put them head to head so you can get an idea if it is worth upgrading from the 2016 Roku…
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Roku Ultra 2017 vs Roku Premiere 2016 – User Speed Test
Recently we received several requests for a head to head user speed test of the 2017 Roku Ultra vs the 2016 Roku Premiere. So today we put them head to head so you can get an idea if it is worth upgrading from the 2016 Roku Premiere to the 2017 Roku Ultra. Here is our video…
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Roku Again Shuts Down XTV for Piracy
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 and the FBI has shutdown XTV. A few weeks ago XTV was pulled by Roku but quickly resubmit as XTV2. Now if you use that Roku Channel you get…
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Roku Ultra 2017 vs Roku Ultra 2016 – User Speed Test & Unboxing
I recently got my hands on the new 2017 Roku Ultra and decided to do a little unboxing and a head to head with the older 2016 Roku Ultra. The main question I wanted to answer is would it be worth upgrading. For our full review please watch this YouTube Video: Here are the details…
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First Look Roku OS 8: Major Changes & New Home Screen
Yesterday I had my first look at the new Roku OS 8 with its new home screen. We knew about many of the new features such as single sign-on, better voice search, and grid guide for over-the-air TV, but it seems Roku held back some of the details about the new Roku OS 8. There…
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2017 Roku Express vs 2016 Roku Express – User Speed Test
I recently got my hands on the new 2017 Roku Express and decided to do a little unboxing and a head to head with the older 2016 Roku Express. The main question I wanted to answer is would it be worth upgrading. Roku says the 2017 Roku Express is 5x more powerful than the older version…
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2017 Rokus vs 2017 Fire TV vs 2017 Apple TV – We Break Them Down
In 2017 three of the four streaming media player manufacturers released major updates to their streaming players. (Google has a press event scheduled for tomorrow. It is possible it will also launch a new streaming player.) So I wanted to take an in-depth look at how the new streaming players line up side-by-side on many…
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Roku OS 8: Single Sign-On, Grid Guide, Fast Start, New Voice Controls, & More
Not only did Roku announce a brand-new line of Roku players today, but it also announced a new Roku OS 8. The new Roku OS 8 will start rolling out this month and should be on most Roku players and TVs by the end of 2017. So let’s take a look at what is new.…