Tag: Roku
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Roku is Rolling Out a Roku OS 7.7 Update
Good News! The Roku summer update, Roku OS 7.7, starts rolling out to select Roku devices today. According to Roku “Roku OS 7.7 focuses primarily on bug fixes and firmware optimizations to increase performance of Roku SceneGraph (RSG) channels.” How to update All Roku’s made after 2011 and Roku TV models will update to Roku OS…
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Roku Sales in Mexico Are Now Banned After Cable Company Lawsuit
Update: Roku reached out to Cord Cutters News to clarify that well Roku sales in Mexico is temporarily blocked Roku is not a party to the law suit filed by Cablevision. The lawsuit targets 3rd party parties. Well it seems you will no longer be able to buy a Roku in Mexico for now. Recently,…
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Want a FREE Streaming Player? Here Are All the Current Deals for Free Streaming Players
Cord cutting can come with a bit of a start-up cost; the biggest one is buying streaming players for your TVs. The good news is in the long run you will save money. On average the typical cable subscriber pays $120 a year renting a DVR. Over three years that equals $360. However, you can…
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Roku Devices in Canada May Soon Stop Working if You Don’t Change a Setting
Well it seems if you own a Roku in Canada you need to agree to auto updates or “without these updates, your device may not continue to work.” Recently Roku started sending out emails to Roku owners in Canada asking for their permission to keep updating their Roku Players. It seems that according to Canada’s anti-spam…
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Roku Just Permanently Dropped the Price for Several of Its Most Popular Players
Back in October 2016 Roku introduced a new line of Roku products. With this line there was the Roku Express, Express+, Premiere, Premiere+, and Ultra. Now Roku is slashing prices on some of the most popular Roku models: the Roku Premiere, Roku Premiere+, and Roku Ultra. You can buy them for the following prices: Roku…
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Roku Adds More 4K UHD Channels
Roku’s list of 4K content is continuing to grow, and the Roku is still the leader in legal 4K content. Since last time we updated this list Roku added Tastemade and Tripsmart.tv to name a few. So far here is every Roku Channel that supports 4K content: 4K Spotlight 4KUniverse Roku Media Player 500px Flickr…
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Boomerang Is Coming to Roku Players
Boomerang, the cable TV channel that airs classic cartoon shows, recently launched a video on-demand subscription service. Now you will be able to access a huge library of classic cartoons from places such as Turner and Warner Bros. with shows including “Looney Tunes” and some Hanna-Barbera along with the MGM library. “Boomerang is a beloved brand that…
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Fullscreen Arrives on Roku Today
Today Fullscreen Media announced the launch of their Fullscreen Roku Channel for Roku players and Roku TVs. With the new Roku Channel Fullscreen subscribers can enjoy the latest episodes of Fullscreen’s freshest hits, including “Shane & Friends,” “H8TERS,” “Shay Mitchell: Chapters” and “Psychobabble with Tyler Oakley & Korey Kuhl” as well as upcoming original series…
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Pluto TV – Our Roku Channel of The Week
Once again we are bringing back our weekly Roku Channel recommendations. (Don’t worry we are also going to do weekly Apple TV, Fire TV, and Android TV recommendations.) Do you have a service you think we should recommend? Leave us a comment and let us know. Here is our quick look at Pluto TV on…
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Here Are The Top 10 FREE Roku Channels as of June 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 June 12th, 2017, according to the Roku Channel Store. (Note: We only included video channels on this list. Pandora would once again be number…