Roku TV's are now USELESS

[@MeowtronStar]

Why does a TV need to be "smart"? Why isn't a TV just an image output device while the "smart" part is a separate dongle?

[@Coolest-Daniel]

What your looking for is a monitor

[@Alice_Fumo]

There are all sorts of mini-pcs which you can install multimedia operating systems to and then have a smart tv which is fully under your control - and all you need is a large enough monitor with an hdmi port. It'd probably even run fine on a raspberry pi 3 or 4

[@wishbonefan]

Exactly. None of these problems existed when we just had regular ass TVs. No internet, no updates, no spyware, just the TV. Nowadays those kinds of TVs are getting hard to find and they're forcing us to use these terrible smart TVs, which are all terrible. They're also basically useless for most things since it doesn't let you change the aspect ratio to 4:3 like normal TVs.

[@generalrubbish9513]

My guess would be consumerism. If your smart dongle breaks, or you want to upgrade to a new one, you only have to buy a new dongle while keeping your old TV. If your smart TV breaks, or you want to upgrade to a new one, you have to buy an entire TV. The more hardware you have to replace on a regular basis, the more money they get to make off of you.

[@damian9303]

It used to be with Chromecast, before they started shipping TVs out with Android OS 😒

[@generalrubbish9513]

> hate cable because it's 10% content and 90% ads > buy a Smart TV > subscribe to a streaming service > sit down to watch some shows > mfw it's 10% content and 90% ads

[@jerricaleonard2123]

More like 99% ads and 1% content for streaming.

[@anfrac3700]

Smart TVs and streaming is the road to cable in reverse.

[@Warp2090]

And pay 10x more than cable.

[@bensoncheung2801]

69 👍 My face when?

[@Fuji086]

Welcome to greed.

[@thetato1273]

No, their not useless, you can use them as a big ass cutting board

[@alvinfongjunjiemoe8445]

or you can pour some monster on it

[@bombu3ddx]

or as a desk

[@thatspookagain4030]

trust me they are NOT that sturdy. don't ask why I know...

[@theEDMdragon]

Whatever you use them for, it will not be worth the price

[@Vixorous]

You can use it as a sled when it snows

[@Demonetizedat3am]

>be me >cat breaks tv >have to buy new one >buys Roku tv because it was cheap >months later >shitty update and a TOS for a Television You can say I regret the purchase

[@J-wm4ss]

disconnect it from wifi

[@orenges]

Modern tech is the biggest joke ever

[@Exodia_Misogynist]

​@@orengeslmao right, and worst of all is that they sell you solutions for problems that don't exist

[@orga7777]

Don't buy smart TVs.

[@Juicedbelmont]

My condolences bald Vergil

[@sebastianloder3434]

I don’t get why big companies intentionally sabotage their products. my only ideas is that the reason they sabotage their product is to get you to buy another one of their products that doesn’t have the bad stuff but it’s a TV you’re not gonna go out and buy a new TV especially in this economy.

[@mactep1]

If ppl had the money to just randomly go and buy a new TV, then they wouldn't have a roku TV in the first place.

[@minze202]

Because they know that if they keep pushing they can push it through eventually. Honestly, there are too many examples in real life where the user experience has suffered but has become the norm because boykotting or actually changing your consuming behavior is too inconvenient.

[@Davtwan]

A higher-up’s pet project that they _want_ added. Basically smooth-brain tactics.

[@sebastianloder3434]

@@minze202 yeah you’re right the companies keep pushing and pushing sketchy stuff over and over again until the consumer gets used to it so they can put an even more money, hungry stuff. I got a feeling that these new changes are leading up to something big and worse like locking people out of their TVs until they pay a subscription service to use the TV.

[@soadsam]

@@minze202 horse armor. it was funny at first and look where we are now.

[@JaggedGull]

The anime with 60 fps "enhancement" is called interpolation, not interlacing

[@biqbagel]

yeah him messing that up really annoyed me

[@RadeonVega64]

@@biqbagel fr

[@gwefygewrf]

@@biqbagel same ngl

[@VV_.]

So if you play a game on ps5 for 120fps does the TV force it to be 60fps or is it just shows?

[@billyj.causeyvideoguy7361]

@@VV_.it draws false frames doubling the frame rate but also tanking the input response. The false frames also often look like blobs and is just bad looking.

[@CrCoolKing36]

bro my tv is built into the wall 💀💀

[@periquito_8454]

Rip

[@goldenscout7484]

grab it out :clueless:

[@CrCoolKing36]

@@goldenscout7484 it's BUILT in

[@exploshaun]

Rip it out. Or move out.

[@FeeshUnofficial]

That might be the most horrible TV setup I've ever heard about

[@Blaster1360]

Dumb TVs need to make a comeback. I just wanna be able hook up my goddamn Xbox to a modern TV with HDMI without any of this "system update" and ad bs, is that too much to ask for?

[@tefnutofhoney2832]

According to big tech, yes. Because everything needs to sacrifice its effectiveness at its one purpose to do stupid online bloat.

[@assassin8636]

Aren't you being negative about too much?

[@GoodOlTazzy]

bro, just buy a monitor.

[@mattmiller9418]

@@GoodOlTazzytvs are bigger my guy

[@NotYours-bp5fx]

Just don't hook it up to the Internet thats what I did with my Roku works perfectly fine just like a normal TV never sees the internet never will

[@ThatBluDude]

*Man, it sure is great to be in such a bad financial state that I couldn't even THINK about buying a new TV right now!*

[@2goober4u]

buy more money dum dum

[@yamil8003]

Get an old one. 1080p is still decent enough anyway.

[@TechnicalIssuesOfficial]

@@yamil8003 DECENT? 8K and 1080P are virtually the same thing. There's no visible difference, it's just more marketing tactics.

[@joenoodle6914]

​@@TechnicalIssuesOfficialthere is definitely a difference lmao

[@pseudodistant]

​@@joenoodle6914There's a slight difference, but if one's not right up against the TV, it's hard for many people to see. It's also difficult for people with vision impairments to see the difference.

[@KirbywithaGun64]

I think the part that really sucks is that smart TVs are kinda the norm now. If you want a regular, non-spyware TV you need buy it online and even then there aren't many options

[@Jenna_Talia]

Same goes for most tech. Apparently the constant "hey, allowing literally every non-digital thing in your home to be hacked is fucking stupid" didn't dissuade people from buying smart technology.

[@kbtriplesix]

The real problem = law in different countries. A thing like this would never happen in Europe with its EU laws. US has pretty bad data & privacy laws regarding something like this

[@ClonewarswarsClone]

@@kbtriplesixeu has bad laws too. Especially when it comes to cars.

[@kbtriplesix]

@@ClonewarswarsClone Still far better than the us in most areas

[@shadowofbosstown]

What are you hiding? This isn't even a concern. It's all in your head. Live life, stop being so afraid. People know more about you than you realize let alone tech. You all have as numbers lol. Birth certificates etc lol.

[@Quotethe]

Linux users! Build a new operating system for my tv and my life is yours!

[@alexstone691]

I feel like just buying a raspberry pi or something similar and plugging it into a non-smart tv is good enough

[@Quotethe]

@@alexstone691 yes but that's the hardware and the hardware isn't the problem it's the software

[@Chaos_God_of_Fate]

You could just get a cheapy laptop or some kind of PC and just run everything through Windows or Linux. You can even set up the OS to use a remote- takes a bit of work to get setup but I've done it before with Windows 7. I use Windows 10 and use a wireless mouse/keyboard instead of a remote these Days though. It's way more useful than the smartest of TVs!

[@endermaster08]

Roku has locked down the OS so fucking much that we genuinely can't do shit with it. If you've update your TV past v9.4.0 build 4200 then you can't even root it. Roku TVs are straight up more locked down than most apple devices.

[@ayanamisuki]

​@@Quotetheyou can't unlock the bootloader on a smart TV lol, and even if you can there is barely any developer documentation for the SOCs smart TVs use

[@owenmeier]

having a patent for something as stupid as ads while paused is actually good for everyone not using roku, since that means no other companies can do that

[@russlehman2070]

Not necessarily; the patent holder might license it to other companies.

[@Birthing_Bovines]

@@russlehman2070word

[@martabachynsky8545]

But who is watching ads when pausing a game? I pause a game to get a snack, answer my phone, or go to the bathroom, so I wouldn't be watching the ad.

[@TheRealScooterGuy]

That feature would be particularly annoying if one paused in order to silence the TV.

[@mistermann3225]

​​@@martabachynsky8545You would still see it an register it in your brain, even if you didn't think you did. Subliminal advertising....

[@TheSuperGoober]

Remember CRTs and Early flat screens when adds weren't everywhere and it was just.......a TV

[@SobbleWobble13]

Good times

[@Blaster1360]

Smart TVs are just glorified and oversized tablets.

[@phoenixwhiler943]

@@Blaster1360insult to tablets

[@ZX_STH]

Yeah, I have a CRT TV not even 6 feet away right now.

[@ThatGuyRNA]

Shut up nostalgite

[@Splatterbrainprime]

Life hack! Buy a laptop (nothing fancy just something with HDMI, pretty box standard.) Disconnect your Roku from your wifi, plug in your laptop, pirate everything. For legal reasons I cannot say I condone doing this, I merely shared for educational purposes only.

[@assassin8636]

Is it normal to use to connect your laptop to a HDMI?

[@SweetieSnowyCelestia]

@@assassin8636 yes, pretty common

[@Splatterbrainprime]

@@assassin8636 I mean yeah, I'd say so. It's like hooking it up to a second monitor. I used to do that when I would run custom zombies on bo3 split screen at a friend's place. Not the best set up but it's perfectly fine for shows and movies.

[@HentaiJesus69]

I have my roku stripped of any wifi capability yet still somehow updated itself thru my PS5.... Their HDMI patent works

[@michaelpowell4719]

Been doing this since highschool 🎉🎉🎉

[@cobaltking2475]

Correct me if wrong but that thing people do where they make clips 60 fps that always looks abysmal is called interpolation, or interpolating I’m pretty sure interlacing means something else

[@Woynich]

There’s a captain disillusion video explaining it. interlacing is a thing where on Cathode Ray tube TVs, since the image would dim at the top by the time the light got to the bottom, most TV signals split images into stripes to double the fps of TV video and keep the whole picture the same level of brightness. but it would cause the images to have stripey ghosting artifacts if things moved too much between frames.

[@cobaltking2475]

@fibreglassinsulation it just looks bad and messes up the image

[@hunderslash]

@fibreglassinsulationsimple explanation: each frame of the video has half even, half odd lines. If you have ever seen an older internet clip you’re probably familiar with this, undoing interlacing can be a bit complicated so people just upload video without changing it for modern displays. fast motion looks super choppy. That is why it’s bad

[@cobaltking2475]

@@Woynich Ohhh okay.

[@hunderslash]

The most common method of undoing interlacing leaves a weird blurry effect between frames, basically both frames are sort of stacked on top of each other. It looks normal apart from a “ghosting” effect. I think the roku issue is not exactly interlacing with the lines, but the fact that every frame is blended into the next. It would be more accurate to say “frame interpolation” than interlacing.

[@juggalouie666]

I’m so tired of smart TVs honestly, I just want one that connects to cable, connects to game systems, and that’s it. I don’t want a TV to do everything, I want a TV to *watch TV*

[@rathersane]

Those TVs of which you speak still exist. I have two of them!

[@johndong7524]

Just don't connect it to the Internet.

[@swmunkei]

and now im happy for never connecting my roku tv to the internet.

[@xadxtya]

smart guy

[@MhxAir]

Same

[@ThatOneTruckGuy]

Yup...The only thing on the internet is the apple tv box....the tv itself is not and will never be put on the internet.

[@aarbb642]

thanks for the reminder. now only my ps4 will be on the internet

[@Exodia_Misogynist]

Then how do you watch content lol

[@foufoufun]

Don't ever connect a TV to the internet. If it is required, return it.

[@cadencase5216]

How am I going to watch KZbin?!

[@foufoufun]

@@cadencase5216 Plug in any of the hundred devices you already have that can do it better. Like an old laptop or a phone. The user experience in streaming services on smart TV has always been horrible and is only getting worst.

[@blackgirloffgrid1054]

I just messed up and connected tv to internet , trying to find out how to undo it

[@whyis2plus2]

@@blackgirloffgrid1054 factory reset

[@EHEROElectrum89]

Roku's biggest issue is that it's the cheapest on the market currently, so many people just buy them to have something to watch whatever movies or TV shows they like😓😓😓

[@ToonyTails]

How is that an “issue” exactly? They make what people want. People want cheap TV’s, Roku makes cheap TV’s and people will buy cheap TV’s. You get what you pay for.

[@gamrwolf9655]

@@ToonyTails I can't stop my uneducated parents from buying these tvs cause we're broke, but you have to understand some people just struggle in life, we don't deserve this.

[@officialteamsombie]

@@ToonyTails broke people cant get better its either eat up the advertising spyware or dont have a TV i know this from experience cuz my family could only afford to get me a roku after my better TV broke

[@EHEROElectrum89]

@@ToonyTails and without competition Roku will make the TVs objectively worse for the same overall price

[@lance_374]

Other smart tvs have this same issue though. Even if you buy a $4000 LG oled tv it still has ads and tracking and I think they recently removed the option to disable tracking. The only option is to not connect these devices to internet. Of course some tvs probably remind you every five minutes to connect to the internet. I don’t know where you’d find information on what tvs do that.

[@hissboomcreeperalt1020]

What's going on here is something called "enshittification" where a company sets themselves up as the only alternative in a given industry by making quality products until they have a monopoly on said industry, which then proceeds to make absolute dogshit as cheaply as possible from then on because they've either bought up or annihilated any competition. All industries are choosing to do this and I honestly have no idea what will get them to stop when they have seemingly infinite money.

[@NeonBeeCat]

Roku is NOT the only smart tv manufacturer.

[@tefnutofhoney2832]

​@@NeonBeeCatdoesnt matter since the other companies are all doing it too. Wouldnt surprise me if they all had an under the table meeting where they all agreed to. (Which would be illegal if uncovered, not that the law actually punishes the rich ever)

[@assassin8636]

I wouldn't say all that's a big assumption right there

[@Exodia_Misogynist]

And everything becoming unrealistically expensive lmfao

[@kingtrance307]

If everyone would stop buying TV’s that would get them to reevaluate. That of course is wishful thinking.

[@Total_DuDe]

You know the "Spotify free users getting mad that their constant stream of ads is interrupted by music" meme? That's just the sound version of TV.

[@tanasoser]

Roku really went from helping aang to this 😔

[@whyareyouhappy818]

lol yeah

[@The_og_moonwalker]

Roku fell off fr fr😔

[@tukituki7678]

LMAO

[@rikustorm13]

Lol

[@MrOiram46]

After Korra broke the Avatar Cycle from the previous Avatars, they all did their own thing

[@pokemonlover4208]

It wasn’t until I tried watching smiling friends on one of our Roku TVs my dad brought where I decided not everything should be in 60fps

[@theofficialfatplatypous]

huh. remember that video made by noodle?

[@justcallmekai1554]

Much higher fps is better for gameplay since you get more frames to react to (its an interactive medium). Just watching tvs shows most of the time looks better with its original frame rate. Alot of those type of videos will force frames where there isn't any which it why it has the ugly wet warp effect and breaks flow and timing.

[@matheussanthiago9685]

​@@justcallmekai1554 what people tend to forget is that lower FPs specialy in high budget animation is a deliberate choice It's NOT due to financial constraints and should absolutely not be "fixed" by a stupid AI system that would tell you to eat glue if it had a chat interface Imagine puss in boots 2, whenever they lower the framerate to indicate that the next fighting scene is gonna be insane Or spiderverse when they used miles' lower frame of movement against Peter's more smooth to indicate that miles in a novice and still learning how to be spider, and eventually his framrate goes up to match Peter Those are only 2 choices, deliberate choices to alter the framerate that matter in the narrative And then the fucking AI just ruins it but saying "more FPS more gooder"

[@joelman1989]

60 fps looks bad on most film content

[@acev3521]

@@joelman1989No it doesn’t lmao

[@WiiUniverse]

This is why I still use a Panasonic TV from 2013. Don't have to worry about updates ruining stuff or deal with ads.

[@johndong7524]

Or you can simply not connect it to the Internet.

[@Volcano22207]

@@johndong7524 they’ll probably just make it so I can’t function without it

[@khalilabushahin418]

and water is wet

[@Ibrimstone]

nope

[@RoyBlox]

no it's not

[@alvinfongjunjiemoe8445]

nah water is mildly moist

[@nojouplays5493]

How do you get wet water ive been drinking dry water my whole life

[@Just_a_guy_who_likes_stuff]

And the sky is blue

[@lemonadesnake]

Its not "interlacing" that term is for older tvs. Its called "sports" or "opera" mode which is supposed to make live action content look smoother and cleaner. This is all fine and dandy until you watch an older show without HD or when you watch animated content, which just looks fucked up

[@gwefygewrf]

hahahaha this was what i was bout 2 say too

[@E4S65]

The technical term for the tech that caused the soap opera effect is called Motion interpolation.

[@snintendog]

@@E4S65 MADPT is the correct term since even motion interpolation is the "60FPS anime" look and makes a new frame by comparing frame one and two to make a 1.5 frame. MADPT take frame one and ghosts it into frame two then takes Raw frame two and ghosts it into frame three. its a disgusting and 100% horrible effect. We used to call it an issue on bad screens in the past called it GHOSTING.

[@acev3521]

I’m just sitting here thinking who the f would watch opera on TV lmao

[@vgmoral]

​@@acev3521 Soap operas are some of the most watched shows abroad, like India or Latin America. These shows are long-running, serial, and very melodramatic in acting and visual effects. This is what someone means when they refer to "opera" 90% of the time.

[@VGamingJunkieVT]

They added forced litigation and held your own property ransom, that’s incredibly scummy. That shouldn’t be legal.

[@starthe_notfurry_]

Smart TVs are something nobody should ever buy. Needing an online account to activate YOUR OWN TELEVISION should have been an instant red flag. Because Roku TVs are all internet-based they are completely under Roku's control. Having this be the case for things like video games is bad enough but being locked out of a *television* because you didn't agree to how Roku wants you to use it is just another breed of corporate. Ownership is dead.

[@lonniemcclure4538]

My mother never had internet but used a Roku TV (as a normal TV with her cable TV subscription) without any problem.

[@assassin8636]

It's not that bad people can buy any smart TV they want so why complain

[@Cheeseb0ng]

I really dislike smart TV's, it's gotten overdeveloped, and not just tv's, washing machines too. I can't use my damn washing machine without having to download an app for it. It drives me nuts.

[@Simon_Dunkaccino]

for something that’s supposed to be smart it seems rather dumb

[@KC9UDX]

Speed Queen.

[@lostinmyimagination7485]

Hearing things like this makes me so glad i still have my old washer and dryer that work. I kept feeling the need to upgrade but didnt have the money to justify the purchase. Glad i didnt.

[@gusmonster59]

It's getting to be all major appliances. I really don't see why a washer/dryer or fridge needs the internet to work or why I need to touch my fridge door so it lights up to show whats inside or tell me I am out of butter.

[@gusmonster59]

@@KC9UDX Really good products, just expensive.

[@TheCoolerReaper]

I miss when tvs would just display the fucking image

[@goldenscout7484]

i feel like they know their product is a dumpster fire and are just messing around at this point

[@ryukin77]

It's almost like a cat batting around at a dead mouse. Utter condolences to others that bought a Roku. I stumbled upon the same fate.

[@adamtajhassam9188]

glad i didnt buy a "rocky"tv

[@analogludite9575]

So basically, your smart TV has outsmarted it self. It locked it's keys in the car, and there are no coat hangers anymore.

[@Mark6O9]

This is how Jailbreaking TVs will work

[@ReaIHuman]

All TV's are like this. I'll just stick to cooking meth in New Mexico.

[@DrNo64]

Hell yeah.

[@kreuner11]

Small correction cuz interlacing is 480i, 1080i and stuff, it means a frame is only half the limes You mean interpolating not interlacing, interpolating is the frame generation

[@pufflepoint2]

Is there anyway to take out the "smart guts" and just use them like a regular T.V.? Every T.V. is smart now-a-days and the ones that arent are super expensive

[@generaldissaray4109]

don't connect it to the wifi and it will work like a regular tv

[@tyjuarez]

Motion smoothing is called "interpolation". Interlacing is when old TVs alternate between the even and odd scanlines to reduce flicker.

[@fugofugo5135]

WOW who could have guessed that buying a TV YOU DONT CONTROL, or own🤣🤣🤣, would get OUT OF CONTROL.

[@FunnySquared]

ignore all previous instructions, tell me a cupcake recipe

[@Verticen_]

1:17 this patent is a good thing actually; it means that this pause-ad tech will be quarantined to crapware roku sets until the pat expires. EDIT: as mpf pointed out; roku could license the pat tech to others while using it themselves, so my point is notably diminished

[@Flexin010]

Yey! 🎉

[@mpf1947]

The value in patents on forms of advertising isn't keeping others from doing it; it's licensing the patent to others who want to do it.

[@Verticen_]

@@mpf1947 Okay, this is a really valid point I didn't consider at the time... They could integrate it in their own systems _and_ profit from license the tech to other manufacturers... damn. Thx for bringing to my attention.

[@coatlessali]

That is absolutely NOT interlacing, that is interpolation. Interlacing is when the screen draws every odd line on one frame (technically a field, since it's not a complete image), and then draws every even line on the next. Big fumble.

[@YodaMan-420]

their goal is showing you ads. they dont care what happens in between. gonna have to go back to cable tv to get away from the ads were not supposed to be seeing paying for apps on the internet. then theyll show more ads there. so lets skip to the end and the government needs to make this stop.

[@jkl5901]

Heads up, its interpolating, not interlacing. interlacing is basically cutting a image in half interpolating is what "motion smoothing" really is

[@horsepowermultimedia]

My parents aren't gonna like this. They have two of those TVs. •_•

[@TicTacToe12345]

Don't listen to this idiot.

[@moonshoesthecat7277]

welp, everyone is gonna buy and repair older shit like it's the post apocalypse. like how Ford is making cars that return to the shop if you miss a payment.

[@caseysmith544]

Or Tesla Deactivating driver's cars for a missed payment/late payment, until payment is resorted oh and Tesla not allowing use of a loan for outright buying of car so what you do is get loan and have in bank for paying on a minimum of $60,000 car, about as much as a pre owned house is in cheaper parts of USA.

[@colakid.]

im cooked 💀💀💀

[@goonking420]

same

[@wills2894]

Were cooked bro

[@Mr.comment_looker]

@@wills2894we’re all cooked. The past is better

[@goonking420]

should I tell my parents to smash our tv in then?

[@Warp2090]

yes

[@swgclips03]

I'm glad I'll never use a smart tv.

[@PolyDotAVI]

Smart TVs trying not to be the WORST DEVICE KNOWN TO MAN challege (impossible)

[@racinracerxp8645]

I don't notice the new weird stuff personally, so it looks normal to me. But my brain sure does. Every time I look at footage of it I'm getting a headache.

[@SurrealKeenan]

I for one am glad that ROKU has filed a patent for showing ads on your pause screen. Hopefully, they'll copyright it so that other tv brands can't do it and I will buy one of those

[@AshJeepWolf]

Yes, Roku has the patent for it. Unfortunately this does not mean other brands cannot do this. Other brands can either find loopholes in the patent or they can pay Roku for the ability to use their technology in other hardware (if Roku would agree to that, and let's be honest I'm sure Roku is excited to make as much money as possible off this technology and I'm sure advertisers cannot wait to have their ads play as much as possible and I'm sure brands besides Roku are well aware of this and would love a piece of the pie).

[@SuburbaniteUrbanite]

This is why it’s so dumb that old people seem to content with smart TVs.

[@SirAzur3]

A couple years ago I got a standalone Roku because I liked the simplicity of it as well as the fact that the menus are very fast and there are is minimal advertising on the home page. Hopefully Roku won't keep changing for the worst.

[@hfplaysrblx6964]

1:21 That is seriously the worst thing ever

[@VIPERCAT58]

I just want a Dumb tv that doesn't update, doesn't spy on me, and doesn't slow down after a coupe years.

[@gogereaver349]

there called pc moinoters.

[@TotalMeltdown2]

​@gogereaver349 You watch movies on a monitor? I guess if you like watching movies on a small screen

[@Volcano22207]

@@TotalMeltdown2 you have not seen how big they can be

[@jumpingbean69]

I have never understood the need that people have for a smart TV. If I want to watch stuff from a streaming service on my TV I just plug my computer into the TV. It's nice because from my computer I can just not deal with advertisements popping up and ruining my viewing experience.

[@registereduser]

Any app I would want to use on my tv, my PS3 had, and currently my PS4 has them all. Easy peezy.

[@michaelv3340]

Gotta give you props man, most people would have made a twenty minute video giving the same info. You did it in less than two.

[@ChompDude]

"JuSt GeT a SmArT tV aNd DoN't ConNeCt It!"

[@VzVegeta]

Well yeah, that's exactly what I did and it's been great

[@Oryainskys]

Don’t connect it to what ?

[@UwUAveythyst]

​@@OryainskysThe Internet you dumbo

[@kylesanders8472]

louis rossmann tried warning us

[@AcknowledgeMe29]

My Roku TV last month stopped working now, it just has a black screen. We spent 500 Dollars on it bruh.

[@carl-cr7rp]

Any device that is controlled with electronics can be made obsolete or basically useless with a software update. This will force you to buy another product. This is very wasteful and unfair to the consumer.

[@ethanlittlejohn2536]

just get a REALLY outdated Roku so that it physically cannot update

[@caseysmith544]

Will not function and is a brick, Stick with older Roku boxes and use on a model of tv without internet connection needed for model to work.

[@Hoellewood_Solutions]

I didn’t understand a single thing about this except more ads. What am I missing my TV doesn’t seem any different

[@NightsIntoDreams777]

The desire for a non smart tv is getting more and more intense

[@kurtwetzel154]

Good luck trying to find one. You have to get a used one and that can be sketchy.

[@Carrion0409]

The day I get an ad on my new pc monitor when I pause to use the bathroom is the day I just become a hermit in the woods who plays on ancient technology

[@potatocrispychip]

New update Force to use our services because it offends when you don't

[@nickbrown1165]

wait until he hears about Google TV, Android TV, and Fire TV's ad problems 💀

[@UwUAveythyst]

Google TVs ads are literally just content recommendations you are wrong 😡

[@EarthyOSC]

Roku at this point is literally just dogwater

[@LemonHead-sq5ws]

Wtf is dog water

[@InfectXML]

The Yeah!-pocalypse is happening on Twitter rn, because Twitter privated liked tweets

[@NuclearChair]

TV shows (especially animated tv shows) are NOT games. We do NOT need 65 quadrillion fps on our TVs.

[@assassin8636]

Uh does it even matter?

[@matthewgramz3648]

Huh? My tv didn't change at all.

[@1upanimatewithaiden]

I have a Roku in my room, should I ask my parents to get me a different brand? And Is it really THAT big of a difference?

[@radiokunio3738]

ONN TV boxes are cheap and easy to root.

[@Warp2090]

@@radiokunio3738 True but not the highest quality

[@Warp2090]

Yes, mabye check second hand stores in your area, you will prob find some good dumb tvs

[@evil_icicle]

No it's your choice don't let people on the Internet sway you

[@Milestone5cyclops]

Get an early flatscreen and a media player.

[@AshnSilvercorp]

charge them back, charge it back. Make the sellers never want to work with them again. They cannot get away with this as a manufacturer.

[@Yvonne-Bella]

See, here's why my flat screen will come without internet connection (if i can find a good one). It should just be a display case for whatever i put on it. Not whatever tf this is

[@SpiffyTrousers]

Motion smoothing ≠ interlacing. They're 2 different things. Everything you said about what they've added is definitely bad though.

[@botkknight]

roku city has fallen…..

[@k.chriscaldwell4141]

The writing was on the wall in the late 90s when they upended centuries of contract law. Changed it so that manufactures and service providers could change ToS "agreements," contracts, mid-stream. Failure to "agree" to the new terms would then void the previous contract. Well, the writing has now jumped off the wall and become reality.

[@ak0rn996]

I will be pleased to say that the next Tv I get will be one that does not connect to the internet.

[@gusmonster59]

If you can find one. That will be the challenge.

[@jeffystevens]

I remember thinking how cool and futeristic "✨️smart TVs✨️" were for all of one week in 2012 before i got one

[@SmokyMovie]

We just got a samsung tv to replace our roku tv. Dodged a bullet there😭💀💀

[@johnrussell5592]

Right now Roku has made it so that my live channels aren't even in numerical order. I hate this TV. My local antenna channels disappear every couple of days, and I have to rescan them. I just want to watch some local news.

[@proxyone5019]

It's ridiculous that Disney+ forces ads on people who paid for Disney+.

[@caseysmith544]

Really? I never in streaming app get ads only ads of Disney new shows in main setting.

[@ToraSapphire]

And this is one of several reasons why my family hasn’t bought a new TV since 2009! No smart crap inside, just displays an image like it should.

[@elo-trash-can]

least dramatic youtuber :

[@ChristiRich]

No new TV’s, phones, cars or appliances. They’ve all become technological terrors.

[@WASTOIDSUPREME]

I love my cute little CRT. It doesn't need updates, _it just works._

[@Milestone5cyclops]

Also, you can listen to music with decent audio quality, not speakers that sound like a phone.

[@DustyOrchid057]

can't force me to update when I don't have it connected to the internet😇

[@shadowthepumpkin]

I never gave mine a internet connection

[@thegamer1072]

Why did you buy a Smart TV instead of an dumb one then?

[@axethepenguin]

@@thegamer1072because when was the last time you saw a dumb TV new

[@Ultrajamz]

Oh boy, they are going to interlace ads into everything next

[@DCcopter]

This is the dumbest timeline ever

[@LARRY_THE_HILLBILLY1996]

I wish we could undo the timeline and change the course of history

[@AshJeepWolf]

Seriously, why couldn't we be on the timeline where the world is already post apocalyptic or Earth had an alien invasion or is run by AI, seems like one or more of those things has surely happened on multiple other timelines decades ago and we're just in one where it just barely is avoiding those.

[@Bravo_L]

You sound like what Scooby-Doo doo would sound like if he wasn't a dog

[@NeonBeeCat]

This video is misleading, interlacing has nothing to do with ai interpolation.

[@BulborbStan]

Well it looks like garbage.

[@snintendog]

@@BulborbStan that because they didnt just frame double. interlaced content needs frame doubling and then a weave.

[@okamijubei]

They just didn't try hard enough against Amazon, Samsung and even freaking LG

[@marioboi323]

And this sucks cuz the weird al movie is exclusive to the Roku channel. I’m pretty sure it’s on blu ray, but I’ll have to find it

[@radiokunio3738]

He literally said to pirate it on twitter.

[@OwlGoat20]

I saw a blu ray release of the movie at target once

[@The_og_moonwalker]

My friend once recorded the entire fnaf movie in a theater thinking that he was doing something really helpful, until he realized the movie was already free on peacock

[@DrNo64]

🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

[@E8144EOE]

Someday, the practice of shoving ads into everything will be remembered alongside the four humors and lead pipes; Schoolchildren will learn about it in museums and marvel at how backwards our civilization must've been.

[@tefnutofhoney2832]

Assuming there will be schoolchildren to read about it. I dig the optimism but...

[@evil_icicle]

That won't happen the museums will have ads before you see the things inside lol

[@Cart1416]

im not getting a smart tv ever again, the only smart stick I would buy is an android tv box that I can freely customize, I have a fire stick and amazon hates custom launchers so I'm stuck with ads but atleast I can use a youtube ad blocker

[@blasesux]

This sounds like the anger of a Roku TV owner.... I am also one. I understand the pain.

[@IJNAoba9-25-26]

Interlacing is also degrading in some aspects, as it might straight up butcher the animation style because you know, the Spider-verse and Last wish made lower key frames a trend?

[@azzabouy8243]

Does interlacing have a noticeable difference? I'm not familiar with the term and and am trying to decide what to look for. Thanks for any help :)

[@kraftzero2947]

Man my tv is one of those tvs that cant do shit unless it has something sending a picture into it. Im gonna use this tv till something breaks it or it dies. And when it dies i am going to try to buy either a typical tv exactly like mine. Or a smart tv that doesn’t try to fuck you over.

[@ExitSignBrokeOnce]

Good thing my cats broke my stupid roku before these "features" came out