Why is EVERYONE Buying the Roku Streambar SE?

[@madboyreadynow28]

I have one. It's small but powerful. It will connect to a subwoofer to improve the sound, but I was disappointed to find the wireless speakers will not connect to the SE. It's still a great deal because it will connect to the Sub. I wish Roku would open it up and allow the speakers to connect.

[@fishbeeproductreviews]

nice!

[@JohnCampbell-n6x]

Wouldnt need sound bars if the tv manufactures would start putting in good speakers like they use to. Everybody wants cheap prices so now you have to buy seperate items to get what was once in older tvs / stereos

[@cryengine_x]

umm, have you seen tv's? they're like 1/4" thick in 2024. I swear people just bitch to bitch. it's like demanding your phone have a lot of bass. it's a 8th inch thick supercomputer, spoilers, it's not gonna. stop crying. theres an array of inexpensive soundbars available that sound great. get one. "Like they used too". Yeah and your 25" CRT TV cost $1000 and weighed 400 lbs too. The good old days right.

[@fishbeeproductreviews]

yeah they could do better with speakers on tvs for sure

[@osudk337]

ok pal

[@MrWirelesscaller]

@@cryengine_x quote: "umm, have you seen tv's? they're like 1/4" thick in 2024. I swear people just bitch to bitch. it's like demanding your phone have a lot of bass. it's a 8th inch thick supercomputer, spoilers, it's not gonna. stop crying. theres an array of inexpensive soundbars available that sound great. get one. "Like they used too". Yeah and your 25" CRT TV cost $1000 and weighed 400 lbs too. The good old days right." Response: Agreed, about the type of speakers they could squeeze in that would sound decent would be NXT planar speakers while the highs and mids would sound great physics requires power and size to be reproduce bass to decent levels. Now if they setup a separate sub that'd be okay for some of us but when I also hear people speak about how TVs of the past had "good speakers" I don't consider cheap, low quality paper cones good for anything but mediocre dialog for news type of events (movies and music, even old ones sound dreadful on them it's why full hometheaters took off), but just decent for midrange but just for so little more a person can buy a decent Onn 32" soundbar, Onn Surf Ac powered, Creative Pebbles, Logitech z200, or even Amazon basics speakers for a small room or bedroom setup without breaking the bank.

[@vmanvideos]

Is the Roku Steambar SE a good choice for a tv that already has built-in Roku?

[@fishbeeproductreviews]

yes, it should work once you do the initial setup, the other inputs will use the speaker as well

[@cryengine_x]

cool idea. the one issue is once the roku hardware is outdated, you'll need to replace the whole thing.

[@fishbeeproductreviews]

actually, if you switch to a different streaming device later on a different hdmi port, it still uses this speaker for audio so that's a win in my book (tested it with my fire tv cube)

[@cryengine_x]

@@fishbeeproductreviews it must be using arc/earc

[@dondewanwalker3439]

dumb question, but will this show local live channels?

[@fishbeeproductreviews]

yes it will

[@michaelb4512]

Comparing this roku streambar se to rokus streambar which one is better?Thankyou!

[@fishbeeproductreviews]

sorry i haven't tried that one. i may have to get one to compare though

[@PeaceUnforsaken]

Well modern technology is great. Except it can hold you hostage. No update on your Roku TV. Then they can shut you out of it. Want to connect to your Sony DVR off line; first they inform you online you can get much more of an experience. More info. Yata, yata, yata. But you can choose no thanks. And then try to play that movie. You can't. DVR won't respond. Connections correct. Unconnected it put it in your Insignia not Smart LED TV the presto- it works. Had to fight just to get OTA channels. Easy to play movies with my Roku stick using my cell mobile hotspot on my Insignia. But using Roku TV apps using same connection says my connection is too slow. So I went back to Roku Stick and Insignia TV. Tried to cast to my Roku but you have to be online and same network. Easily mirror phone to My Insignia. Smart TV is not so smart. It just wants to monitor everything. So now about the Roku Soundbar. Let me know if it locks you out or wants you to be online in order to use it. How will this take us hostage?

[@madboyreadynow28]

@@PeaceUnforsaken What the F are you talking about?????

[@cryengine_x]

@@madboyreadynow28 exactly lol. i couldn't understand enough of that to rebut it. but yes, amazingly, product that specifically is sold to stream things from the internet, requires the internet. it's crazy. in the good old days there was none of this internet. we just died of smallpox at 26.