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Anyone else think Roku is a P.O.S?

BGEChicago
BGEChicago Posts: 575
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Off topic... I think Roku is a piece of shi! I am on my 4th generation device, why 4th? well because this "great" device keeps locking up and resetting and freezing up. A little information I get 120 Mbs so it's not the connection. I have different issues with the other Roku devices on the other 5 TV's in my house.... Before you say switch to Apple TV, I'd rather not. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.... I'd love to update the software on the Roku hardware but it is not available, that for me, makes Roku a big scam.... But the hardware that is flawed but we won't update the software to fix it.......

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  • jimdgreat1
    jimdgreat1 Posts: 175

    I have 3 that all work great. Some are older. Not sure why you have problems.

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  • Battleborn
    Battleborn Posts: 3,523

    Can't help with your problem, my old roku works perfectly. If you are looking for an alternative, Amazon Firestick seems to have good reviews.

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  • xfire_ATX
    xfire_ATX Posts: 1,134

    I have a $25 Roku and a old fire stick. the fire stick UI is better but they do the same things easy enough.

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  • mahenryak
    mahenryak Posts: 1,324
    edited April 2019

    First, a quick Google search and I see lots of good reviews of Roku. I can't speak from personal experience because I do not own a Roku streaming device but if we just assume for a moment that the product is good, I would then try to rule out other likely suspects. One thing that can cause issues would be a firewall/router issue. Have you looked into ruling out your firewall/router?

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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109

    I have three units and it's built in to 3 TCL TVs I have (although two of them are only used as monitors). Rarely ever have I ever had a single problem from them. Probably the most reliable devices I have ever had. Never had one die, either. I think you and Roku are just not meant to be, sadly.

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  • BugFreak72
    BugFreak72 Posts: 246

    I have a couple Roku stick/Express in my house of different versions and all work fine. Because you are having issues with multiple units and multiple versions I would think it must be something else but I'm not techy enough to know what, sorry. I know mine were pretty wonky when I didn't use the separate power cord. Are you powering yours from the USB port or the separate power cord? Once I started powering them with the cord/power brick all stability problems went away for me.

    As another option I would go with Fire stick/tv or nVidia Shield personally. Rumor is a new Shield is coming soon so I would wait for that though.

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