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"Awful": Roku tests autoplaying ads loading before the home screen

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Post by VTimofeenko »

lollollollollol wrote: post #15
archon wrote: post #7

I switched from the Roku ecosystem to Nvidia Shield about a year ago because of Roku’s increasingly user hostile ad and tracking decisions and have been pretty happy with it. Android TV gives me enough control with a custom launcher that I can prevent ads.

I have my Roku-based TCL setup to immediately switch to my streaming device on boot. It’s a little slow to load, but I’m hoping this will bypass whatever Roku ads might have shown.

Check if your device and TV support CEC. The device may be able to just start the TV and switch the output.

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Post by akurtzhs »

archon wrote: post #7

I switched from the Roku ecosystem to Nvidia Shield about a year ago because of Roku’s increasingly user hostile ad and tracking decisions and have been pretty happy with it. Android TV gives me enough control with a custom launcher that I can prevent ads.

I’ve tried custom launchers but never found anything as good as the Nvidia Shield interface before Google fucked it over with ads.

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Post by jqpabc123 »

ewzimm wrote: post #8
jqpabc123 wrote: post #3

I recently bought a new "smart" TV --- but only after confirming that my selected model could be operated in "dumb" mode without any network connection. Roku just validated my purchase choice.

From all of them I’ve used, ironically enough, Roku TVs are probably the best for operating without a network connection and don’t have any unremovable networked apps that pollute the screen. They just get much worse once you connect them, but they’re also easy to factory reset.

I bought a Hisense QLED model and run it in "store mode" so it acts like nothing more than a dumb display. A connected PC provides the "smarts" that I can control.

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Post by anon373839 »

boredatoms wrote: post #16

Just buy an Apple TV and move on

Apple TV definitely offers the best “streaming portal” experience. But it’s still kind of janky. For one thing, different streaming apps implement playback controls totally differently - why did Apple not impose a standard interface?? And for another thing, the remote control is just senselessly terrible.
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