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My non-tech extended family members all use separate Roku and/or FireTV devices instead of the built-in TV functionality, because I've seen the devices. I don'
by tyingq 5y ago
My non-tech extended family members all use separate Roku and/or FireTV devices instead of the built-in TV functionality, because I've seen the devices. I don't know why, but they do.
- Johnny555 5y agoI was pretty happy with my old LG TV's smart apps, but it seemed to get more and more sluggish with each update, until finally it got annoying enough that I bought a Roku.
- mholm 5y agoLots of people bought Rokus/FireTVs before they had a smart TV, and now simply prefer the interface.
- francisofascii 5y agoMaybe because the Roku interface actually works properly, whereas the apps on the smart TV are slow and buggy.
- jcranberry 5y agoI bought a "premium" Roku box brand new for I believe $90 so I could have one with an ethernet cable. That was 3 years ago and it's currently supremely buggy. It goes green, black, crashes mid episode, if I skip a few times within a few seconds the audio might desync. It was already bad but I got a new speaker system and hooked it up to an AV receiver and it instantly got several times worse. I don't know if my experience is typical but 3 years is a disappointing lifetime for something like this IMO.
- Arrath 5y agoVery much this. I use the Netflix app on my smart TV as it mostly works without issue. Hulu stops with a black screen every few minutes. I haven't bothered to look to see if it has Disney+ or HBOmax apps, I just use my phone and chromecast to do anything other than Netflix.