Fox says the combined company will be the third largest in US television.

“Today, we take the next step: bringing together the most valuable live content portfolio in video consumption with the preeminent streaming platform through which America watches it.”

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    • userse31 [it/its, he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      14·
      8 days ago

      I will give them credit for forcing a universal set of IR blaster codes.

      Someone threw a Roku TV out along with the remote. My grandparents also have a Roku TV and wanted a spare remote. They now have a spare remote.

      Fricken amazing tbh.

      • supdawg813 [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
        8·
        8 days ago

        I inherited a 2000s-2010ish? era flat screen that was missing its remote, plus the built in power button was on its way out, but I happened upon a remote from the very same (possibly now defunct) brand in a thrift store in the same week the power button stopped working so uh I think this 36 inch 720p tv was destined to live out the rest of its days on my wall and who am I to deny fate

    • TommyCatkins [none/use any]@hexbear.netEnglish
      7·
      7 days ago

      I thought that too until my boss gave me his old Samsung Smart TV, and it’s UI is the worst thing I have ever used, and the app support is garbage. Now a days I just have my desktop plugged into the TV for most things, but it couldn’t do that for awhile and I regretted giving my Roku TV to my ex immediately.

        • TommyCatkins [none/use any]@hexbear.netEnglish
          2·
          7 days ago

          I haven’t been able to afford a new computer for a few years. A friend gave me a semi-fucked up old gaming rig that I have been trying to nurse back to health. It’s running Windows 10 still so my next free weekend I will figure out how to install Mint on it (is what I have been telling myself for the past 4 months)

          • supdawg813 [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
            2·
            7 days ago

            Fair enough. Mine is secondhand off ebay, far from “new computer” expensive, but I get having to make-do for things you don’t really need.

            I recently installed mint myself! I have it set up to dual-boot with windows.

            It’s been relatively pain-free and the OS itself is great! but I fucked up not partitioning enough space for my home directory (thinking I’d store most things on a separate drive or share with my windows partition until I was ready to fully jump to linux - this was very dumb of me). The fix has been annoying enough (my installation media won’t run anymore so I either have to fix the media or find a way to partition a drive while it is in use) that I have just defaulted to using Windows most of the time.

            I also had some windows-mirrored drives that I just decided to split for the time being until I find a way to re-mirror them without accidentally torching my data, or I at least have it backed up somewhere first.

            Techno-babble aside, the install itself is easy as long as you don’t try to do anything complicated like I did. If you do decide to dual-boot despite this warning, just make sure you partition ample space for all of your applications and data. Otherwise you should be just fine and tbh I wish I’d done it sooner (and better lol).

  • came_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    16·
    8 days ago

    as much as good sux, at least (so far) the android streaming devices let us use custom launchers and block updates. i use a shieldtv and put some simple launcher on it so my streaming box just has the apps i want and no commercials/promotions going on my homepage/at launch. just the apps i want and some basic status info.

    i know roku is what a lot of people got into streaming use, but it seems kinda duplo to me. probably a smart move by fox to snag that demographic and hijack their box.

  • nothingcorporate@lemmy.todayEnglish
    8·
    7 days ago

    If you own a Roku (or any smart TV) I highly recommend never connecting it to WiFi, and spending $100 to buy a used HP prodesk or dell optiplex on eBay, and having full internet access that YOU control.