• @Narlythotep@lemmy.world
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    242 years ago

    I gave them 1 star and left a bad review for each of the fire tvs…they called me about the revie and then did nothing…buy a roku and throw out your $800 fire tv…it is worth it to take the loss for your own sanity

    • @ultranaut@lemmy.world
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      172 years ago

      I recently bought a Roku and was surprised to find they force ads on their home screen. It’s obviously not as terrible as a fullscreen ad but its still very annoying.

        • atocci
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          22 years ago

          What do you mean they won’t budge? Is this a conscious decision they’re both making to spite one another?

            • @scottywh@lemmy.world
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              72 years ago

              Netflix doesn’t use Roku’s system level language / subtitle settings so I assume there’s a way around it for other apps as well.

              • atocci
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                52 years ago

                Yeah, there’s definitely foreign language English subtitled content on Netflix that can be watched on Roku. I don’t think apps are required to use the Roku system subtitles. I’m more inclined to think Crunchyroll just isn’t supporting their Roku app properly.

            • @braxy29@lemmy.world
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              12 years ago

              what? i can’t speak specifically to crunchyroll (not willing to pay for it), but i watch a lot of movies in languages other than english with english subtitles on roku.

              if roku is insisting on this (?), they aren’t insisting on it for other services like hbo.

        • @Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
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          02 years ago

          The Roku does nothing at all better than the Nvidia Shield. Roku also has giant ads you can’t get rid of. They recently blocked the few workarounds people found.

          Honestly, you could just flash the fire stick. That might be the cheapest and most effective option.

    • @Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
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      142 years ago

      buy a roku

      Wait, what? A Roku has more ads than a fire TV. 1/3 of the screen is always an ad. For new releases they’ll sell the entire screen as an ad. ( Disney’s Seeing Red was a full screen splash ad on my Roku.)