Making television easy again. By Phillip Swann
Roku is now offering 30-day free trials of Showtime, EPIX and 20 other premium channels to help Coronavirus shut-ins pass the time. Called ‘Home Together,’ the Roku initiative requires you to redeem each free trial on The Roku Channel, which can be found in the device’s channel menu. And take note: If you don’t cancel
Q. I’ve been planning to cut the cord and get rid of DIRECTV. DIRECTV has a Genie system that can let me watch shows in 7 different rooms without adding more receivers. So if I got Roku to be my cord-cutting streaming device, would I need to get seven Rokus or could I use one
Q. My brother has an extra Roku streaming box that he wants to give me. But it’s a Ultra box which is a 4K one. My question is will it work on our High-Definition TV even though it’s a 4K box? Is there anything special we have to do to make it work? — Shelley,
Q. I am a senior living on little income so I can’t spend a lot of money on television anymore. My nephew told me that there’s a thing called Roku that will give me TV for free. Is it free? Is there any cost at all? And can I put it on my Smart TV
Roku and Fox last night settled their carriage battle, announcing a new agreement that will permit Roku customers to continue watching Fox channels on their streaming devices. The pact means that Roku owners will also be able to stream the Super Bowl on Sunday on the Fox Sports app in both 4K and High-Definition. The
Roku is threatening to remove all Fox standalone channels today due to a carriage disagreement with the programmer. The move has football fans running for alternatives because Fox will stream Sunday’s Super Bowl on its Fox Sports app. Update: As of 5:30 p.m. ET, Roku has removed the Fox channels from its Channel Store. However,
Q. My 10-year-old daughter keeps losing our Roku remote. I can usually find it, but this time, nope. So we have no remote for the Roku. Do you know how to get a new one? I don’t want to pay too much if possible. — Mary, Jacksonville, Florida. Mary, I feel your pain. I have
Q. I went to sign up today for AT&T TV Now on my Roku Premiere and I couldn’t find it. I thought it was on Roku. After all, it’s only the biggest streaming device out there. What’s the deal, TV Answer Man? — Eddie, Biloxi, Mississippi. Eddie, I have to inform you that as of
Q. I love watching Netflix and Hulu on my new Smart TV, but I’ve noticed that I sometimes lose my WiFi connection. I didn’t notice this when I used to watch Netflix on my Roku player. Is there a reason why my Smart TV would lose the WiFi connection? Can this be fixed? — Brenda,
Q. I would like to get a Roku, but I also would like to know if it has adult channels. I hear they are available in the Roku private channels. Let me know, but please don’t use my name. — Name withheld. I have some good news for you. But let me first offer some
Q. I have a Roku player, the 4K Ultra one. I loved all the channels, but I hear that there are even more, something called private channels. What are private channels? Can anyone get them? — Luis, Las Vegas. Luis, Roku, which offers its Net TV service in several devices, including a streaming stick and
Q. I watch Roku quite a bit, but I was wondering how you can tell when they have new channels. And what are the latest channels to be on Roku? — Shandy, Brooklyn. Roku, which is available via Net TV devices, televisions and HDMI sticks, streams thousands of channels. Roku defines a channel as any