OT: 119th Obsequious Banter Thread: April Foods Day

[Captain Dave Poulin]

@Striiker @JojoTheWhale @Hollywood Cannon or anyone else,

Good evening. Who knows how Roku and a Roku TV work - AKA how and why one would choose and use them - and can explain it as if to a concussed 10-year-old? Thank you.

 

[Lord Defect]

@Striiker @JojoTheWhale @Hollywood Cannon or anyone else,

Good evening. Who knows how Roku and a Roku TV work - AKA how and why one would choose and use them - and can explain it as if to a concussed 10-year-old? Thank you.

You download apps to use. Pretty much it. They’re really simple

 

[JojoTheWhale]

@Striiker @JojoTheWhale @Hollywood Cannon or anyone else,

Good evening. Who knows how Roku and a Roku TV work - AKA how and why one would choose and use them - and can explain it as if to a concussed 10-year-old? Thank you.

Imagine your phone was a tv tied to a much smaller App Store with just video apps and it didn’t have Bluetooth.

 

[Jack Straw]

Imagine your phone was a tv tied to a much smaller App Store with just video apps and it didn’t have Bluetooth.

AppleTV has Bluetooth.

@Striiker @JojoTheWhale @Hollywood Cannon or anyone else,

Good evening. Who knows how Roku and a Roku TV work - AKA how and why one would choose and use them - and can explain it as if to a concussed 10-year-old? Thank you.

I don’t know about Roku but I’m pretty sure it’s similar to AppleTV. Basically a streaming device. Do you have a “smart TV”? With apps? That’s similar to what you get, but you probably wouldn’t have as many apps.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

AppleTV has Bluetooth.

He asked about Roku though?

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

You download apps to use. Pretty much it. They’re really simple

Imagine your phone was a tv tied to a much smaller App Store with just video apps and it didn’t have Bluetooth.

So I would need to have a provider (Youtube TV, etc.) to get the channels I want, but Roku would have the apps for Youtube TV, Netflix, Prime, Hulu, etc. And I presume you could surf the net on Roku somewhere so you could watch anime from a website on your Roku TV?

 

[Jack Straw]

He asked about Roku though?

He should consider all options

 

[JojoTheWhale]

So I would need to have a provider (Youtube TV, etc.) to get the channels I want, but Roku would have the apps for Youtube TV, Netflix, Prime, Hulu, etc. And I presume you could surf the net on Roku somewhere so you could watch anime from a website on your Roku TV?

I don’t believe it has a web browser. But you should be able to mirror a video from your phone or something.

If you definitely want a web browser, look into a different option like a Fire TV and then download Silk.

 

[Lord Defect]

So I would need to have a provider (Youtube TV, etc.) to get the channels I want, but Roku would have the apps for Youtube TV, Netflix, Prime, Hulu, etc. And I presume you could surf the net on Roku somewhere so you could watch anime from a website on your Roku TV?

You can download any app you want but you would be unable to actually use the app without a subscription. I don’t think there is a browser but I’ve never looked.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

I don’t believe it has a web browser. But you should be able to mirror a video from your phone or something.

If you definitely want a web browser, look into a different option like a Fire TV and then download Silk.

I did a search and it said that a Fire stick works with a Roku TV, so I could download Silk on the Fire stick and use the Fire stick HDMI input when I wanted to watch stuff from the internet. I think.

Thank you all.

 

[Lord Defect]

I don’t believe it has a web browser. But you should be able to mirror a video from your phone or something.

If you definitely want a web browser, look into a different option like a Fire TV and then download Silk.

I don’t think the jitterbug can mirror anything. Nor his life alert

 

[trostol]

you can just use a browser to use Roku...also has a free version

 

[Striiker]

I was no help.

I am useless.

 

[Lord Defect]

Speaking of old people… my work still has old signs warning people of pacemakers to avoid the break room while the microwave is being used.

 

[Jack Straw]

I was no help.

I am useless.

Your time will come. Eventually someone will need clarification on a sandwich question.