I was thinking about changing my Roku TV anyway. "Dumb" TVs are the future for me.
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My vizio tv auto plays shows, ads, and light music if you leave it idling too long after you turn it on. Moving the remote down just once disables it till the next time your on home screen.
I have a vero-V but honestly the apps are lack luster. Its amazing if you have your own library of content. I saw my first homescreen add on roku yesterday. I am pissed.
I think this happened to me last night with an ad for Moana 2 playing automatically. I just assumed I accidentally hit a button. I was on the home screen but it enlarged and played in the basically the top quarter of the screen. I hit Close and it closed.
Also, the Netflix app is absolute garbage on the TCL Roku TVs. Constantly freezes and crashes, sometimes while not even try to rewind or pause/resume. It just decides its had enough and causes the TV to restart lol.
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Roku is the one that bricked peoples TVs unless they agreed to their new terms of service.
Roku box: Bye, bitch!
Aaargh matey!
Guess it's time to either flash my Roku with something that isn't shit or just make a dedicated media box myself.