I'm at my family's home for the holidays and trying to do a little tech support...
Their TV is a Sharp Aquos TMAN-A043WJZZ (see manual here). They use a Roku stick (via HDMI) to watch everything (no cable box) -- this all works fine using the TV's own speakers.
Now, they also have an old Bose...
I researched 4K TVs and read a review on Tom's Guide about the 5 series TCL Roku TVs. The review was good but said it takes more tweaking by the user out of the box to get a good picture than other similar TVs, and I've definitely found that to be the case. I can't seem to find that review...
I just got a new rca 4k roku tv, I am using a 4k firestick. But for some reason the wifi signal is less then 10 mbps. My plan is 500 mbps. My wifi signal on my phone is over 100 mbps so I know it's not a wifi problem. I had the same firestick plugged into my sony 1080p tv and got amazing wifi...
I have an older Toshiba tv, by that i mean at least 10 years or older. It is a flatscreen monitor on the larger size. Will a roku express work on this one, as we have the roku ultra on the downstairs tv. Or is there a way to get the roku system from downstairs to also work on our upstairs tv...
I'm curious if different TVs use less bandwidth than others
I'm not sure what codecs the streaming services use or of there's a different variety of compatibility for certain TVs that use less bandwidth than others.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Good morning. I just bought my Streaming Stick Plus yesterday. I have been having issues with one of their channels and contacted them this morning as it says on their site if you can load videos on one site and not another to contact Roku. I spent almost an hour on the phone this morning and...
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recently got a ROKU express and tried to connect it to an LCD with HDMI (but old). I can see the wifi connection page. after inserting wifi password the screen backs out. tried restarting but no work. how do i handle it.
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I was looking for some advice on how to get some Atmos demonstrated on my HW-N950 soundbar. Here's my setup:
A Pioneer PDP-6070HD (720P) TV is fed video via HDMI from...
An HW-N950 soundbar which is fed audio/video from...
A Roku Ultra using High Speed 18Gbps HDMI 2.0 Cable...
The TV is on a secure WI-FI network which none of the users will have access to; therefore, I would imagine this would require an enclosed unit, such as the Amazon Fire or Roku. does any one know which may be best for security and ease of use?
Does anyone no how to connect a sony dvd player to a roku tv. I have red yellow and white rca cord connected to tv and dvd. On my tv it say no connection
How can I convert an HDMI output from streaming devices like Roku or Amazon Fire into a USB input? I want to connect streaming device like Roku to USB input of 4k Blu Ray player.
I am wanting to find a solution to connect Roku Streaming stick with HDMI (Male) to 75 Ohm coax TV input? Is there an adapter / or converter to:do this at a reasonable price?
Hi, I have an old Hitachi plasma screen tv and I was wondering if it was possible to connect a Roku Express Streaming player to it. Does Anyone have any experience with this?
I have tried a 3 RCA to HDMI lead and that doesn’t work.
I’m thinking of trying a Scart to HDMI but I would probably...
how to i get my TCL Roku tv to enable my Vizio 5.1 channel surround sound? Can only get the sound bar activated but not the wi
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