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LearnedHand

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11. Watching each streaming service in their own apps on a laptop

Reply to ananda (Reply #7)

Sat Jun 13, 2026, 03:47 PM

8 hrs ago

It’s a complete pain in the ass but not as much as Apple TV or Amazon Fire. Just. No. You can cast the laptop image to a tv as well I do this when I travel.

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Roku Said in Sale Talks, Including for Possible Media Tie-Up [View all] BumRushDaShow 21 hrs ago OP

Omg no! LearnedHand 19 hrs ago #1

I know a lot of DUers use Roku so when I saw that, I wanted to get it out there BumRushDaShow 17 hrs ago #2

I immediately wrote to Roku corporate LearnedHand 17 hrs ago #3

Yeah, it's all about the offer Polybius 15 hrs ago #4

If worse comes to worse... ananda 12 hrs ago #7

Watching each streaming service in their own apps on a laptop LearnedHand 8 hrs ago #11

If Roku sells to some nefarious source, is there any other device I can use? mdbl 14 hrs ago #5

What I love about Roku was the remote jack the headphone jack IbogaProject 12 hrs ago #6

I have the ONN Google TV device from Walmart fujiyamasan 10 hrs ago #8

Not that I love Apple that much anymore, but mdbl 10 hrs ago #9

I've had my Roku since 2014. It's never given me any problems. LeftInTX 9 hrs ago #10

The Apple TV interface sucks donkey balls LearnedHand 7 hrs ago #12

I've only used roku and a computer with a wireless keyboard for TV media IbogaProject 6 hrs ago #13