Posted on 05/06/2016 8:13:25 AM PDT by V K Lee
Help needed from any who have Roku and are viewing Internet feeds on their smart TV.
A poster was nice enough to offer help for my DH several weeks back in attempting to wire up our television to use as a monitor. Since, that time the files saved on the computer were lost during a storm. The computer fried and buried..sigh. No longer have that information. Please help once again. Both he and I would be most appreciative with any help given. TIA
Go to ROKU.com and put in password on TV screen. Should link up.
Honestly, I gave up on the whole Roku thing, and simply picked up a HDMI stick computer to act as my streaming hub. Upgraded it to Windows 10, used Kodi (XBMC) to play any media I had, used the integrated Netflix app in Windows 10 store to play Netflix, youtube, etc. As it is a smart TV, I use the device itself for streaming Amazon (as web based streaming on the stick is in a much lower quality.)
I have all my video library stored on an external hard drive which is easy to clone, and use an HD HomeRun to capture the over the air broadcasts which can be watched and recorded with Kodi’s extensions.
If you video library is DVD, how did you “record” it to your external HD?
I know a lot of people who have given up on that whole area — TVs, cable, DVDs, Roku, etc. Too complex to get everything connected.
People own tablets. They surf the web. If a show is availablee through a browser and wi-fi, they watch it. Otherwise, no.
Not sure what you are asking.
Do you want to connect ROKU to a smart tv? It may depend on which version of ROKU. Earlier used component. Ver 3 uses HDMI.
Also, what kinds of connections does the smart TV have? Newer ones have zero to 1 component and composite.
A big problem with connections is that newer have fewer, in an attempt to ...
save money?
My old VIZIO (2008) has 2 HDMI, 2 composite, 2 component. All but 1 composite are in use.
My new ROKU 3 ONLY has HDMI. Same with TiVo.
My old WDTV has both component and HDMI.
My old ROKU 1 has component, composite and HDMI.
My old WDTV has HDMI and component.
Many newer ‘smart’ TVs only have 1 component (or none), 1 composite (or none) and 2-5 HDMIs.
I do not understand why manufacturers do not put the several kinds of connections in their products. I have some older DVRs that are basically obsolute because they do not have HDMI.
Bingo.
ping. Following this post
A Roku needs to be set up on a TV that is really close to your wireless router. If it is close to signal it should just come on and it may require a password.
Amazon and Apple will set up on an extended network away from the router but the Roku is really picky about being by the original source. Once set up, it can then moved to a TV farther away if desired.
I have a Roku 2 XS. It is one of the few that has a wired network connection. All my streaming is done via a hardwired connection. Works great.
I use a USB blueray player.
Make a document or something to store all your password/logins and any special configurations/instructions that will be needed in such a catastrophic failure. Save the info to a USB drive or such and update the backup whenever any of the info changes.
Doing this has saved me a lot of grief over the years - started doing it when floppy discs were all the rage...
I also use DVD cloner software to convert DVDs to digital, stripping protection. In addition, I have a couple of old DVD recorders that actually bypass copy protection from most sources, and create a clean DVD copy - older LiteOn machines do that.
By the way, I have both AppleTV and Roku boxes, but much prefer the AppleTV, superior in most respects to other pucks. The newer AppleTV with the fancy remote that acts as a game controller and voice command input is really nice.
but are your saving the content off the dvd into an electronic format that can be saved to an external hd?
Why would I waste the time (and storage space) copying off content that is merely steps away? Not worth the trouble. I could easily see doing so with music (I’ve digitalized my entire collection using mini-computers, saving them to a networked USB hard drive off my router.)
For me, I have several dvds that I want to put on my tablet so that movies can be watched on vacations in the car or while staying at rentals.
Many DVDs come with digital versions for portable devices, if your DVDs don’t, then you can purchase digital versions or simply pick up a portable DVD player or a cheap old laptop with a DVD drive. Making illegal copies isn’t a solution, it is a problem.
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