[V K Lee]

Computers are our friends; computers are our friends. Some friends are not worth the relationship.

[az wildkitten]

Go to ROKU.com and put in password on TV screen. Should link up.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Children of the Sun

[kingu]

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.

[ClearCase_guy]

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.

[TomGuy]

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.

[Robe]

I'm running AppleTV and I love it..there is a bunch of stuff on YouTube, I have an Netflix account... between the two there's more to watch than I have time.
BTW...DVDSmith (Free) will copy DVD’s to your Hard/External drive..
DVDClone ($29.00, I think) does a nice job of coping DVD to DVD and strips all the protection stuff away.

[SueRae]

ping. Following this post

[angry elephant]

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.

[trebb]

Cam't help with current problem but have some advice.

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...

[V K Lee]

A Thank You to all who offered advice. Your input and help is very much appreciated. Thanks for taking the time to comment.