Feature Request: Channel Organizing

"DBDukes" wrote:

"Dtolly" wrote:
As far as I know, there is really no way to organize your channels other than doing so manually on each device. Unfortunately It's a very tedious and cumbersome process. 

I would suggest that Roku design a feature that would allow the user to access on their PC where one would be able to quickly organize their channels in one convenient place that would also mirror the channel lineup across all linked devices.  I would also suggest that they add a folder/category feature that would further enhance organization.  I like to group my channels depending on their content such as: Sports, News, Networks, Movies, Music, Applications, etc.  

I'm not a software techie so I'm not even sure if these things would even be possible.  But it sure would be helpful and convenient.

What you're asking is certainly possible. Apple TV does that. Well, not the re-arrange by PC part, but it has the option to keep apps arranged across all devices on the same account.

Let me offer this, though. The most likely reason for needing to rearrange apps is because there's a lot of them installed. You're new. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that in less than a month, you'll find that you use only a handful of apps on a regular basis. In another month, you'll realize there are apps you haven't used since the first month. And so on.

That's not to say your request isn't a valid one. It's to say that you'll find it less urgent if you cull the apps you don't actually use.

It's high time Roku fixed this issue on all it apps -especially for the TVs.  They have had plenty of time to do so. I do not relish spending hours moving things around a screen. Being able to dump channels under user controlled header lists as  FREE TV, Horror Movies, News, Politics,  Children, Educational, Adult, Computer, etc. anything they used wanted to create would be most useful.

Another fix would be to tag the apps themselves (or allow the user to tag!) with certain headers value that could be used be used to group apps into a certain region of the user app lists,  Then allow the user to move the apps to his preferences within that grid.

That itself would greatly reduce the time needed instead of the current lame grab and scroll method currently being used.

This is an extremely aggravating and poorly thought out interface. Have some respect for your customers.  AS the number of channels grow the issue is going to get worse!

I still want the option to have the channels in a different order on different devices.  The TV downstairs is the one the kids use and their channels are not at all the same as the one in my bedroom.

I like the idea of a grouping option.  For me, I would make a "hidden" folder and move all the kid's channels to that folder on my Roku.  I could still go to that folder and access them if I wanted to, but they wouldn't be cluttering up my UI.

"Dtolly" wrote:
As far as I know, there is really no way to organize your channels other than doing so manually on each device. Unfortunately It's a very tedious and cumbersome process. 

I would suggest that Roku design a feature that would allow the user to access on their PC where one would be able to quickly organize their channels in one convenient place that would also mirror the channel lineup across all linked devices.  I would also suggest that they add a folder/category feature that would further enhance organization.  I like to group my channels depending on their content such as: Sports, News, Networks, Movies, Music, Applications, etc.  

I'm not a software techie so I'm not even sure if these things would even be possible.  But it sure would be helpful and convenient.

Actually, years ago this was a feature in the My Account section. You could organize, add and remove channels online and once the device updated the changes took place on that device. With more and more people in the vacation rental business I would like to see Roku develop this again.