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Smokindog
Roku Guru
8 years ago

Feature Request: Return to Home Screen on Power Button

I've recently begun using ROKU with streaming services.  Given the ROKU Ultra (4660RW and I presume others) don't actually power down when you press the power button it continues to stream, eating ba...
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Coach_David
Visitor
8 years ago
Users continue to eat valuable server bandwidth when they are not actively watching.

They press power so send the home command, or better yet put the Roku in some sort of sleep mode.
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Tivoburkee
Community Streaming Expert
8 years ago
"mikebdoss" wrote:
Which device(s) are you talking about? On my Roku TV, hitting the power button stops streaming (because when I turn the TV back on, it's back on the home screen). Is this not the case with other Roku devices with a power button?

No, the power key is for your tv power, after it is programmed for your brand of tv. I think the only model of roku console to respond to a power command is the roku 4.