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Carol536's avatar
Carol536
Reel Rookie
5 months ago

New Roku commercial and others very annoying


I just thought I would post this to see what others thought and maybe we can get some feedback to Roku about how awful their new commercials are with all the people screaming and yelling about the remote. I have to mute my TV every time it’s came on and I have really been having second thoughts about purchasing a Roku TV. I was so in love with Roku and now I’m starting to fall out of love because the watching experience is awful with the commercials. Not only the new screaming one, which if I saw that, and I didn’t have a Roku TV, I wouldn’t even want one. And the other commercials are too repetitive and they’re always the same thing like one medicine or GLP1 commercial after another on and on and on. It’s torture!! 

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  • twodogjudy1955's avatar
    twodogjudy1955
    Newbie
    14 days ago

    I love my Roku but HATE the new commercials where the couple is screaming about what kind of tv to buy.. It's stupid and so annoying..ugh... If I didn't already have Roku, I would NOT purchase one.. please stop these commercials

  • Willroy's avatar
    Willroy
    Newbie
    27 days ago

    I officially hate Roku now. Life is stressful enough not to have an ad come on over and over with some idiots screaming at the top of their lungs. Roku or idiots for running it and they’re also idiots for hiring an idiot firm that would come up with a stupid commercial like this. 
    If Roku wasn’t so stupid, they would pull their users and learn what fools they are.

    My last three devices were Roku, not anymore if I can help it. 

  • Grim66's avatar
    Grim66
    Newbie
    31 days ago

    100% agreed on the horrible choice of advertising. A friend purchased and had to remove as he has two adopted young children that came from a domestically abusive household.....extreme domestic violence.....and the babies had complete meltdowns over the screaming. They refuse tv completely now and are just a mess, complete setback over something that should have stayed innocent and user friendly. Came to see if anyone else had issues and here we are.....money over morals again!

  • raynethackery's avatar
    raynethackery
    Newbie
    2 months ago

    I just can't stand the stupid Tyler Perry comedy and drama commercials on the Live TV channels. Trust me, I'm never watching any of that trash.

  • kencampbell's avatar
    kencampbell
    Newbie
    5 months ago

    It seems that there is noone to contact at Roku, no doubt it is all automated. i do not like the unending repetition of their commercials and the "Live TV" is not, it is all prerecorded. I would like someone to intervene on this problem. 

    • makaiguy's avatar
      makaiguy
      Community Streaming Expert
      5 months ago

      kencampbell 

      "Live" in streaming terms means receiving whatever the source's server is sending at a given time, take it ir leave it, whether it's live football or an old I Love Lucy.

      This is opposed to "on demand" where you can choose what you want to view, decide when, and control its playback.

  • makaiguy's avatar
    makaiguy
    Community Streaming Expert
    5 months ago

    Carol536-

    I think most would agree with you.  Roku needs to look for a new ad agency.

    • Bea6547's avatar
      Bea6547
      Reel Rookie
      26 days ago

      I totally agree with you. I have a Roku tv and I really enjoy the options of different apps. I think the commercial with the screaming couple is quite obnoxious and annoying (which I don’t get why, they have to behave like that). However, I believe it’s done so people will pay to have the ads removed?!