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Caveman52
Reel Rookie
3 years ago
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Unable to find local channels with a digital antenna attached

I bought a ROKU streaming stick for an older tv. Everything seems to work fine except, I can’t get the local channels to show up under LIVETV. There are no options to do a channel scan and during set...
  • Strega2's avatar
    Strega2
    3 years ago

    That would be the typical way, yes. I pop back and forth between Roku, Satellite,  OTA and other inputs routinely using the input buttons on my AVR.  (But that's because I have an AVR - if I didn't then I would just switch inputs on my TV.)

    Of course, there are channel/apps on Roku that present a live-TV-like presentation, but these apps are still using internet streaming, not the antenna on the TV. 

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Strega2
Roku Guru
3 years ago

A Roku player is not a TV.  It has no tuner or an input for an antenna.  It is meant to add streaming from the internet to an existing TV.  The TV is expected to already do the over the air stuff.

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Caveman52
Reel Rookie
3 years ago

Thanks! So does that mean that the only way I can see local channels on these older tv’s using the ROKU stick is by changing the input? The local channels seems to be fine on my other actual ROKU TV’s. The only ones that don’t work are the older ones that don’t have the Roku operating system running on them

  • Strega2's avatar
    Strega2
    Roku Guru
    3 years ago

    That would be the typical way, yes. I pop back and forth between Roku, Satellite,  OTA and other inputs routinely using the input buttons on my AVR.  (But that's because I have an AVR - if I didn't then I would just switch inputs on my TV.)

    Of course, there are channel/apps on Roku that present a live-TV-like presentation, but these apps are still using internet streaming, not the antenna on the TV. 

    • Lamconsultingsv's avatar
      Lamconsultingsv
      Newbie
      2 years ago

      Hello. I have promoted ROKU for many years to my family and friends. What I liked about it was the ability to INCORPORATE THE LOCAL DIGITAL CHANNELS WITH THE STREAMING DEVICE. Beginning in July ROKU sneakily changed their system to ELIMINATE THE LOCAL CHANNELS. They are trying to force US ordinary folks that are used to what we have to watch what they want us to watch. For example, if I live in SC or Texas, why are you taking away my local news over Digital TV, forcing me to watch the morning news on the Local app that only gives a repeat of the early morning news over and over again? I want to know what is happening in my neighborhood, not Philadelphia, Las Vegas, New York or wherever else. ROKU is turning into a CABLE like monopoly. They better wake up soon because I am getting ready to dump this ROKU TV and system for an old school TV where what I watch is not forced down my throat. Think about it. All we really want is to integrate what we have now combined with what is available for the future. Join the past with the future in a logical and strategic way. Don’t ram it down our throats. Spread the word until they understand.