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gwa000
Reel Rookie
3 years ago
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YouTube TV not appearing in Roku channel search

have a Roku 2 that i got from someone to use on an old CRT TV.  when i do a channel search for YouTube TV, it does not appear.  YouTube TV does appear in a channel search on at least one of the TVs w...
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    renojim
    3 years ago

    Support for Roku 2 models was discontinued years ago and they barely had the horsepower to run the bloated YouTube channel/app.  I believe YouTube TV came about after support for those models ended, so never appeared on any Roku 2 model.

    Different models have different capabilities and Roku has been sunsetting some older models - they no longer receive any updates.  These older models can't run many of the newer channels/apps that require a recent version of the Roku "OS".

    All Roku devices linked to the same Roku account will show all the same channels/apps if that model supports the channel/app.  As you've noticed, they will not appear in the same order.  You have to arrange the Home Screen channels/apps on each device.

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renojim
Community Streaming Expert
3 years ago

Support for Roku 2 models was discontinued years ago and they barely had the horsepower to run the bloated YouTube channel/app.  I believe YouTube TV came about after support for those models ended, so never appeared on any Roku 2 model.

Different models have different capabilities and Roku has been sunsetting some older models - they no longer receive any updates.  These older models can't run many of the newer channels/apps that require a recent version of the Roku "OS".

All Roku devices linked to the same Roku account will show all the same channels/apps if that model supports the channel/app.  As you've noticed, they will not appear in the same order.  You have to arrange the Home Screen channels/apps on each device.

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    gwa000
    Reel Rookie
    3 years ago

    thanks so much for your insight.  you are right that the Roku 2 is noticeably slower than my Streaming Sticks.  but it was free and it enabled me to hook it up to an old CRT TV in the basement (which i only use when exercising) because the TV only has the RCA jacks (yellow, red, white).

    i did get into regular YouTube and in the lower left they have a link to get into YouTube TV but like you said it is slow, first getting into YouTube and then into YouTube TV.  once i select a channel it plays back fine.  did not see any pauses, stutters, etc.

    when i was on the Roku app (on a Streaming Stick TV) they had a special for me for the Roku Express for only $19.99.  but after looking it up it only has an HDMI output.  don't want to buy a HDMI to RCA jack converter since the TV is so old and i'll probably just replace it and get a Streaming Stick at some point.

    i noticed that on my streaming sticks the OS version is 11.5.  on the Roku 2 it is only at 11.0 so that confirms that Roku has stopped supporting this device.

    also, thanks for confirming what i was seeing as far as the channels/apps that were appearing and the order of the channels/apps.

    once again, thanks again for adding some clarity for the issue i was seeing.