OhioCubs wrote:
I typically switch around between my six favorite channels. Imagine how irritated I was this morning to find that I have been "updated" to having to scroll thru hundreds of channels just to watch the news. Looks like it is time to buy a new NON-ROKU TV. Horrible update and product.
Totally agree. Before buying a new tv, you can: 1) go to home>settings>tv inputs>live tv, and hide all the streaming channels that Roku added.
Or, 2) Google for "hdmi tv tuner for monitor" or "antenna tv tuner hdmi output". I'm not sure what these devices would be called. But, they're inexpensive ($30). Connect the antenna coax to this device. Connect this device's HDMI to the tv's HDMI. Use your Roku tv as a monitor for as long as it lasts.
The trick would be to find the one with the best user interface. I had a couple digital-to-analog converters and they were wonderful. Someone put some thought into what a person would want, ease of access, features. Numeric remotes. I could press "5" and return to the low channels. I didn't even have to press a number for a valid channel. It would go to that channel. I could press the channel edit button right there to hide/unhide/fav/unfav the channel (without meandering through 4-5 other menus to get there). The channels changed *fast* as you held the up/down button continuously.
It felt like someone developed these things with a view of using one themselves. It felt intuitive and friendly. Roku would never try to learn something from those devices. That was over 10 years ago. The unenlightened stone age. We're supposed to do things different today.
So, that would be the wildcard. If these inexpensive antenna-to-HDMI tuners have good on-screen user interfaces. I'd love to have what I had with the analog-to-digital converters I had. These new digital tuners might not have that, I don't know.
