Roku Keyboard Needed ASAP
I just bought a brand new Roku "smart" TV. The TV itself is very nice and was priced great. However, its absurd to call the new TV a "smart" TV... With all the technology available today its unaccept...
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Your not understanding that i am not asking for a roku keyboard. I want to be able to use any usb keyboard with the tv. This option is available on literally every other tv on the market
OK, others have asked for a wireless keyboard, which would imply it was offered by Roku.
The problem with connecting a USB keyboard is 1) not every Roku has a USB port and 2) the Roku OS would need to have drivers to support a USB keyboard. the Roku OS is a highly modified version of Linux. While the base OS certainly has drivers for USB keyboards in the kernel, drivers take memory space, and many Roku devices simply don’t have enough memory for things like drivers that aren’t necessary for the device to function. So Roku removes all unnecessary things from the base kernel, including drivers they feel are unneeded. They need all the space they can get to allow the Roku OS to work on a wide variety of hardware. Adding support for a USB keyboard (which I actually agree with) likely just won’t fit within the footprint they need to maintain.
