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AndrewBean90
Channel Surfer

Re: How to use Roku Backdrops!

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Holding down the power button is now how you turn off the TV. As opposed to previously where it would factory reset the TV. 

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NCAviator
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Re: How to use Roku Backdrops!

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Mary;

I am using Backdrops and I think it is a great addition.   I have two suggestions for future features:

1)  Make Backdrops a Screensaver option.  I want it to automatically start not just have to use the power button.

2)  Make an option to have a caption on the backdrops.  This should be a toggle option.  I love the artist and photographer content, but I would like to know the title of the painting or the location of the picture.

Hurstcott
Newbie

Re: How to use Roku Backdrops!

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I can not understand why it has not come up on my Rok u Express home screen. I was excited to, Now I feel  cross that I can,t use it

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joule365
Newbie

Re: How to use Roku Backdrops!

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Hi! Everyone. Roku backdrops is a game-changer. However no matter how high the resolution of my Google photos are I am unable to have them fill the entire TV screens like the native Roku photos are. How should I do to have my own pics fill the entire screen? 

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renojim
Community Streaming Expert

Re: How to use Roku Backdrops!

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@joule365, the resolution doesn't matter; it's the dimensions that matter.  The width should be 1.7778 times the height.  For example, a photo that's 1920 pixels wide by 1080 high will fill the screen as well as one that's half of those dimensions or twice those dimensions (960x540 and 3840x2160, respectively) or any other dimensions that have a width 1.7778 times the height.  You can stretch your photos to meet those requirements (personally, I hate distorted photos) or crop them.  To crop them, you may have to remove a little of the top and/or bottom or the sides depending on the dimensions of the original photo.

I should add that I don't have Backdrops yet and I'm assuming your photos are being displayed with black bars on the top and bottom or the sides and not bars all around the photos.

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JeffBowyer
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Re: How to use Roku Backdrops

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I have 14.0.4, on two TCL Roku TVs, and still don't have Backdrops on either of them?  Is it because I'm in Canada?

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renojim
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Re: How to use Roku Backdrops

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@JeffBowyer, "Backdrops will be available to US Roku TVs only at launch."

How to use Backdrops on your Roku streaming devices | Official Roku Support

Roku doesn't do anything quickly, so I wouldn't expect it anytime soon, but you never know.  They're also very poor about communicating any kind of timeline.

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tcozadoh
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Re: How to use Roku Backdrops!

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Don't do it, if you don't like it you can't get rid of it. There is no way to uninstall it. Backdrops is a piece of s***.

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BRokeU
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Re: How to use Roku Backdrops!

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Agree with both suggestions. Regarfingbthe coations, the current functionality requiring pushing a button to get title and artist in Fine Arts is ok but i’d really like the option to display that beneath the image as a default. 

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