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Roku TVs (i.e. TVs with Roku capabilities built in) have antenna inputs and tuners. You can scan for local channels and view those channels on them.
Roku DEVICES have no antenna inputs or tuners. They cannot receive local antenna channels at all, but receive streamed content over the internet, which is then viewed on a TV or other display device..
- AngelaInKY8 months agoReel Rookie
Maybe I wasn’t clear. on all my other Roku devices, under settings, there is an option for TV inputs, where I can go to Live TV where I can go to live TV and scan for channels from my antenna. This particular device does not show that. Which is odd because I bought two of the same devices and the other one did, but this one does not.
- renojim8 months agoCommunity Streaming Expert
AngelaInKY, that's simply impossible. All Roku devices get what Roku is calling "Live TV" via "The Roku Channel" app (to cause confusion as we see here all the time), but that has nothing to do with antenna channels. You can add a shortcut to your Home Screen and/or Home Screen menu, but it won't get you antenna channels. Only TVs support antennas and scanning for antenna channels. You'd have to post a picture to prove otherwise. No non-TV has any mention of input/source anywhere. I'd like to know where you connected an antenna to that other "same" device since no Roku device other than a TV has an antenna input.