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cman359
Channel Surfer

Re: Roku player with built in tuner

Tuners typically run $40 with remote power supply/adapter, shipping, and average software design, so an extra $30 on the ultra, seems reasonable

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Streamer317
Roku Guru

Re: Roku player with built in tuner

The .1% of users who would buy such a device isn’t worth the effort 

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DBDukes
Community Streaming Expert

Re: Roku player with built in tuner

@cman359 

I have a Tablo device on my network. It has four tuners. The TV antenna feeds it, of course, and it has DVR capability. I can watch any live channel on up to four Roku devices. It's around $200 for the one I have, but they have smaller models (two tuners) for less.

All Roku devices run the Tablo app and use the same interface, despite one being a TCL Roku TV, one being a Vizio, one being a Toshiba, one being a Samsung. Each has a Roku device and use the Tablo app.

I probably wouldn't be interested in a Roku with a tuner, since I have multiple TVs, and it's more cost effective to have a single Tablo device feeding the entire network than it is to run TV cable to each TV.

But, if a Roku with a tuner is what you want, submit the feature request.

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Streamer317
Roku Guru

Re: Roku player with built in tuner

@cman359  That’s not how it works. An Ultra is $99. Add in a tuner and more hardware the price would be at least $300. Plain and simple. People would also  want a hard drive for DVR too

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cman359
Channel Surfer

Re: Roku player with built in tuner

Every tv made has a tuner, haven't seen one with a hard drive yet. But if you are saying people want something then someone should make it.

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atc98092
Community Streaming Expert

Re: Roku player with built in tuner


@cman359 wrote:

Curious to see what percentage of Roku player users have a home network...


A Roku is worthless without a network. It has to have at least a connection to the Internet, and since virtually any router/modem provided by an ISP includes WiFi, almost everyone has a network. There's a very small percentage of people that connect a Roku to the Internet without having any other devices connected. The potential audience for any such device you're proposing is so tiny there's no business case for it. 

Dan

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atc98092
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Re: Roku player with built in tuner


@cman359 wrote:

Tuners typically run $40...


I posted a link above from Amazon that has one for $30.

EDIT: one other point. Roku remotes don't have number buttons. Tuning OTA channels without being able to direct access the channels is annoying at best. You want a remote with the number buttons, and there are none that work with Roku players. 

Dan

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Streamer317
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Re: Roku player with built in tuner

So you want a Roku Ultra you can plug an antenna into it. Ok so it will take about $200,000 spent into the R/D of this plus the $100,000,000 or so of production costs. These are just random numbers. Roku sells it for $249. Do you think they will make any money off the 10-20 sold? This would also mean a newly designed remote with channel numbers. 

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cman359
Channel Surfer

Re: Roku player with built in tuner

Lol

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atc98092
Community Streaming Expert

Re: Roku player with built in tuner


@cman359 wrote:

Lol


Well, he might be exaggerating a bit, there will be R&D costs, and as mentioned would require a different remote. I doubt they would sell one for less than $150, most likely even a bit higher. There simply isn't a market for it.

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