The little asterisk symbol on the screen is leading me to believe it’s a Roku.
Comment on I got this popup ad on my TV **while watching a DVD**
tdawg@lemmy.world 2 years ago
What brand? so I know NOT to buy it
AZERTY@feddit.nl 2 years ago
themeatbridge@lemmy.world 2 years ago
I have two roku tvs. The day I see this is the day they get disconnected.
cybervseas@lemmy.world 2 years ago
You can probably use a pi-hole to block those things.
linkinkampf19@lemmy.world 2 years ago
The amount of Roku stuff my PiHole blocks is asinine. I just recently added a blocklist for smart TVs and it ballooned the query counts like mad.
+1 for PiHole. Worth the ~$40 for the Pi Zero W and accessories alone.
frokie@lemmy.world 2 years ago
No, you can’t. I’m running pihole and have a TCL Roku tv connected via HDMI to an Apple TV, and the ROKU APP RECOGNIZES CONTENT FROM IT and makes the suggestion, overlaying it OVER THE HDMI STREAM.
It’s the worst
RandomPancake@lemmy.world 2 years ago
You can, but don’t forget to also block other outbound DNS connections in your firewall. Lots of “smart” devices are hard coded to use 8.8.8.8 regardless of what DHCP says. Pihole won’t stop those, so you have to block it at the firewall.
scott@lem.free.as 2 years ago
Pi-hole FTW.
tyrant@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Or a private DNS service that allows filtering like nextdns
yggstyle@lemmy.world 2 years ago
They put one too many ads on the home screen… then they made them larger…
fuck em. they get nothing now.
blocked their ad servers at the DNS level.
quo@feddit.uk 2 years ago
[deleted]frokie@lemmy.world 2 years ago
I guarantee you someone paid Roku to do this
dan1101@lemm.ee 2 years ago
I have an old Roku Express or something similar and love it. It has an RF remote and a very responsive UI. But it is slowly becoming crappier with the infrequent updates.
TubeTalkerX@kbin.social 2 years ago
Name and shame!
Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 2 years ago
It’s literally on the screen….
It says Roku TV
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 2 years ago
But not exactly obvious. Don’t be a jerk.
Rognaut@lemmy.world 2 years ago
I believe it’s Roku. That purple symbol in the bottom right is on the remote as well.
Very budget so this doesn’t surprise me.
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
Fuck Roku. Don’t buy these. They shove ads down your throat constantly, and they proactively, aggressively stop methods of circumvention.
idunnololz@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Wtf I thought roku TV were one of the good ones
intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 years ago
The good ones go bad eventually :(
aeronmelon@lemm.ee 2 years ago
The Roku box was one of the good ones… about ten years ago. Though maybe this is just a TV thing. TIL Roku makes actual screens.
In the past few years especially, I’ve seen so many unshakable “good ones” go bad. Some, in the worst possible way.
apprehensively_human@lemmy.ca 2 years ago
My Sharp TV runs Roku software. Suffice it to say I do not have it web connected and use an android box instead
Stupidmanager@lemmy.world 2 years ago
The poster really needs to just turn off the Smart TV experience.
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
No. No, they are not one of the good ones.
IgnisAvem@reddthat.com 2 years ago
I use a Roku as well and never have this happen so I dunno