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Idaho
1 review
0 helpful votes
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All my 3 roku's skip icons as I scroll through to choose from the list of shows, movies, even in search. Roku avoided my question. My roku's are new, paid close to 300$ for them now so roku needs to do is an update to correct this bug!

Date of experience: August 25, 2023
New York
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I have a Roku TV but after 2 years, I'm now unable to stream anything from the Roku channel. I just get a black screen. Streaming from the mobile app is broke, too. Only receiving playback error messages. Customer support is nice but still can't get the channel to work after a week. It sounds like they banned my account or blocked my IP address but I can't image for what reason. The Roku channel is free. Just stay away from their products and services. It's garbage.

Date of experience: July 27, 2023
Wisconsin
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Commercials
August 19, 2023

I love to watch the Roku Channel. I have it on all day for my clients to watch. The only bothersome thing, is the Martha Stewart commercials. I don't understand why? Especially with her past. Makes me not want to cut it off each time the commercial comes on.

Date of experience: August 17, 2023
Massachusetts
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Junk
March 21, 2023

My 75" roku tv is 21/2 years old. It started awhile ago when I turn on the tv, the screen turns black. Sometimes it would happen, other times it started fine. Now, every time I turn it on I have to shut it off & on several times before the picture stays lit. I've unplugged it, bought a new cable & reset it, but the problem keeps getting worse. I'm ready to smash the piece of Junk!,,,

Date of experience: March 21, 2023
Maine
1 review
6 helpful votes
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I would love this product if only it worked at it is advertised to do. I would be okay with it not working if the company were willing to replace their unit without literally months of phone calls, emails and runaround. This company has the very worst tech support and customer service I have experienced in as long as I can remember. Astoundingly poor customer service.

Date of experience: January 5, 2015
New York
130 reviews
427 helpful votes
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Roku has been around for quite some time in the AV world and anyone who subscribes to mags like HD vision, sound and vision, etc has heard of them before. The rest of the world will have no idea what Roku is. Now they are looking to go mainstream with a $60 set top box that hooks up to your TV and converts it into a streaming media player ala apple TV. Probably will have similar services like netflix, hulu and the like but it will also be more friendly about watching video files that apple doesn't support. Cheap at $60 but now that apple TV is only $99, it will still be a tough sell. I think their box is great, but they might be a year late to the show.

Date of experience: September 24, 2010
Canada
18 reviews
12 helpful votes
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Used to be commericial-free apps but now there has been an ad explosion.
Full ads not just the 4 second skip type. I don\t mind those but full ads without being able to opt out unless you pay 99 cents per month on some of the apps that's taking advantage of users. All or nothing it seems.

Date of experience: September 2, 2018
Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Bought a 4k streaming stick from Roku.com. Shipment took 10 days. Once delivered, unit would not work. Then the return/replacement was a hassle and I had to pay for shipping unit back to Roku in San Jose, California from Florida. Stupid

Date of experience: October 27, 2023
Vermont
6 reviews
43 helpful votes
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Was thinking about getting a Roku 3 or 2 or 1, but I wanted to call them first to ask some questions that I could not find answers to. Called 3 times and I could not understand them at all. It was like using sign language over the standard telephone. Just does not work. I never did get any answers answered. I will not buy something where if I had a problem with it, I could not ask questions and get answers for! It would be better to use $100.00 bill to start a fire with.

Date of experience: April 15, 2015
Ohio
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I pay for VUDU,HULU,Peacock, Paramount+, Disney+,and it has ROKU,Tubi,Pluto,and still can't watch too many major sports! No NFL Monday Night football( or the majority of NFL) games,playoffs,Superbowl,very little MLB baseball,no playoffs or World Series games,no NASCAR,just to mention some! You have a ton of soccer matches,rugby,and WWE... how about starting to show the kind of sports the majority of the U.S. actually watches!"

Date of experience: October 30, 2023
Oregon
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Have repeatedly tried to find a way to contact Roku by phone to request information about specific subscription charges. No way to even discussion what some of these subscriptions are or if they even are actually Roku services. Very unhappy...charges are continuing. Looking for a way to actually speak to someone without having to pay to ask a question about my own bill. Any help out there would be appreciated.

Date of experience: September 27, 2023
District of Columbia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Not good any more
September 21, 2023

For years I liked Roku and it worked well. I recommended it to everyone. Now i no longer can open any of the channels including Netflix and Amazon prime. Instead there is a message on the screen that there is no more space and to delete some channels. I deleted most of them and still it does the same thing. On line I found that many others are having the same problem. I am now shocked to find that Roku no longer offers any tech help for the basic type of Roku that so many of us have! I have never before had a product for which there is no tech help. Roku just offers general suggestions, reboot or restore to factory settings. Many comments on line by users say they did that and it didn't help. It is because of Roku not providing real help for this problem that I am giving it one star and now recommending to everyone to get another streamer like fire stick. So disappointed, my Roku used to work perfectly, and in the past I could get tech help for it from Roku on the phone.

Date of experience: September 21, 2023
Oregon
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Roku is crooked
December 9, 2021

They ripped me off for $100 by charging me for a year's subscription when I always paid monthly. I live on SS and could never afford a year's subscription. You cannot get through to them by phone, and they never answer emails. I strongly recommend that you do not use them for any streaming services. Sign up directly with the company.

Date of experience: December 9, 2021
New Jersey
1 review
1 helpful vote
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It's not free!
March 25, 2023

It's not free it's BS. If you want HBO Showtime Disney, you have to pay a monthly fee. I already have cable in Netflix. I thought I could get all those other premium stations for free through this you cannot what good is it garbage

Date of experience: March 25, 2023
Illinois
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Do not give up your cable service!
March 13, 2023

Comcast costs a LOT, so we switched to Roku. After a month all 4 of our Roku devices failed, all at the same moment! (What'swith that?!) I contacted Roku "support" (hard to find and almost nonexistent, only accessiblevia email). They took DAYS to respond, and after more days finally agreed to replace the devices. That took WEEKS! Now, after another week or so, the new devices also failed. If you give up cable service for Roku, you may go without tv service long-term! Don't do it!

Date of experience: March 13, 2023
Illinois
3 reviews
5 helpful votes
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Roku has their number "displayed" on PayPal... I called several times to make sure the actually didn't post a sex line as ROKU'S phone number. The customer service is nonexistent. If still in doubt look at consumer Affairs at Roku. It's been almost two months and I'm out 80.00, I actually called hulu to help me figure out why the application wasn't on there. Hulu spent almost two hours on phone helping to no avail.

Date of experience: October 12, 2018
Missouri
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Customer service
August 14, 2022

Horrible service again. Credit card Co. Called me said I owe 6.99 on 5629. I cld roku they show no charge for 6.99. Really. Very hard to understand your reps. I DO NOT OWE ANYTHING PER YOUR REP.

Still waiting for credit 7 days ago supposed to have issued 8-8-22. Really

Date of experience: August 14, 2022
Montana
6 reviews
8 helpful votes
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I have a Roku model 1. I still use it, even though I recently bought an updated Roku 4. The Roku 4 does offer more streaming options than the first one. The search interfaces on both are clunky but usable. That's not the problem.

The Roku 4 has too much electronics packed into a tight, not ventilated plastic container. It gets hot and freezes up. To use it at all I had to pull the power plug and reboot it almost every time I turned on the TV. The older Roku 1 works without trouble.

I tried proping the Roku 4 up on home made wooden legs to keep it cooler. That helped a little but not much. My return period had past so I had no choice. I drilled many holes in the plastic case to ventilate it better. That helped too. It doesn't freeze up as often now. But it still does. Don't buy Roku 4.

Date of experience: February 24, 2016
Colorado
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Customer service
August 17, 2022

Customer service doesn't exist unless you want to give the a credit card number. It's a free service!
My TV screen goes black. I have to sit it off and turn it on again. I've tried to get answers for 2 hours. No phone number can't get through to a rep with out a credit card number. It's sucks.

Date of experience: August 17, 2022
Massachusetts
3 reviews
12 helpful votes
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Do not shop this company
October 12, 2020

Roku tv advertised they DO NOT charge for activation. HOWEVER the representatives 2 different ones tell you different. They would not activate my tv even though on the tvs activation page it states that they do not charge for it. They also told me even though I pay for cable and have Netflix, Hulu and Disney plus that i would have to pay for their services for these as well. Consumers this company knowingly and maliciously scams thousands of people out of their hard earned money. Do not be their next victim.

Date of experience: October 12, 2020

Overview

Roku has a rating of 1.7 stars from 127 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Roku most frequently mention customer service and phone number. Roku ranks 895th among Music sites.

service
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value
45
shipping
21
returns
25
quality
49