Fox to buy streaming device maker Roku for $22 billion
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Fox, the owner of the news and sports networks, said it has reached a deal to acquire Roku for about $22 billion in enterprise value.
  • Jay@lemmy.caEnglish
    15·
    19 hours ago

    Anyone know of good custom firmware that can be flashed onto a 50" Roku tv? I had one given to me last year and I sure as hell am not giving that thing net access, especially now.

    I’ve never really used it yet except to plug it in once to make sure it works, but I was thinking of setting it up as a secondary “game room” tv so it doesn’t really need internet anyway, but I’d like to leave no trace of anything roku on it if at all possible.

    • amniotic druid@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      20 hours ago

      I’m just over here wishing NVidia would relaunch the Shield. FFS even a *Shield TV" would be worth something

      • jumperalex@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        20 hours ago

        Well, they certainly now have a new market to justify a relaunch. If they are reading this news they HAVE to know the market has opened up for them.

        I have been a die hard Roku user (stb only, never full tvs though!!!) since they were first released. I’m not throwing them all out tomorrow, but I will be watching VERY closely and won’t hesitate to convert all 3 in the house to something else. Another reason why I never bought roku tvs, I like my tv dumb for just this reason.

        • jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          2·
          19 hours ago

          Unfortunately, NVIDIA is making an obscene amount of money from the AI boom. The market for the shield is just a drop of water in the ocean to them

          • jumperalex@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            17 hours ago

            Yeah that’s fair. no point i guess for now. ROI is too low. Then again, never hurts to hedge a bet on the AI bubble. [sigh]

        • mlg@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          19 hours ago

          It’s a dumb complaint but the UI is dated and the DV support matrix is always a can of worms.