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Roku snaps up X Games streaming rights

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Roku snaps up X Games streaming rights Skateboarder Carlos Ribeiro during X Games Ventura 2024. | Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty ImagesRoku got the exclusive US streaming rights to next year’s X Games Aspen and a “soon-to-be-announced” X Games event in the summer, the company announced on Wednesday. Both events will air on Roku’s free 24/7 sports channel as the service continues its …

The Verge 349 2024-12-19

Now you can visit Roku City in 1080p

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Now you can visit Roku City in 1080p Image: RokuRoku City, the purple-tinted cityscape screensaver that debuted in 2018, might look a little sharper and more detailed the next time you see it scrolling by. This week, Roku is increasing the screensaver’s resolution to 1080p; it was still stuck at 720p until now — despite running on millions of 4K Roku TVs and 4K-capable streaming pl…

The Verge 336 2024-12-12

Dear Roku, you ruined my TV

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Dear Roku, you ruined my TV Image: Kristen Radtke / The VergeRoku has made my TV unusable. On June 6th, my TCL TV’s Roku OS was updated to version 13.0.0. Ever since, on everything I watch, there is motion smoothing — a TV and film purists’ deepest nightmare. There is no way to turn it off. In the updated OS, Roku added a feature called Roku Smart Picture, which, according…

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