Most homeowners don’t need any high-tech, facial recognition-capable super-sharp 4K outdoor security camera, especially one you need to keep plugged into an outlet. Roku, the brand most known for cheap streaming devices, plans to releasea 1080p outdoor camera that it claims won’t need a charge for up to two years. Still, just like all Roku […]
Roku Tests Putting Ads In the Worst Place
The business of streaming is revolving more and more around how many ads users are willing to sit through for the sake of cheap content. Roku is pushing that deal to the limit with its first tests for ads that play in the worst place possible, just before you load your home screen. As can […]
Here’s Where You Can Still Watch Classic Looney Tunes Cartoons—and Why You Should
There’s a new Looney Tunes movie out in theaters with The Day the Earth Blew Up—but if it’s gotten you excited to spend more time with the classic characters, you’ll have to look further than Warner Bros. Discovery’s Max. We can’t imagine who’s grinding an axe over there, but the studio’s classic Looney Tunes library […]
For a Brief Moment, the Original Version of Star Wars Was Actually Streaming Online
No subtitle. No CG characters in Mos Eisley. Han shoots first. Those things and more were all back this past weekend as the original, unedited, unaltered version of George Lucas’ 1977 Star Wars was available on the Roku app Cinema Box. Or so we’ve read. That app is no longer available on Roku and with […]