Roku: Everything You Need to Know!

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In this tutorial we talk about how to use the Roku. What is a Roku? We go over the basics of the Roku device and walkthrough all available features and options. We provide detailed explanations on each feature of the Roku interface.

Roku is a brand of hardware digital media players manufactured by American company Roku, Inc. They offer access to streaming media content from various online services.

The first Roku model, developed in collaboration with Netflix, was introduced in May 2008. Roku devices have been considered influential on the digital media player market, helping to popularize the concept of low-cost, small-form-factor set-top boxes for over-the-top media consumption.

Roku was founded by Anthony Wood in 2002, who had previously founded ReplayTV, a DVR company that competed with Tivo. After ReplayTV's failure, Wood worked for a while at Netflix. In 2007, Wood's company began working with Netflix on Project:Griftin, a set-top box to allow Netflix users to stream Netflix content to their TVs. Only a few weeks before the project's launch, Netflix's founder Reed Hastings decided it would hamper license arrangements with third parties, potentially keeping Netflix off other similar platforms, and scrapped the project. Fast Company magazine cited the decision to scrap the project as "one of Netflix's riskiest moves".

Netflix decided instead to spin off the company, and Roku released their first set-top box in 2008. In 2010 they began offering models with various capabilities, which eventually became their standard business model. In 2014, Roku partnered with smart TV manufacturers to produce RokuTVs with built-in Roku functionality.

0:00 Intro
0:18 Remote
6:43 Home Screen
9:49 Featured Free
10:24 My Feed
11:05 Movie Store
12:02 TV Store
12:42 Search
15:04 Streaming Channels
16:55 My Offers
17:25 Settings

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