Refine Your Roku Streaming Experience With These Simple Tricks

Posted By : Anirudh Bhardwaj | 20-Sep-2016

Roku is without a doubt, one of the finest streaming media devices available in the market. It lets you stream high quality audio/video content over the internet like many other streaming devices do. But something that makes it really special is that it gives you access to nearly all the entertainment streaming services including Netflix, Hulu Plus, Amazon Instant Video, HBO Go, Pandora and Crackle. If that’s what you’re looking for, Roku has hundreds, even thousands of channels and apps with new apps and channels coming every now and then. It doesn’t matter whether you are using a Roku Streaming Box or Streaming Stick, it promises high quality content delivery with minimal downsides.

 

But wait! That isn’t just the end. There’s more you can do to make your streaming experience even more spectacular. There are some hidden features in Roku as well. Some features that you probably don’t know about. You can always use these features to enrich your streaming experience in Roku. We bring to you four simple tricks and tips that can help you do just that.

 

Also read Enrich Your Experience With All New Roku Streaming Stick.


 

Using Smartphone As A Remote Keyboard

Everyone knows that typing through the remote is not as easy as it sounds. While typing through the remote, what you’re really doing is navigating the cursor over the on-screen keyboard and manually selecting each and every alphabet in order to type a word or a sentence. It sounds absurd isn’t it? The process is quite exasperating but don’t worry, you don’t always need to do that.

 

There’s a better option, a way better option than that. You can use your smartphone’s touch keypad to type anything you want. Well, it ain’t just about the keypad, you can use your smartphone as a remote to the Roku TV in a way that it replaces the remote. You can do so by means of the remote app for Roku which is available for both android and iOS users. Once you have the app installed in your Android/iOS powered smartphone, just launch the app, select remote and then select keyboard. It’s as simple as that.


 

Installing Silent Movie Channel

There are already a variety of channels available on Roku but that certainly doesn’t placate your desire to have more. Another thing you can do with Roku is adding a silent movie channel which features silent movies starring Charlie Chaplin, Rudolph Valentino and Buster Keatons. Adding this channel is pretty simple. Just go to the My Account page of Roku in your browser and then click on Add a Channel. It’ll ask you to enter the channel code. Enter the code “Rollem.”

 

That’s it! The Silent Movie Channel will be activated within the next 24 hours.


 

Installing Cool Screensavers

Get rid of the peculiar Roku logo bouncing around on the screen in front of you. Embellish your screen with beautiful screensavers. Roku lets you choose from a variety of eye-catching screensavers. You can either choose from the default screensavers (Go to Settings > Screensaver) or you can take help of the Channel Store for finding the one of your choice which in fact gives you oodles of options. You can transform your screen into a virtual aquarium or a beautiful landscape by means of interactive screensavers. You can also set a virtual clock as the screensaver just like that.        


 

Netflix Quality Control

A majority of Roku users don’t even know about this that you can actually control the playback quality of the Netflix content that you’re going to stream over the internet. It can be very helpful in case you want to be stay within a data cap. If you are given a specified data limit by your service provider, then this feature can be of great importance to you. Just sign in to your Netflix account, go to Account > Playback Settings and adjust the data usage per screen as per your requirements.  

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Anirudh Bhardwaj

Anirudh is a Content Strategist and Marketing Specialist who possess strong analytical skills and problem solving capabilities to tackle complex project tasks. Having considerable experience in the technology industry, he produces and proofreads insightful content on next-gen technologies like AI, blockchain, ERP, big data, IoT, and immersive AR/VR technologies. In addition to formulating content strategies for successful project execution, he has got ample experience in handling WordPress/PHP-based projects (delivering from scratch with UI/UX design, content, SEO, and quality assurance). Anirudh is proficient at using popular website tools like GTmetrix, Pagespeed Insights, ahrefs, GA3/GA4, Google Search Console, ChatGPT, Jira, Trello, Postman (API testing), and many more. Talking about the professional experience, he has worked on a range of projects including Wethio Blockchain, BlocEdu, NowCast, IT Savanna, Canine Concepts UK, and more.

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