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Well, den2k88, your track record, here, for 6 years, 5 months, suggests you have spent very little time on QA:
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«One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali
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I don't have much knowledge to share - too niche markets - and not much to ask, for the same reason.
GCS d--(d+) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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den2k88 wrote: I don't have much knowledge to share - too niche markets - and not much to ask
So you visit QA to read the posts, and gather evidence for the stupidity and/or laziness of the posters.
Okay 
«One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali
modified 16-Apr-21 6:14am.
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Or perhaps I don't feel the urge to answer when I have nothing constructive to add.
GCS d--(d+) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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you sure showed him. 
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He's slacking on homework, you might say.
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den2k88 wrote: first to think about it
I  and and
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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Since it's well and truly past the time now.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Err? Didn't this CCC[^]count as a CCC?
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I didn't notice it ... 
Pkfox posts without needing a reminder? Isn't that one of the Harbingers of the Apocralypse?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Don't start Paul - don't start - just sayin ? 
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Can you just push a button or series of buttons or is there a Start menu with a reboot option?
Or maybe it is Up volume, Up volume, Down volume, Down volume, B, A, Select, Start?
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Blinded by expectation?
Is that a phrase? I feel it should be.
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@petepjksolutionscom
Where's the CCC?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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I went ahead and got the Roku, and we're all set up.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Now the channel setup. Getting rid of the pre-picked junk and putting in useful stuff.
If you happen to get more ROKU's and register them to the same account then when you add an item to one you add it to all (but not necessarily logins, if any!). Mine are actually shut off when not in use (they suck a surprising amount of power) and are powered on/off with the TV through a smart power strip. Because of this, it goes through its startup routine every time which, aside from the visible dancing Roku includes looking for updates and downloading any new channels you added to any other Roku devices.
The ROKU (top) level search is skewed towards paid-stations and they almost certainly get a nice kickback.
Weather4US is a good (handy) weather channel if you just want the weather.
A lot of the remainder becomes personal taste. One last note, however, is that there are "private" channels available for Roku. What "private" means is that it's not in Roku's built-in selection list. They still connect up the same way and are, to some extent, know and authorized by Roku. If they don't like a channel for some reason they get disappeared from your selections without a word. I've lost a few that way.
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| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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I only have the channels I've paid for, and removed the crap ones (google, vudu, and roku getting started).
So are you saying if I register a new roku device, the crap channels will be re-added? You would think the new device would be configured the same way as an existing device (if an existing device was found), or at the very least, you'd be prompted to use the same settings as the existing device...
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
modified 15-Apr-21 9:03am.
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Fortunately, in my experience, the new one will show a screen of channels like your existing ones.
Unfortunately (maybe) the arrangement of channels on one doesn't effect the arrangement on the others, so, when you move them into a more useful setup it's got to be done for each device. For example, you add a new really great channel and move it near the top. It will need to be moved on each Roku individually. Initially, however, new installs will look like your existing.
Some info's stored at Roku (like content, some logins), some on your device (sort order, some other logins).
You train each other.
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I thought the paused distribution because of blood clots.
«One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali
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Bought a new computer Tuesday!
In fact I am super happy with my acquisition, spent 1 hour scrutinizing Officeworks website.. Ordered online, go it today, sweet! 
The beats is sleek, and slim, and fast (for its purpose)! nice!
However, it comes with plenty of pre-installed uselessware, like antivirus. So I presto remove them (antivirus only cause me grief and never did any good) but I got struck by a vague remorse, could it be that today's antivirus are ok?
I.e. they don't spend time vampirising all your machine performance... 
It was McAfee Live Safe that I just removed.
What say you?
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I'm using the free Avast antivirus software and it works fine. There were some complaints that it gathers user data, but you can turn that off in the settings.
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AV-TEST | Antivirus & Security Software & AntiMalware Reviews[^]
You usually are happy with your choice unless something really strange happens on your computer, you install another one and that one tells you had a virus...
Those guys are an independent laboratory that stress all anti-virus softwares to check which one works well and which one don't.
Hope this helps.
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Ha... Another compounding factor to my decision! Windows Defender is a top 10 !
Thanks for the link
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I've been using the built in Windows AV since Windows 10 and have yet to have an issue.
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