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Fast forward needs major upgrade

The FF is terrible. I use it almost exclusively in my new Sony TV on already recorded shows, esp sports. It will usually go 15 seconds at a click, so working through a 3 minute or longer break takes forever. If you hold the FF down, it stalls, then may move 5 or 6 minutes up in the recording, then i

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Closed caption issue on Apple TV

The Apple TV remote will not work with closed captioning on Direct TV now. It used to work and it still does with another TV. It works on my iPad. I have powered off, made sure my Apple TV was updated and even deleted the Direct TV streaming app and reloaded it. The “down “ button still works to all

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Receiver goes crazy and cycles through channels

My DirecTV just goes crazy and keeps running through the channels. The remote is not close to anyone, so no human error. Changed the batteries but that didn't work. I am not sure what DirecTV Steam is, unless this is the way that customers can stream from their DirecTV receiver. I am not given any o

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TCM

Getting the dreaded "the owner of this content has restricted its streaming availability" when trying to view TMC. Is there a service issue? Would like to know before I switch to the Dish Network.

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RokuTV volume issues

Volume goes up & down during commercials. To the point it is impossible to hear OR through the roof loud. Very disappointing. No other apps have this issue. We just switched from Xfinity, which also never had any issues with this same exact RokuTV. Why is there no support?

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Get asked over and over again if I want to use Google Assistant

I keep getting asked if I want to use Google Assistant. It just pops up randomly in the middle of watching a TV program. When it happens I am just watching, I am not using my remote or anything. It's really annoying. Every time I say that I don't want to use it, another box comes up to verify, and I

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How to work with dynamic IP addresses

Trying to figure this out before we sign up. Senario: my mother has an internet service that only has dynamic IP addresses and the "system" decides she is out of home because the address has changed more than 4x in the year. She can still watch both of her TVs without a problem. If my father goes to

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home page latest change

why does the Home Screen keep changing? These are updates that we are not aware of before they happen and we cannot opt out of the change. This last change is HORRIBLE! there is waaaaay too much information on the screen. Why can't it be more streamlined. I wasn't fond of the last update, however, i

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recording from directv stream

Hi, we recently went to streaming app thru my roku to get rid of the boxes. I clicked record on the app and set it to record the series. But i can find the recording. How do i get them? I dont need to keep any boxes to be able to record shows. Correct?

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Turn off screen message:Activate Spirts Mide Now

This message has appeared on our screen. We do NOT want sports mode. We just want to watch the Bruins game. this is annoying and interfering with viewing. How do we delete this message/pop up?

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