Are Roku TVs Hiding Local Channels from an Antenna?
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- Some Roku TVs are hiding local channels picked up by an antenna from the channel guide. In this video, I provide a solution on how to get the channels back.
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OMG, that's it. My elderly parents have a Roku .. they watch OTA channels nearly exclusively, yet .. they've disappeared. I failed to figure out what you did. This pisses me off immensely. FIX IT, ROKU.
I'm great with technology and it took me a good ten minutes to figure this issue out! It drove me crazy because I can usually figure out an issue within seconds.
No, it"s because people complained that they combined their channels with the antenna channels and there was a huge backlash.
It gets hard to determine what's local and what's national when they are combined.
Now you know what it feels to be old and having these problems.
the fcc literally lists every single local channel you are "allowed" to get or should get, almost 70 or 80, BUT only 25 or thirty come in, each and every rescan, and it changes 😷☕🇺🇸
Great job getting straight to the point and explaining everything I need to know in 2 minutes, Tyler. Most TH-camrs make their simple videos overwhelmingly long and fill them with rambling and random sponsorships, whereas you didn't even bother and brought the entire important message across to your audience without causing them to waste significant time of their day. Extreme respect.
They get paid
@@jameswilliford5478 We figured as much. In other words, they are greedy.
This is how mine is setup. (TCL Roku TV) - Settings > TV inputs > Antenna TV > Manage channels > check Hide streaming channels. The only channels I see for Antenna TV (which I think I chose as a name instead of Live TV) are antenna channels. I select Roku channel app for those “live” channels. PS Go THON!
I saw this option but figured a lot of people won't want to hide streaming channels. The easier solution would be for Roku to include all channels in the guide including the ones from the antenna.
Make sure to watch the THON live stream on Saturday and Sunday. I plan on being there so there's a very small chance you'll see me on it.
Thanks for sharing.
Oh I didn’t know THON is streaming. TH-cam? Somewhere else?
My settings doesn’t display a tv input option
Thank you- I found mines this way!!!
This video is right on time! I'm putting up an antenna for my neighbor next weekend and she has a Roku TV. This probably saved me a lot of time and frustration.
I'm great with technology and it took me a good ten minutes to figure this issue out! It drove me crazy because I can usually figure out an issue within seconds.
@@AntennaMan Sometimes, all it takes is finding out what the exact make and model the TV is and looking up the PDF for the TV's instruction manual online...
@Justin-Hill-1987 but, but, but, he's Antenna Man💥💥💥and you're asking him to look at an instruction manual😂😂😂
Shouldn't need a manual to watch television on a television.
@@AntennaMan Me too I can look at a problem and come up with a solution pretty fast
I too have noticed once you change channels from a local antenna to a roku streaming channel, the guide changes and hides the local ones again...
I am so glad this is finally getting attention. I have an onn roku but cannot achieve a reception of our local CBS station.
I do agree about this. For first-time users, the setup for these Roku TVs is convoluted, unless the person has the instruction manual on hand or knows what they're doing...
I also also agree that Roku should stop confusing the cordcutters...
If it's not baffling newbies, then the cordcutting platforms are paralyzing people with overwhelming choice and/or poorly designed interfaces (Andy Jassy, here's looking at you and Amazon).
They are doing this, because they get nothing out of it, no cash. Of coarse its not going to be front and center.
Your absolutely correct Antenna Man. This happened to me some months ago when ROKU sent an update to my TLC and Phillips TVs in our bedrooms. I figured out exactly what you told us to do in this video. ROKU's just playing games with us 'cause it never was like this when I first purchased these TVs.
Firmware updates are evil. Most of the time thy make your life worse than before the update.
I had to go to settings and select HIDE STREAMING SERVICES and then RE-START the TV for antenna channels to be found. Like the line from Tom Petty's Last DJ album...." all the boys upstairs want to see, is how much you'll pay for what you used to get for free...".
I saw this option but figured a lot of people won't want to hide streaming channels. The easier solution would be for Roku to include all channels in the guide including the ones from the antenna.
@@AntennaMan The easiest solution: Put the DARN TV ANTENNA ICON back on the menu like before. Corporate goons are always trying to rob the consumer. Remember afta aftershave? The bottle is designed to stand upside down to facilitate every drop to be consumed. Well, guess what? Some genius in marketing thought 'Let's make the cap round so they can't squeeze every last drop out of it and thus they will have to buy another one earlier than with the flat cap'. When that happened I quit buying that brand. Guess what? afta went back to the flat cap later on when their CUSTOMERS rightfully quit buying their product. I HATE CORPORATE AMERICA. THEY HATE THEIR CUSTOMERS AND THEY THINK WE ARE STUPID! Bud Lite anyone?
Now I know it's the Roku TV giving my mom problems in getting local channels.
Thanks for the info. 😁
Tyler has to be one of the most informative lovable nerdy TH-camrs 😅
I always thought his introduction was someone extremely depressed and suicidal.
I wonder if it could be a software bug. Yep, I hear you saying 'fix it'. I've seen other quirks. Love this channel, Antenna Man!
Not a bug. The two different "Live TV" icons on a Roku TV are actually two distinct apps. The purple "Live TV" app is actually the "Roku Channel" app inherited from the Roku box/stick. The black and white "Live TV" app is the TV tuner app (only found on Roku TV, not on the Roku box/stick) for watching TV from the ATSC/QAM tuner. What is causing the mass confusion is that the TV tuner app ALSO supports the streaming channels from the Roku Channel app and are included in the program guide by default. IMO, the "Roku Channel" app should just be removed from the Roku TV OS software because the TV tuner app does everything it does, but Roku probably can't do that (easily) because the Roku TV OS is just the Roku box/stick OS with things ADDED to it to support the TV hardware it is customized for.
@@Tempora158 They just recently added that black and white live tv app to all Roku models, including non-TV ones. My Roku express has it, but it only shows streaming channels. I think it is intentionally confusing so they can push people to streaming services.
@@Tempora158
These used to be two distinct apps, unique to each type of device. Roku TV's would only show the TV Tuner "app," even if you had the purple Live TV app installed on your other Roku devices. Stand-alone Roku sticks/players would only show the fancy purple app, since they lack TV tuners. Simple. Some time last year, Roku changed this. Now, they have made things even more confusing, by adding the TV Tuner version of the app to Roku sticks/players, alongside the existing purple version. This may cause the opposite problem of confusing people into thinking these devices have TV tuners, when they do not. On a Roku stick, functionally the only difference between the two Live TV apps is that the plain looking TV Tuner version takes you directly back to the Home screen when you back out of it. If you use the purple Live TV version and hit the Back button, it will take you to the Roku Channel app, rather than going directly to the Home screen. Again, this is happening on devices that do not even have TV tuners, so there is absolutely no reason to have two different versions of the same app on each device.
Roku, make it simple and put it back the way it was before. The purple Live TV app version should be reserved for the devices without TV tuners, to approximate the function of the TV tuner app for devices that need a Guide app to access the streaming channels. Roku TV's with built-in tuners already have the TV tuner app that integrates the streaming channels with the OTA channels. The purple icon is not needed on these TV's.
@@Tempora158 I have an option on my Roku TV to hide that menu selecton and app icon for streaming tv channels. Doing so does not prohibit me from accessing real live TV and the streaming live TV channels from the other Live TV option.
Seriously one of the most informative channels on youtube. Thank you again Tyler!
A different perspective…I have had a Roku TV for over 2 years. When I got the TV, the only way to setup live channels with my antenna was with the Live TV icon. I renamed mine OTA. I do not believe the Live Channels guide was even an option. When I did finally notice the Live Channels guide, I checked it out only to find that there are no truly Live channels available - only streaming channels. The Live Channels guide is nothing more than a marketing ploy to get you to watch Roku channels and commercials. I don’t think it is an oversight by Roku.
I have a Roku TV (2 of the buggers) and noticed this as well. However, I don't go to the swankier "Live TV" section since the 'Live TV' video source is *right there.*
The Live TV section mainly promotes the live/linear OTT listings of The Roku Channel, whilst the video source under 'home' lists everything from the coaxial source you scanned in *and* Roku's listings.
It is one of the sections that can be turned off in 'system settings' as well.
OMG. Thank you. I thought I was going crazy several times. I mean, I probably am but this ROKU problem didn't help any! 😆 I seriously, could never figure it out ... now I know there are two LIVE tv selections that give different results.
Wow, you hit the nail on the head,,, just scanned my new 65 inch roku and came up with 54 channels but not one is on the all channels,, i emailed roku and they said get back to me but haven't... back to the store it goes,,,, Thanks for the info😊
Also the remote which came with my 43 inch "smart" Roku TV is like a cheap Roku remote . It does not have a previous channel button or let you scroll through previous channels viewed and does not key you enter a number for a TV station . When I was using a Roku box on a non smart TV I could pause a streaming video on Roku, change my input to broadcast TV , look at that and then change my input back to the roku box and continue watching where I left off . This seems better to me than how I now do it on the Roku "smart" TV.
After fiddling with my tv settings on my caveman roku tv,😹 you can pause tv, If you have 16gb thumb drive.🤔 well, that's what my tv mentioned. Now I have to get 16gb drive 1st to test this out.😅
Hope this works for you.
This Is Crazy, Thanks For The Info👍
I'm great with technology and it took me a good ten minutes to figure this issue out! It drove me crazy because I can usually figure out an issue within seconds.
Yes, Roku is pushing streaming. But found easy way to get/find them.
Use voice function on remote.
Just say "channel 5" or whatever channel you want.
It pops on! Then the Channel Guide will show the OTA channels.
Tyler said it best...(ROKU) "FIX IT!"
Thanks. In my experience Roku has been the best tv service of the last 2 decades.
I agree it's probably the best streaming device out there. I just wish it didn't de-prioritize local channels from an antenna.
@@AntennaMan M-O-N-E-Y 🤬
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Tyler people were freaking out when Roku initially combined their antenna channels with their own channels so they had to create separate options. To combine them you have to select the option when you initially set up your antenna.
This type of content is why I love Antenna Man so much. Thank you for doing the research most of us no longer have time to do. You're concise and honest. That's rare in this landscape these days.
Yes Roku Tv has been hiding locals OTA/Over The Air channels for about a year, since last summer June 2023. Roku pulls stuff like this all the time, like forcing people to watch streaming in the highest resolution that it can get instead of allowing viewers to decide.
Thank you, I kept trying to find the 32 channels I scanned (before I hid the "streaming roku channels") for live tv.
And then I finally hid those and now i see the the scanned channels from my old antenna.
Thanks for the tip. I just tried it and get my channels. You are right the picture quality is not great on some of the channels.
Great video to bring awareness to this issue. The inconsistency is MADDENING.
I'm new to Roku. My mom, who is in hospice at a local assisted living faculty, has a Roku tv. At 92, years old, she has a difficult time figuring out what to watch. I found the differences in "Roku live tv" and "live tv". On the other hand, she really has a difficult time distinguishing between the two.
There shouldn’t be a difference. It’s crazy to have such inconsistent behavior on identical named items. “Live TV” app should be “Live TV” app - regardless of where you launch it from on the Roku. (But it’s not.)
@@curtispavlovec I agree!
I haven't looked into it, but I'll try to remove the Roku live tv app from my mom's tv. I highly doubt that I'll be able to do it without some type of a hack.
By the way, today while they were discussing their ages, my 92 year old mom told her lunch pals that she was 102. Perhaps it's a fruitless battle to mess around with her tv. 😒
Another viewer suggested renaming the first "live TV" icon to "Antenna TV" to differentiate the two.
@@majorbuzz You can go into the Roku settings and hide categories, which are the items in the sidebar.
Since antenna tv is madated by federal law would a tv that blocks them be a violation? Should it be reported to the FCC?
I love a guy whos man enough to admit he made a mistake. When did watching TV become so difficult ??? When the Govt got involved..
Had the same problem. Ended up finding the other guide. Took quite a while to figure out what was going on!
i ran into the exact same problem on my onn roku tv... thank you for clearing this up.
Thanks for the info. Recently I purchased a Roko TV & only set up a few of its channels. Because I had local channels on another tv, I hadn't bothered with the new tv. Now I know what to look for.
Yes, I did notice the difference between live and antenna, and some missing. Thanks I like what you do.
not all heroes wear capes..... thank you antenae man ☕
I've learned a lot from your videos, but this isn't Roku "hiding" local channels, it's user error. I've been running Roku TVs and boxes since 2020, which was also when I switched to antenna over cable, and I've never had a single issue with the Roku "hiding" channels....probably because I read instructions....
Most people don't read the user manual. Even if they did, one would assume that antenna channels would be shown on the guide from the one icon. The fact that I had issues figuring it out means there's a serious problem.
@AntennaMan I deduced that it was their live TV option based on the fact that it looks exactly like their Roku TV icon.....but power of deduction isn't necessarily some people's strong suit. Very click baity video titles here of late, you're better than that.
I'll have to take a look at my Roku device settings, right now I use my Tablo box to get OTA local channels.
GREAT information Tyler !!!
Have an awesome day!
Thank you so much for this video. Even in the guide that shows them, you have to scroll all the way to the top and not look at categories.
ROKU will also remove the local channels the were favorited when the system or software reboots. Thanks for your informative content Tyler
Putting a check mark next to the channel adds them to your favorites. You can access them from Channel Guide, just press the left arrow and then select “show all channels” or go to favorites.
Love this channel we were just talking about this issue earlier this week
Were you? Do you know if the problem is on Roku TVs from HiSense and TCL? I found the issue on an Onn Roku TV from Walmart.
@@AntennaMan Great question it was on TCL we don't seem to have the problem on the Hi Sense..I didn't notice that until you mentioned it.
Roku has their own live channels like Amazon with Freevee and Google with Pluto. Local channels on all TV's are an input not an app, the apps are their service. All tvs are set up the same.
Hi Tylor, Thanks to watching your channel I put up my antenna with the proper ground. i used a 40 inch mast with a rca yogi antenna and preamp. It works great for me. I have the new tablo also and that also works great,, I record and watch later. when I have time. Thanks.
I found a solution for this problem. If your Roku remote control has a voice command option, try saying open or launch live TV, and mention the channel number you want to watch. Once you arrive on the channel number, you can use your up or down scroll buttons, but if you scroll to high or low, you will end up back on the internet generated channels.
Yes they are ! I started having problems with the TV antenna channels dropping when the Roku is plugged in 😮
I put up a new antenna for my superbowl sunday event. I used the app to get the proper direction and used an archer signal booster. I went inside and did the channel search and the antenna found 20 channels. The one I needed was the CBS affiliate and guess what ? It was not found.. I ended up using internet to pay and watch superbowl, yet I do want that local channel as it has the best news for our Alaska area. I am 70 miles from the tower and I have the rangexperts antenna .
Try adding the amplifier below to the antenna. It should help. amzn.to/4bzlxIR
@@AntennaMan
Thank you
I will get the signal booster as you put in the message.. excellent again thank you
I have my antenna on a 25 foot climbing tower
I will get a rotator also and this summer lower the entire tower 50 foot tall and mount the rotator
You just need a friend with a Plex server and an HD Homerun. I set one up because my sister lives in a valley and at 69 she isn't putting up a 25 foot mast. Good luck finding anyone that knows how to install an antenna except yourself.
@@john_in_phoenix thank you
I am 67 and climbing the tower and putting up the antenna was no fun.. I had on my fall harness and clipped on
But I was shaking as I lifted the antenna into the 1.25 inch conduit holder !!!!
@@alaskacanoe6837 Yes, when we had our roof replaced, guy fell off the second story onto rocks. Made me really glad I insisted on using a licensed, bonded, and insured roofing company (as I called an ambulance). Be careful.
28.1, 28.2, 28.3, etc and some other channels do not come in at certain time of the day, mostly at night, and other times I get five bars full strength. I do use a small antenna on the roof chimney which is probably more sensitive to interference. I wish there was some kind of filter to filter out the interference but I don't know where it is coming from or what frequency to block, and its probably the same frequency as those channels that the interference is coming from so I can't block it or can I? These channels I mentioned are Los Angeles channels in Southern California. I did not get interference on the old large antenna (VHF/UHF/FM) that was old and needed replacing. I probably will get a 200 dollar channel master antenna with (VHF/UHF/FM) reception in future. I also have a FM radio and a HDradio tuner that requires FM signal. I live in Seal Beach on the coast so I'm about forty miles from Mt. Wilson where the transmitters are.
I've noticed that... but I hardly use the antenna for watching tv any more. FWIW I have a fairly modern TCL branded Roku TV.
Never understood why it can be so hard to find local channels on a Roku TV. There's also as far as I can tell no category that's for the local channels on the guide like how there's categories for stuff like comedy and news channels on the roku streaming channels, which can make finding them still hard, even when you're in the right menu.
I don't get why Roku doesn't put the antenna channels first within the channel guide. Most would agree that local channels are probably the most important. I wouldn't be surprised if it has to do with money as there is definitely some exchanging hands between Roku and some channels integrated within the channel guide.
@@AntennaManyep. The answer is always $$$.
I don't think it is hard, it's just confusing due to the layout.
Thanks so much for this. Just what I needed. My opinion of Roku is way down, but at least now you've made me a little wiser. Thanks!
Ridiculous! That is one thing I like about LG TVs. The OTA and the internet "IP" channels are all in the same lineup/guide under Live TV. Very seamless.
At least my LG remote has a numeric keypad so I can enter a channel #, Roku not so.
They used to be there but somewhere between 6 and 4 months ago they have been removed... I used to get them in that menu location but discovered what you bought up just today also
We recently got a Roku TCL TV, model 43S451. When I first saw the "home" screen, I easily spotted the simpler looking icon for Live TV (the one that lists all the OTA channels). It looked similar to the icon on a Philips we had before. I didn't encounter the problem you're describing. It was some time later that I noticed that other Live icon, with NO over-the-air channels.
Thanks for the info!
I saw this too. On older Roku devices the “Live TV” old school icon doesn’t exist - only the “pretty” large purple Live TV icon. I don’t understand why they aren’t identical but apparently not.
I also don't understand why the two guides aren't identical.
@@AntennaMan
The purple one was intended to be a streaming-only Guide app for Roku sticks and other stand-alone Roku players. The problem is that it is now also showing up on Roku TV's that already had their own integrated TV Tuner Guide. This makes it difficult for those of us who have both stand-alone Roku players and Roku TV's on the same Roku account. We need the purple version for easy access to the streaming channels on our sticks. However, adding an app to one Roku automatically adds it to every Roku on the account, including the TV's that don't need it. This comes in handy for most apps, since there is no need to do a Search on each Roku device to manually add a new app to each one. The Live TV guide issue is confusing, though.
As I said in my other comment, now even my Roku sticks have added a new Live TV guide app that looks identical to the TV Tuner version, even though there is no TV tuner in the stick. So now all of my Rokus have both versions of the Guide, when all I need is one TV Guide (the appropriate one for each device) on each device. How hard can this be for Roku to understand? I could uninstall the purple one, I suppose, but I refuse. It was there first (on the sticks) and it looks nicer. The confusing duplicate (that was automatically added by Roku) is the one that needs to go away.
HOWdy A-M, ...
Thanks = I just inherited two ROKU TV's
This is GREAT information !!!
COOP
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hit the * but after you highlight the guide and change it to antenna input it should just bring you to just the ota channel guide. it works on Hisense tv’s
I'm going to try this on my friend's TV. If it works, your comment will be pinned.
May even be listed as coax
This. You can also edit favorites and your channel line up through this.
This is the exact problem I was having. Wish I would have seen this video sooner 😅
I discovered the same thing the day I got my Philips' Roku TV, so I set the "boring" Live TV mode as the default when the TV starts up.
Happens a lot to me. I have to go to my favorites or recents and work my way through the OTA channels. I even disconnected Internet so it would show only the OTA channels. I have both TCL and ONN TV.
How does that work out? Issue(s) resolved?
I have 2 pretty recent LG tv's and with the newer ones(2020 or newer) you can use Sling's free version or paid and bring in all your antenna channels on their guide which includes many of the internet channels you find on Roku. I really like it. No need for a Roku device or AirTv that many Sling users use.
THIS IS HOW TO FIX IT .....settings, tv input,select the input with the local channel (antenna or live tv) Rename input to something else other than live tv. Now on your home screen u should see antenna channels, as long as there not hidden
Yeah I had everything disappear. Had to dig deep to find the well buried in the home screen of all places.
Is it because many of the sub channels are already on the free streaming menu.
It's true, I found that out on my Roku TV.
What brand TV do you have?
@@AntennaMan TCL
This is certainly true! The locals are hidden on the guide, took a little while to figure it out 😅
As a Roku viewer myself, it also depends entirely on what model of Roku TV you have. If you have a smaller Roku streamer connected to an HDMI jack on a dumb TV, you will be forced to use the TV's built-in tuner to watch your local channels as the set-top boxes don't have a TV tuner in them, which is perfectly fine with me under certain conditions. However, a Roku TV generally will have a TV tuner, and as you discovered, I try to have the Live TV applet configured to make it as unambiguous as possible to easily distinguish it between the Roku Channel on the home screen. You can actually even set the Live TV icon to display on the homepage as an antenna. Beware a faulty internet connection because under those conditions, the Live TV applet will _only_ show you your local channels, provided you've had the presence of mind to run a channel scan with a high-quality over-the-air antenna and not some - in the facetious words of another viewer - "PingDingChing" "8K HDR DTV" antenna with an obviously falsified 5,000-mile range rating.
Helpful, thanks!
This is the story, ROKU is strictly for streaming. People told this, local channels use an antenna. I watch Friendly Television and Philo, and they instruct for local television use an antenna. I should mention I can’t get any local channel because since they went digital and UHF they broadcast with less power.
Have a problem with the PBS sub channels and some others when doing a scan they don't come up. Roku needs to fix that. I end up have to watch them with a HD homerun
I use my tv ant under live tv and keep my Roku on HDMI 2 for streaming. Keep them separate it works out great
GOOD INFORMATION. I have one in my RV.
This is very helpful. This is so reduculas
My Roku TV has this really weird bug where it think my CBS station (WCBS) is the MeTV channel
Incorrect guide data occasionally happens on Roku and Fire TVs but it's usually with one or two small low powered channels, not the largest CBS station in the country.
Just THANK YOU!!!!! 🎉 It worked! But yes, i agree! Roku needs to fix this!!!
Hola antena man ese mismo problema lo tiene ahora la marca VIZIO agregó los canales locales a su plataforma d stremen quiere decir que para verlos tienes wue entrar a su aplicación
I was confused about that at first but I think I found how to get around it in a TH-cam video .
Thanks! You're a good little feller. Keep up the good work 👍
Exactly why I don't use built-in Tuner's from Roku or Amazon Devices. I use a SiliconDust HDHomeRun Flex 4K ATSC 3.0 Tuner. I do get less Channels when using it compared to just using the TV's built-in Tuner but I'm still able to get 76 Channels and all of the Local Channels so I'm fine with it. Also they don't want people getting Free TV so that might be why they are Blocking the Channels also.
I didn't notice them missing since I normally use the big Home screen icons to select the input: TV, Computer, Game Console, or Blu-Ray player . . .
Crap! Boo on Roku TVs! We've had enough abuse around our Antenna TV sets., and I say we nominate Tyler for President. He'll make TV Great Again! 👍😎👍
I agree with you 100 percent, ROKU should have the antenna channels blended in with their FAST channels in one guide, and one guide only. It is very confusing to have to go back and forth between 2 different guides. This is a stupid corporate decision.
I just change the input on my tv.
Roku is just an add - on dongle on my flat TV. That should keep it under control. I've been thinking of swapping the TV away or giving it to one of the supermarket clerks who can hardly afford one. I'm keeping my 13 inch knob channels TV for VHS and my bird feeder camera.
Can we call you TAM? (Tyler the Antenna Man)? hehehe
Tyler, I've got a new Phillips ROKU TV. The off air channels are hard to find and sometimes I need to re scan to find the OTAs. They are stuffing the streaming stuff down our throats.
This is why I avoid these smart TVs as an antenna user. Because there’s new TVs that lack a coaxial connection for antenna, because those manufacturers purposely want people to directly stream from their apps that mimic the antenna user experience.
What you described is a nascent product category called Smart Displays, not Smart TVs. The Consumer Technology Association requires a member company's TV set marketed as a "TV" to have a TV tuner. Otherwise, it's not a TV.
@@Tempora158 it’s a TV! Because it’s meant to watch television! There’s some smart TVs that don’t have a tuner, because the manufacturer wants to cut costs and use Wi-Fi. And because of the OS from Roku, Google, WebOS which I find it clunky to flip OTA channels.
@@Markimark151 Dude, I wasn't making up the "Smart Display" thing; when Vizio was selling displays that did not contain a TV tuner during the years 2016-2017, they could not, and did not, call them TVs; they were "Home Theater Displays". However, the lack of a TV tuner in even their flagship models caused enough market confusion that everything Vizio released since 2018 contain a TV tuner. No one since Vizio has released a so-called "TV" that doesn't have a TV tuner.
@@Tempora158 I know about those so called tuner-free displays from Vizio! But there’s still new televisions without coaxial tuners sold at Best Buy and Costco, which are made for cost savings and sold at steep discounts. It’s kind of like Apple and Samsung got rid of the headphone jack, but not realizing lot of people still use wired headphones because of their quick connection to their devices!
My TCL with Google TV does the EXACT same thing!
Wow 🤯 thank you! I was about to give up and order cable again😢
I have an ONN Roku TV and in order to get to antenna channels I just hit the basic live TV icon in the main menu and not the fancy one. I have satellite TV as well as all the streaming apps there. My Antenna channels show up in the guide along with the streaming channels.
It’s works !! And all the streaming channel are gone
Stuff like this is why I only buy stand alone Roku boxes, & sticks, as I've found them to be more reliable, & get a longer support life cycle. In fact Sceptre still makes good normal 4K TV's that work great, so you aren't stuck with any smart TV OS whatsoever, just choose whatever box you want to hook up to them.
Everything IS smoke and mirrors today and the consumer is losing ground daily 🎉🎉🎉🎉
It’s not a bug. I’m sure it’s on purpose to direct more people to their streaming channels with commercials that they profit from. Anytime something doesn’t make sense, follow the money.
Also go Penn State. I went thee in the early 90’s
YES! I had been noticed this issue.😮
My TCL Roku TV has never had this issue. Antenna channels were always listed. What I don't like is the limited amount of channels I can get even with a flat Channel Master indoor antenna (as recommended by this channel).
Thank you for this Roku tv information
You can also just turn off streaming tv if you have an antenna.
I saw that option but figured a lot of people won't want to hide streaming channels. The easier solution would be for Roku to include all channels in the guide including the ones from the antenna.
@@AntennaMan yeah
Glad I bought a 3rd Gen, 128 GB Apple TV 4K last February to replace both my Roku Ultra & my Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max with!
As fortune would have it, I also have a Roku TV. I'm not sure if this issue is model specific. On mine there is no problem. On my Roku Home page at the top of the app/channel grid I have Antenna TV, HDMI-2 and DVD Player. Below the Antenna TV app is my Tablo app and several other apps/channels that I use for streaming content. I get local OTA broadcast on both Antenna TV and Tablo just fine. Maybe I don't have this problem because I'm not using the Roku channel app.
It appears to only be an issue with some Roku TVs