Roku tells customers it is unable to strike a deal with YouTube

Re:Roku tells customers it is unable to strike a deal with Y... by plushpuffin on Friday October 22, 2021 @09:59AM (#28957252)

Also, it's possible to disable that home screen ad, if you mess around in the secret settings screen.

Hit Home 5 times. Hit Up, Right, Down, Left, Up. You're now on a secret settings screen. I don't know what its purpose is, internal development? Channel development? Set Image Service to "Dev" Set Home Screen Ad Banner URL to "Demo2" Do a Reset/Refresh of cached settings. Go to main Settings/System and reboot for good measure.

When you get back to the Roku home screen you shouldn't see changing ads anymore, just a static black and white Apple AirPlay image.

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Re:Roku tells customers it is unable to strike a deal with Y... by sib301 on Sunday October 24, 2021 @11:03AM (#28978556)

I didn’t have the reset option for cached settings so I still have a large banner ad. Oh well cool stuff.

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Re:Roku tells customers it is unable to strike a deal with Y... by plushpuffin on Sunday October 24, 2021 @02:46PM (#28980783)

I've used this trick on a Roku 3 and a Roku 4 and it worked on both. If there's no "reset / clear cache" option for you on the secret settings screen, it might take a little while for any downloaded ads to expire.

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Re:Roku tells customers it is unable to strike a deal with Y... by qorrect on Saturday October 23, 2021 @12:26PM (#28969940)

WOW, it actually works. Amazing.

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