Dear Charles:
IMHO, this is not an appropriate use of this list. Roku support is
online at https://support.roku.com. Please don't send questions like
this to a list with 4000 people on it.
respectfully yours,
ander kierig
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ander kierig
Application Development
University of Minnesota Libraries
[lib.umn.edu](https://www.lib.umn.edu)
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On 2022-09-22 at 09:13 (-0500) charles meyer wrote:
> Hi my esteemed listmates,
>
> We seem to generally broach more advanced tech questions than this but
> we
> have some patrons visiting with simpler needs.
>
> I was trying to help patrons locate any outdoor TV antenna or tower
> climbers who could help with their outdoor antennas but it seems they
> have
> all retired aso trying to receive over the air TV (as programs assert
> can
> be done with a TV antenna) is not available for a lot of areas.
>
> Just to experiment, I bought the best indoor antenna for my house and
> placed it on almost every square inch of evereye all in every room ang
> received about 4-5 TV stations, no local PBS just mostly 1960 TV
> shows.
>
> My thought was tey could buy a Roku ($50 Amazon, Walmart) and with a
> library hotspot connect that Roku to their digital TV (not analog even
> with
> a digital converter box) and then use the Roku device to downloads PBS
> and
> local TV stations via their hotspot.
>
> Some patrons need hand holding so once you plugin the Roku will it
> search
> for the hotspot and then you type in the hotspot name and password
> and the
> Roku connects to the net to download those TV stations?
>
> I hear the over the air signal are all going 4K soon so does that mean
> you
> need a particular Roku, not just any Roku.
>
> Thanks so much,
>
> Charles.
>
>
> Charles Meyer
> Charlotte County Public Library
> Port Charlotte, FL
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