I beg to differ.

Charles is a very frequent poster to this list, and while his questions
tend to be more nuts & bolts than most, I find them interesting and
occasionally challenging. This is the closest thing to a technology in
libraries list that is still active, and the inventory of tech resources
for public libraries is even thinner. Good luck with this kind of
question on PUBLIB.

Thanks,

Cary

This is not a high-traffic list,

On Thu, Sep 22, 2022 at 7:22 AM ander kierig <
[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> 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
>
> --
> ander kierig
> Application Development
> University of Minnesota Libraries
> [lib.umn.edu](https://www.lib.umn.edu)
> they/them
>
> 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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The Cherry Hill Company
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