Roku tips and tricks from our customers

Every day our awesome Roku customers share their best Roku tips, favorite channels and much more. We’ve included 10 of our favorite Roku tips below but we’d love to hear yours too – post ‘em below!

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Roku app for smartphone is a must. Much easier to search and type than regular remote. – Eric

Use the * (options) key and organize the channels in the order you watch them – Jay

Put your top 3 channels in slots 1-3 and your next 3 channels in the last 3 slots – and simply cursor up. – @tubaman_z

Pairing your phone’s YouTube app with your Roku is easy and awesome. Love watching YouTube vids in 1080p on my 50” TV! #RokuTip – @ballyhewe

Stream your own movie collection with Plex. – Tom

Tip: use Roku app on smartphone to show pictures from your phone or stream music from your phone to Roku. – Phillip

Get some Velcro to mount the Roku to the back of your TV and then use the WiFi remote. That way everything is tucked away and you don’t have to worry about the infrared line of sight with the remote. – Kyle

When you buy a DVD or Blu-ray make sure you get the one with the digital copy. We started doing this and then putting the dvds up where kids can’t get them. Now my kids have access to all their new movies via digital download on Vudu but can’t break or scratch them like they used to. – Wendy

Take it on vacation, plug in, attach to wifi and stream – Rob

Research & explore ALL channels available. Not just the well advertised major ones. There are other channels available. – @SallyJoany