https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 28 Apr 2026 11:29:52 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/roku-can-my-technologically-challenged-dad-use-it#post-1967391 Tue, 02 Dec 2014 11:51:12 +0000 birdofafeather 1967391@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, great gift! Super easy to use. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/roku-can-my-technologically-challenged-dad-use-it#post-1966903 Tue, 02 Dec 2014 07:28:23 +0000 Happygal 1966903@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Shutterbug: Good! I was coming to say I think it's easy to use. Good present. :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/roku-can-my-technologically-challenged-dad-use-it#post-1966889 Tue, 02 Dec 2014 07:10:15 +0000 Shutterbug 1966889@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: hahaha ok deal :silly:</p> <p>Thanks everyone! I got it for him, I think he'll like it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/roku-can-my-technologically-challenged-dad-use-it#post-1966884 Tue, 02 Dec 2014 06:49:18 +0000 mediagirl 1966884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm thinking of getting a roku for my technologically challenged parents for Christmas, too. I have a roku and think they could figure it out. It's really a simple device. </p> <p>I say we both get one and then swap stories of our parents' struggles using it. Lol :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/roku-can-my-technologically-challenged-dad-use-it#post-1966881 Tue, 02 Dec 2014 06:46:08 +0000 luckypenny 1966881@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I much prefer the Apple TV. It's a lot more user friendly in my opinion. And he doesn't need a smartphone. It comes with a remote. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/roku-can-my-technologically-challenged-dad-use-it#post-1966829 Tue, 02 Dec 2014 01:43:54 +0000 bpcmarj 1966829@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have the roku 2 and it is super easy to use. Even LO knows how to push the OK button :) ha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/roku-can-my-technologically-challenged-dad-use-it#post-1966706 Mon, 01 Dec 2014 22:34:56 +0000 matador84 1966706@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have the stick and loveeeeee it! It comes with a remote so just like using a tv! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/roku-can-my-technologically-challenged-dad-use-it#post-1966692 Mon, 01 Dec 2014 22:15:58 +0000 mrs. wagon 1966692@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Roku is so much easier to use than a smartphone or even cable tv!! For ours (Roku 3) literally scroll around to choose your "app" (like Netflix), select, and then scroll around until you find something you want to watch! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/roku-can-my-technologically-challenged-dad-use-it#post-1966648 Mon, 01 Dec 2014 21:30:05 +0000 winter_wonder 1966648@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Shutterbug: i think he should be good once you get it set up for him! It sounds like he'll really like it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/roku-can-my-technologically-challenged-dad-use-it#post-1965912 Mon, 01 Dec 2014 14:13:55 +0000 twodoghouse 1965912@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have the Roku and it's very easy to use. I think the interface is much easier than the Chromecast's! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/roku-can-my-technologically-challenged-dad-use-it#post-1965906 Mon, 01 Dec 2014 14:10:34 +0000 Shutterbug 1965906@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MediaNaranja: thank you!! I was thinking about the Chromecast, but you need a smart phone/tablet/laptop to use it, plus *I* have issues with that one sometimes, so I started researching the Roku and it does seem much easier. I'll be able to set it all up for him (I even made him his own profile on my Netflix account preloaded with things I think he'll like, haha) so hopefully it'll be easy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/roku-can-my-technologically-challenged-dad-use-it#post-1965888 Mon, 01 Dec 2014 14:02:52 +0000 MediaNaranja 1965888@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't have the roku stick, but I have an older roku and use it every day. Since it has a remote, it is no more difficult than turning on the TV. I think he should be fine so long as you are there at the beginning to add the channels and log in for the first time on your netflix/hbo/etc. Once you do that it is simply a matter of clicking on things with the remote. Easy peasy! My dad sounds a lot like yours. He uses the Roku just fine (the chromecast, on the other hand....ay.).</p> <p>The other good thing is that in the 3+ years I've had my Roku the only issue I've ever had was that it froze ONCE. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/roku-can-my-technologically-challenged-dad-use-it#post-1965809 Mon, 01 Dec 2014 13:35:46 +0000 Shutterbug 1965809@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm thinking of getting my Dad a Roku stick for Christmas. He loves TV and movies, but he's so behind (he just told me about this funny movie he saw called The Hangover... on TBS... :meh: ) and I think he'd love to have access to lots of movies and TV shows that my brother and I keep telling him he'll love, like Breaking Bad, House of Cards, some HBO shows, etc. </p> <p>I already read that he can stream Netflix &amp; HBO Go using my accounts, but my question is, for Roku users, how intuitive is it? He doesn't have a smart phone, but he's used to technology as far as like, the DVR, using the laptop, etc, and they have cable internet/wifi and an HDTV. Will I be able to just plug it in and he can maneuver it or am I setting myself up for hours of tech support? </p> <p>I bought him a Kindle last year and he hasn't used it once because he "doesn't know how to put books on it". My other gift to him this Christmas will be one-on-one Kindle lessons, haha. </p>