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This 39-inch Insignia smart LED Roku TV with wide-angle viewing offers fast and reliable connectivity for streaming your favorite movies, music and radio. LED lighting ensures a crystal-clear picture, and the personalized home screen offers intuitive navigation to save time. Easily block questionable content with the V-chip built into this Insignia smart LED Roku TV.
 
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Do Not Buy - Buy the Model Without Roku
on August 7, 2016
Posted by: cordcutter
I was excited about buying this TV because of the built in Roku and one remote for both the TV and Roku. It is actually fair to call this a Roku with a built in TV instead of the other way around. That's why it sucked so bad to find out that the version of Roku included with the TV is already obsolete. I call it obsolete because the Roku software will not update past version 7.0.2.
There are already great new channels that require a higher version of the Roku software. You will not be able to download these new channels and will not even see them in the channels list.
So, not only did I pay extra for the Roku in this model, I also had to buy a standalone Roku to get the new channels. But that's not the worst of it. Hooking up a separate Roku creates a Roku within a Roku, which is very awkward. So, without a doubt, you would be better off with a plain TV and a standalone Roku.
If you are fine with limited channel offerings, then go ahead and get this TV. Roku does contend that the software in this TV and other Insignia smart TVs will be updated some day. However, they will not say when.
Absent of this I might give this TV a 4 star rating. However, because this TV is sold without any apparent disclaimer from either Best Buy, Insignia or Roku,I think the harsh 2 star penalty is justified.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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