Help setting up 3 tvs in my front room…

That should work.

Roku makes it easier.

satellite boxes and coax are obsolete technology.

they are only kept alive by cable & satellite companies because they're a cash cow and they can charge you per tv to run cables and add boxes.

in 2021 all you need is a $15 stick from roku, google or amazon to do everything you need but the bitch dying cable & satellite dinosaurs are doing everything they can to keep old people and the uninformed on their 'monthly equipment charge' plans.

disgusting.

eta i probably have 10 TVs around my house in various rooms and all i need is power. no punching more holes in the walls, buying stupid 1990s era coax splitters, no monthly equipment charges for outdated cable boxes. Just the built in apps or a stick plugged into the back of the TV.

So if I have the USB plug in the back of my tv, I can buy one roku for each tv and watch all the channels that I could if I was using my cable receiver?

I have Cox for tv and internet

Did a little sleuthing and it looks like Cox is firmly still in the world of 2005 and not providing any options outside of MOAR coax splitters and MOAR cable set-top boxes.



they should be tarred and feathered.

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Even with Cox, you'll still be able to sign in to any app on a Roku/fire stick/etc to watch their live TV

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oh really? then there's no downside i wouldn't think...?

Hook your internet feed into a copper ethernet switch ($20 on Amazon) then use 3 ethernet patch cords (measure how long they need to reach) from the switch to the 3 separate roku ultra's, then 3 hdmi cables from each roku to each tv.

Use the roku's to log into the streaming service you want, it can be the same service on each roku or different streaming services if needed to get the channels you want.

If you use the same streaming service on all three tv's, make sure your plan has enough simultaneous streams to support 3 at the same time.

Lable the roku remotes so you don't mix them up.

You can use the wifi versions of the roku if you want, but since you said these will be next to each other, the wire will make it simpler. If you will be running multiple tv's at the same time on wireless, make sure you have a good router (everyone should have one anyway). You can use other devices instead of roku, but that is my preference.

Turn up the sound on the tv that you are watching (at the time) and mute the other 3. Switch as needed.

This is what we do for bowl season.

The two other tv's and roku's would normally live in my kids rooms.

Also, ditch Cox and cable, it's not 1980 anymore.

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they are only kept alive by cable & satellite companies because they're a cash cow and they can charge you per tv to run cables and add boxes.

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I’ll give you one on the cable boxes but I don’t think anyone has ever made a tv that would work with satellite w/o an external receiver.

I also refuse to go to anyones house that only has streaming to watch a game or other live event. It’s getting better but when the entire neighborhood jumps on ESPN through their cable modem etc. it sucks.

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I also refuse to go to anyones house that only has streaming to watch a game or other live event. It’s getting better but when the entire neighborhood jumps on ESPN through their cable modem etc. it sucks

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This sounds like more of an issue related to internet speed. Chances are the homeowner is not getting the speed they are paying for. After establishing that the problem is not the router and the internet company still fails to address it, a complaint filed with the FCC (a simple internet webpage) can take care of the issue. It worked for me.