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Roku VS Sling TV

Compare Roku VS Sling TV and see what are their differences

Roku logo Roku

Roku is a streaming player manufactured by Roku Inc.

Sling TV logo Sling TV

A CLOSER LOOK AT SLING TV The market is slap full of video streaming services. This is simply a benefit that modern consumers of broadband media enjoy... read more.
  • Roku Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-08-03
  • Sling TV Landing page
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    2023-10-21

Roku videos

New Roku Ultra Unboxing and Review

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Sling TV videos

Sling TV 2020 Review | Is it still the best budget option?

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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Roku and Sling TV)
Watch Movies Online
70 70%
30% 30
Video & Movies
69 69%
31% 31
Video
72 72%
28% 28
Entertainment
51 51%
49% 49

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Social recommendations and mentions

Sling TV might be a bit more popular than Roku. We know about 13 links to it since March 2021 and only 11 links to Roku. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

Roku mentions (11)

  • New to Roku after finally cutting the cable cord, 2 questions.
    "Question 2: I bought two Roku Ultras" - You activate both Rokus on the same account on roku.com. I've had a Roku Ultra for some time and recently bought a Roku Express 4K for the guest bedroom for visiting relatives. When I activated the new Roku on my account it automatically duplicated all my apps on to the new one. But test each app, a few required me to log in on the new Roku. Source: about 1 year ago
  • Any fellow coders out there familiar with ripping encrypted HLS streams? I've found a site that is using every protection in the book to prevent stream ripping and would love to chat
    Can something similar be done on roku.com? I tried following your steps for this video https://therokuchannel.roku.com/watch/67ca18fb4816521db4f188855569c21e but I noticed the type is not hls but mp4. There was a file that started with index instead of ending with index but much more complex then the sample video used in the example above. Source: over 1 year ago
  • Just got this 50” roku sharp tv and tried setting up last night only to be met with this message everytime i try to click a channel. It’s saying there’s an “excellent” internet and wifi connection and yet nothing works on it. i have tried everything in the book including 2 factory resets i’m lost
    Did you reset the device & re-set it up on roku.com to be 'owned' by you? Source: over 1 year ago
  • No Search Bar?
    Certain features will be missing in unsupported countries. You can see our list of supported countries by navigating to roku.com and trying the county selector option at the bottom right hand of the page. Source: over 1 year ago
  • Unauthorized Roku charges through my Paypal account.
    Easier said than done with an elderly parent, but have your mom go to roku.com, reset her password, and give you the password. Then you should be able to go in and remove any payment method (presumably your PayPal), cancel any subscriptions, etc. Source: over 1 year ago
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Sling TV mentions (13)

  • BEWARE -Sling not Honoring Promo Price
    " Your offer: You locked in a discount! Head to sling.com to view your full subscription and billing details. Please note: After 4 months, you will be charged the regular monthly price for your subscription unless you go online to cancel. ". Source: about 1 year ago
  • block 70.42.244.140 port 5678 on your routers asap
    Have been digging a little more in the little time I have spare at the moment - Seems DNS blacklists/redirect are not fully successfull. Even though I have redirected the domains sling.com, slingbox.com and slingmedia.com to a local "HoneyPod" on my lan it still appears that the slingbox is trying to talk to 67.148.153.136 and 67.148.153.250 on the internet which it can not get to since I shutdown all internet... Source: over 1 year ago
  • Astros-Phillies 2nd-least watched World Series behind 2020
    I watched the games through sling.com, so I guess I don't count? Source: over 1 year ago
  • sling.com not showing all subscription options on Chrome
    Ah, got it...there is a "MANAGE ACCOUNT" link on the bottom in the PC app but all it does is launch sling.com in whatever the default browser is so that is not going to be much help...maybe something for them to add in the future. Source: over 1 year ago
  • HARD RESET AFTER 11/9
    Upon reboot, it will reach a screen that says "Slingbox updated" which obviously is not possible since I blocked sling.com and there was no way an update could be applied in the amount of time the reboot took. Source: over 1 year ago
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What are some alternatives?

When comparing Roku and Sling TV, you can also consider the following products

Apple TV - New Apple TV running tvOS

Pluto.tv - Pluto. tv is an app that allows users to stream Internet television channels. The app sources its programs from services like YouTube and Vimeo, and it has also partnered with Hulu to offer access to more programming.

Netflix - See what's next. Watch anywhere. Cancel anytime.

Hulu - Hulu is a streaming video on demand service that provides users all their TV in one place.

Stremio - Watch videos, movies, TV series and TV channels instantly.

Putlocker.to - Watch TV/ movie Shows Online Free