“How user friendly is this for a person that is not techie (such as a senior citizen used to using cable TV)? Would it be seamless transition or would there be a learning curve?”
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OK You are actually asking several questions hidden within your question. I will attempt to help as much as I can... 01) First in order to take advantage of the Roku features of the TV you will need to have an internet connection with a download speed of 5mbps. This can be through a wired or wireless connection. 02) If you are asking about purchasing the TV in order to ditch cable here are some details: If you only want local TV channels (major local networks & other "over the air" stations) it is quite simple to do so. Usage is fairly intuitive once familiar with the main menu and the TV settings are properly configured. If you want more than live OTA channels that requires a paid service like Sling TV, Hulu, DirectTV Now as well as specific premium channels that have their own standalone paid services. The Roku service itself is free, and simple to setup & use. You choose apps to install and there is a lot of free content out there. The apps you add to your account including any paid services (those listed above, as well as, Netflix, Amazon Video, etc.) These, as well as, live OTA tv and other TV inputs (i.e. dvd player) all show up when you press the home button on the remote. You can change the layout of this screen with your favorite apps at the top as well as using the direct app buttons on the remote. 03) If you/they would like to keep their cable service augmented with the Smart TV Roku features. Setup and usage is quite simple. Everything can be made to use the cable remote they are used to. The TV can be set to turn on directly to the cable input. They can use the Roku remote for streaming features as described above while maintaining the normal usage of their cable remote. Now the caveats: In either case referenced above using the Roku features will require a bit of a learning curve. More so in case 02 than 03, but not by much. When I say "a bit" that's what I mean. Roku is by far the simplelist Smart TV system on the planet. Usage does not take fluency in tech, but setup might. I'm a residential and small business I.T. provider as well as a licensed contractor in what is known as low voltage. This encompasses all types of residential A/V & I.T. installations from hanging a TV on a wall to the installation and programing of complete home automation systems (long before the advent of consumer plug and play systems, but I do those too), to dedicated home theaters, whole house audio systems, professional surveillance systems, etc. I will not go into my commercial work as is not applicable here. The reason I've described part of my resume is this: I am 50yrs old and permanently disabled so I am limited to designing, programming and training. I live with two 79 year olds. For this past Christmas I purchased two Roku TV's for them a TCL Roku 55" 4K HDR in the family room replacing the 40" Sony 1080p Smart TV I had installed several years earlier, and a TCL Roku 32" 1080p in their bedroom replacing the old school box that had been in there for 20 years. We have FiOS and didn't plan on dropping our TV service through them. I wanted to make the services I already have subscriptions with available to them in the simplest way possible for them to learn and understand how to use. The Roku TV's make it even easier than adding a Roku device a Smart or Dumb existing TV. Now both of them are internet savvy to various degrees between the two, but when it comes to the TV usage I know that the most simple I can make it the better! So what was this long winded explanation about in plain english? The Questions in 02 & 03 must first be addressed. I suggest having a qualified individual that knows how to speak tech to seniors help decode and decide this answer. I also suggest that someone with the same abilities actually setup the Roku account an integration with the TV. Then having that same someone walk them through how to use the TV. As I mentioned earlier the Roku TV has the easiest Smart TV end user experience on the planet! So that's the easiest answer as far as not being a techie and actual usage of the TV. Best of luck!
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Pretty seamless. When you setup the tv for the first time it will prompt you to go through each step. Setting up a ROKU account is pretty fast and signing into WIFI (or connecting Ethernet) is as simple as it any other system.
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