Streaming Service Discontinued

You may have heard that Netflix will be discontinuing streaming service to older legacy equipment from Roku and Samsung beginning on December 1st.  While Netflix hasn’t provided a definitive list as to which models will no longer work they do maintain a a list of compatible devices here https://devices.netflix.com/en/ .  The devices that are expected to impacted can be found here on Lifehacker https://lifehacker.com/these-devices-will-lose-netflix-support-on-december-1-1839667351 .

What to do

So what can consumers do about it?  The Roku’s will need to be replaced with a compatible model or replaced by a competitors offering.  If your Samsung smart TV is effected you can still stream Netflix with a compatible player connected but will no longer be able to use the Netflix app bundled with your smart TV.