i think its redirecting me because i am in Canada.  Thanks for the quick reply.

the link https://www.roku.com/accessories/remotes  doesn't appear to work.  I would definitely buy a tv control remote.

I got a different issue. Ever since the upgrade, the roku detects I have hdr and 4k but now I get intermittent snowy screen... like it's flickering. It was working perfectly fine before the upgrade