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Roku Ultra | 4K/HDR/HD Streaming Player with Enhanced Remote (Voice, Remote Finder, Headphone Jack, TV Power and Volume), Ethernet, MicroSD and USB

Our ultimate streaming experience. The next-generation Roku Ultra is our most powerful player, with a quad-core processor and our best wireless performance. A great choice for avid streamers and users of cable replacement services such as DirecTV NOW...

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Picture

(83 reviews)
Feature

(76 reviews)
Player

(31 reviews)
Stream

(92 reviews)
Quality

(53 reviews)
Product

(125 reviews)
Setup

(43 reviews)
Device

(151 reviews)
App

(54 reviews)
Tv

(126 reviews)
Interface

(53 reviews)
Content

(36 reviews)
Channel

(56 reviews)
Lack

(19 reviews)
Market

(18 reviews)
Button

(36 reviews)
Cable

(32 reviews)
Battery

(24 reviews)
Card numb

(4 reviews)
Support

(12 reviews)
Hdcp

(8 reviews)
Tag

(6 reviews)
Drive

(13 reviews)
Hdcp error

(13 reviews)
Dolby

(2 reviews)

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Reviews around picture (4.56 of 5)

  • Great picture quality, easy to use, easy to add channels
  • Easy to set up, outstanding picture, sound, and streaming quality
  • The Roku device itself is easy to set up and has a amazing picture
  • Easy to set up, great picture quality and has all the channels available I was looking for
  • I have to reboot it almost daily as the device will flake out and scramble my picture (see attached image)
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Reviews around feature (4.52 of 5)

  • I love roku, we have an older model in another room & this newer one has great features including tv volume control on the remote & power button
  • Now and so I had to get a streaming box for the At&t app since it doesnt work on the PlayStation 4
  • I gave 2 stars because when it works, it is very user friendly and a great features such as the ability to control volume from the remote, and the lost remote finder
  • Remote ease of use with earphone and volume control is a great feature
  • I also love the lost remote feature, which will come in handy with kids who "forget" where they put the remote
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Reviews around player (4.45 of 5)

  • I would recommend this player, it has been trouble free.
  • Sometimes the player just freezes up for a minute or more at a time
  • It is a pretty good media player that handle easy 4k content without any interruption
  • The player works well and has improved our picture quality, but it is like my last version
  • This player is well worth what you pay for it because of the great selection of apps with free TV and movies.
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Reviews around stream (4.44 of 5)

  • It would still periodically lose connectivity while streaming
  • I consider the ROKU the best streaming device out there
  • Now and so I had to get a streaming box for the At&t app since it doesnt work on the PlayStation 4
  • Easily the best the best streaming device on the market
  • Roku continues to be the best streaming device available.
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Reviews around quality (4.43 of 5)

  • Now and so I had to get a streaming box for the At&t app since it doesnt work on the PlayStation 4
  • Had previous models but the speed and picture quality are a lot better than previous models.
  • Better response on the remote, improved picture quality, better sound and
  • Quality is inferior, the buttons are weeker...meanning you must press down for several seconds to get any feature to work and in some cases, it needs to be repeated twice or three times.
  • Sound quality through headphone jack questionable but works, love the fact it will turn tv on and off plus volume controls
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Reviews around product (4.42 of 5)

  • Upgraded .y old roku very nice product and happy with the unit
  • Very good product don't need to have satellite any more
  • I hope they fix this because it's truly a great product.
  • If it goes in the mail today, I will be without the ability to watch TV for 10-20 days because of their defective product and incompetence.
  • Then for the first time, they told me that I had to send the defective product back first and that I had to pay for the return of their DEFECTIVE device.
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Reviews around setup (4.33 of 5)

  • The setup was very easy and the device works extremely well.
  • The setup was very easy and the device works extremely well.
  • Now and so I had to get a streaming box for the At&t app since it doesnt work on the PlayStation 4
  • Setup was super easy and can be done in about 5 minutes
  • Setup was easy and the audio is excellent (as compared to Fire TV which was terrible).
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Reviews around device (4.26 of 5)

  • This is the ONLY device I have found capable of doing this -- most other devices have a 2gig limit
  • This device was very easy to set up and very easy to use
  • Not worth the money to buy this, but a real device like Apple TV or Xbox One S (which isn't much more and can play 4K blu-ray discs).
  • Roku is the best streaming device available on the market right now
  • The picture quality is good, but the device is lacking in versatility.
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Reviews around app (4.24 of 5)

  • This “freeze out” went on for several weeks, including the apps for Amazon and Netflix.
  • I love the simplicity of the UI and how fast the ROKU player loads apps.
  • I then tried hooking up a Roku streaming Stick+ that I had directly into the Tv, I got 4K on all apps like
  • My understanding is that there might be some more obscure channels and apps that people enjoy on Roku, but not quite anything I care about.
  • Plus I didn't have the issue running apps through the TV or Apple TV.
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Reviews around tv (4.17 of 5)

  • Wonderful solution to those that do not have a "smart" TV/
  • Instead I had to logon to both of them but not on my computer - logon ON THE DAMN TV!
  • With this box you can buy a cheaper dumb TV and still get the latest channels, the RF remote means no need to point it
  • If you are having issues it's probably some kind of user error, or incompatible TV.
  • we have been having problems with the HULU/YouTube apps on our smart tv
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Reviews around interface (4.13 of 5)

  • Works perfectly and has a great user interface, very easy to operate.
  • Now and so I had to get a streaming box for the At&t app since it doesnt work on the PlayStation 4
  • It's possible to oversimplify a user interface, and Roku is apparently taking lessons from Apple in this regard
  • I love the interface and the Roku Ultra made cutting the cord super easy and seamless
  • I have taken off 1 point for terrible GUI / Graphical User Interface - similar to the point above
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Reviews around content (3.90 of 5)

  • Easy to setup, easy to use, easy navigation,available content
  • There is also a lot of free content from ROKU that I wasn't even expecting.
  • Easy, intuitive to set up and use and plenty of free content.
  • If you love content above all else and hate being trapped in Apples Universe, then Roku is for you
  • The quality of the streaming is great at all levels, the roku free channel has some good content, and it supports all the apps I use well
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Reviews around channel (3.72 of 5)

  • I put up with this until last month when my cable company decided to reconfigure their digital transmissions, requiring an adapter to unscramble their now-scrambled channels
  • but if you have WiFi, there's a lot of available free channels to add.
  • I was able to grab so many channels - even ones like Curiosity Stream that I had been dragging my feet to sign up for because I didn't have a way to stream to the TV.
  • The old Roku usually 'lost' my program and started adding unwanted channels which I had to manually delete, wasting valuable time before I could begin exercising
  • A wide variety of good shows on Netflix plus a few good free channels such as the Roku channel.
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Reviews around lack (2.49 of 5)

  • I do like the remote is simple in design, but the lack of buttons means more work when typing things out
  • Lack of mute button on the Roku remote is also a glaring omission to me
  • It didn't like the 4K on my 75" vizio, but we still like the better performance and the ability to plug it into Ethernet cable for faster performance.
  • Setup was a breeze and there is quite a bit of 4K HDR Atmos titles available on the Vudu app.
  • We recently purchased a 4K Smart TV, and even tho' it is a smart TV, I still use the Roku, for some reason the TV freezes from time to time when I try to stream
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Reviews around market (2.29 of 5)

  • It didn't like the 4K on my 75" vizio, but we still like the better performance and the ability to plug it into Ethernet cable for faster performance.
  • Now and so I had to get a streaming box for the At&t app since it doesnt work on the PlayStation 4
  • It is stuck on 720 pixels, and the picture sure does not look as good as on my Fire
  • Very bad issues with hdcp 2.2 when connected to Samsung 40in 4K tv
  • We recently purchased a 4K Smart TV, and even tho' it is a smart TV, I still use the Roku, for some reason the TV freezes from time to time when I try to stream
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Reviews around button (2.26 of 5)

  • The other issue with the remote is the extremely noisy buttons
  • Plus if you lose it, click a button on the box and the remote makes noises so you can find it
  • The voice-driven remote control is a welcome feature, but buttons and arrows still work well too
  • The nagging aspect of this is that I use a Harmony remote to manage the TV, streamer, DVD, etc., which HAS those convenient buttons, but three-quarters of them do not work
  • Excellent remote with good button “feel” love the tv power and volume controls
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Reviews around cable (2.14 of 5)

  • We've had a hard time in the past connecting our TV to cable remotes, etc
  • and I do not have to pay for the ridiculously expensive cable box making this device pay for itself in just a few months of use
  • It is a much better experience than when I was accessing these features through my smart tv or cable box.
  • we did away with useless cable, saves us money.ea month
  • Unbelievable...a $90 device but no cable to connect the TV?
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Reviews around battery (1.95 of 5)

  • The REMOTE is awful it sucks up batteries like no tomorrow
  • The batteries are constantly drained by use of the remote and the headphones.
  • Fresh batteries and it crapped out after two weeks with the exact same problems as before.
  • Problem gone - this one doesn't drain the batteries every day.
  • Have to reboot the roku AND do a battery pull on the remote to correct this issue
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Reviews around card numb (1.69 of 5)

  • So bottom line, if you don't mind handing Roku a credit card number for them to potentially abuse, you will like the Roku device itself
  • I don't give anyone a credit card number for anything
  • It is stuck on 720 pixels, and the picture sure does not look as good as on my Fire
  • Registration is free, but have ready a credit card number so that it can be entered into the system for making future purchases of paid content

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Reviews around support (1.69 of 5)

  • The other problem with the XS is no support for the 5GHz router band
  • Roku's support insinuated that it's my reciever's fault for not being up to date with the newest standard, But if they think that my very nice, expensive, and very much still working in ALL ways with my Xbox and PS4 AVR is getting binned due to their BS update they have another thing coming.
  • Rock solid performance and supports about every app out there
  • Roku support works, but is somewhat slow over e-mail
  • Now and so I had to get a streaming box for the At&t app since it doesnt work on the PlayStation 4
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Reviews around hdcp (1.61 of 5)

  • Every few days i get an hdcp error and the screen freezes
  • But the most important flaw is the continuous, random, entertainment-busting "HDCP unauthorized" messages that popup during the use of any app, including YouTube and Netflix.
  • It has an annoying purple screen HDCP and keep blocking the content on my new Samsung 2017 model
  • When it worked, it was fine but it continually had HDCP errors and intermittent audio when first turned on
  • While my current TV and HDMI cable are capable of streaming 4K content/output, HDCP 2.2 is something pretty new, that isn't available in many 4K HDMI chords, and that is not made clear prior to purchasing the box
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Reviews around tag (1.44 of 5)

  • Roku should have included a motion-sensing lighted remote for their "premium" device, because, especially after tearing the stupid purple tag off of the bottom with pliers, the remote feels the same regardless of orientation
  • It is stuck on 720 pixels, and the picture sure does not look as good as on my Fire
  • Almost Perfect, they just need to get rid those stupid tags.
  • First off, I absolutely hated the stupid purple tag on the bottom of the remote
  • Now and so I had to get a streaming box for the At&t app since it doesnt work on the PlayStation 4
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Reviews around drive (1.20 of 5)

  • The built in media player is easy to use for viewing photos, home videos, or music from a hard drive plugged into Roku's USB jack
  • It is a bit larger than the Roku 3, but still has the USB port I needed to plug in my external hard drive filled with movies and music.
  • Very easy to use, excellent picture, can connect an external hard drive
  • Very easy to use, excellent picture, can connect an external hard drive
  • It is not compatible a lot of video format, so I can’t watch my videos from my hard drive.
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Reviews around hdcp error (1.20 of 5)

  • I'm a big fan of Roku (I got 4 of them) but this Ultra keeps giving me HDCP errors with my Sony
  • The most common occurrence is having a purple screen HDCP error
  • The Premiere+ had persistent HDCP errors, and thankfully I have not encountered any with the Ultra after 3 weeks
  • Every few days i get an hdcp error and the screen freezes
  • The Tampa Ultra driving the 4K HDR TV periodically - but consistently - displays the dreaded "HDCP Error Detected" and becomes unusable.
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Reviews around dolby (1.00 of 5)

  • does not support Dolby D 5.1Have used Roku for many years (have 5 of them)
  • Customer support final admitted and I quote: "The Roku ultra model (4660) will not support Dolby Digital Surround

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More about Roku Ultra | 4K/HDR/HD Streaming Player with Enhanced Remote (Voice, Remote Finder, Headphone Jack, TV Power and Volume), Ethernet, MicroSD and USB

  • Our ultimate streaming experience
  • The next-generation Roku Ultra is our most powerful player, with a quad-core processor and our best wireless performance
  • A great choice for avid streamers and users of cable replacement services such as DirecTV NOW, Sling TV, and more
  • Whether your TV is 4K or HD, Roku Ultra will optimize your content for the best picture resolution possible
  • Experience the visual rush of crisp details and rich HDR color
  • Plus, the Roku Ultra is fully loaded with features you’ll love
  • Our new voice remote lets you easily control your TV with buttons for TV power and volume
  • Headphones let you listen in private
  • And no more tearing the family room apart with our lost-remote finder
  • Plus, enjoy 500,000 Plus movies and TV episodes, including blockbusters, award-winning original series, kids’ shows, live network TV, and more-across thousands of free or paid channels like Netflix, Amazon Video, HBO NOW, and PBS KIDS.