Roku Ultra | Streaming Device HD/4K/HDR/Dolby Vision with Dolby Atmos, Bluetooth Streaming, and Roku Voice Remote with Headphone Jack and Personal Shortcuts, includes Premium HDMI® Cable

After buying a couple of Roku TVs, and realizing how great they are, I finally decided to cut her cable and convert my two ‘older’ TVs. My first was a Sony that we’ve hade for a long time and I used this product because I have an Ethernet connection inside the cabinet under the TV. I prefer to have TVs connected using Ethernet so as to reduce the traffic on my WiFi. This product has both WiFi and Ethernet so a big plus there. Installing the Roku was easy, my HDMI cables were already in place. I really enjoyed replacing the huge, heavy and very warm cable box (good riddance ). With the Ethernet connection, the install is rather boring. I plugged it in and was left to complete the installation using the remote. The next part of the install was to set up the TVs 1080p screen and the remote. My TV is 1080p and the device discovered that and set it automatically. I was very pleased that Roku remote can power and set the sound natively without having to use the TV’s remote. After years of using multiple remotes and the kludgy CableTV remote, it all works as one! I’m particularly pleased that since AppleTV and AirPlay are supported, that knocks another remote to the curb. Going through the device setup is easy and Roku will ask questions about your preferences in order to tailor some of the apps/channels it puts on your Home Screen. It takes a few minutes and is very straightforward. One thing that I really love about this Roku is the remote. It has the voice control (works great to turn on and off subtitles or switch channels, for example) and a headphone jack for private listening. Honestly, the most satisfying part of the remote is it’s feel. It is a bit weightier than the Roku remotes I got with my Roku TVs and just feels great in my hand. I wish Roku made the TV manufacturers using the Roku OS also use the nicer remote. I just love the remote, even if first timers always ask how to change the volume! Finally, using this as a reason to get deep into the TV cabinet and behind the TV, I was amazed how heavy (and dusty) that TV is. The newer TVs are so light and thin! This Sony is a helluva workhorse tho, and the picture is flawless albeit 1080p. I think it will be a while before there is enough 4K or 8k programming out there to make a difference. This Roku device is a fabulous product that gave new life to my ‘older’ TV. Thanks for reading!

I upgraded from Roku Premium to this rendition and so far am impressed. My main reason was to be able to use the wired ethernet and indeed it's noticeably faster than Wifi ( getting twice the speed ). I'm no expert in 4K or what not, but the following is my experience. The Roku Premium broadcasted in HDR10 mode on select sources only ( few Amazon Prime shows and Youtube videos that were in HDR ) and my TV would automatically toggle between "normal" to "HDR10" mode depending on the source. With the Premium, everything is upscaled to where my TV only operates under HDR10 mode. I do believe the picture quality is a better vs Premium, especially viewing native HDR sources. My 4 year old TV has never looked better. I do not know what Dolby Vision is or if my "system" is capable of it, so can not comment on that. The Premium was prone to overheating and sometimes there would be random blank screens. Can't confirm if this was due to Roku or my TV or from the source itself. No random weirdness yet with the Ultra. One significant improvement I've noticed is the sound quality. There appears to be a slight increase in gain overall, but the overall quality is better vs Premium ( couldn't tell you why as I haven't studied any of the specs). I have a fairly decent 2.1 system using a separate power amp and able to tell this improvement more easily than if I were using TV speakers. However, ymmv. One awesome bonus is the volume control + mute on the remote. This is sooooo sweet since most everything can be done with just the Roku remote.

I bought a Roku Ultra a few years ago for my folks and all it did was buffer nonstop when I tried to watch any streaming service on it. It drove me mad and I ended up just giving it to a sibling, who actually has no problems with it working for them, haha. Still, I’ve owned Roku devices since they first launched and have always really liked and appreciated their simplicity for the most part and how well they worked for be in the past. So, reading the specs on this latest model, specifically the “50% better WiFi connectivity” that this ultra claimed, well, I thought I’d chance buying it even though it was pricey. And, after having set up this Ultra and after I tried out all my streaming services that I subscribe to on it. I have to say that I couldn’t be happier and couldn’t be more impressed with how wonderfully this latest model functions for me. I completely expect to have buffering issues at some point just because any streaming service will give you them eventually in my opinion. Yet, as far as the actual Roku being able to properly connect to my home’s WiFi network. Well, this model just works flawlessly I believe. I totally am convinced of and believe the advertised, increased, 50% better WiFi connectivity. To me it’s awesome when a product that I buy actually lives up the manufacturers claims :). Woohoo! Plus, I haven’t used a newer Roku in a while and I really am digging all the new features and functions. I haven’t tried the Voice Assist stuff yet but I’d be surprised if it didn’t work flawlessly as well. I also want to say just how grateful I am that Roku has continued to keep the overall aesthetics of the device to be very simplistic, clean looking, not cluttered and just super easy to understand, especially for both my folks. I set everything up for my parents but they were able to learn to how use this Roku very quickly with not too much instruction. They are both almost 70. Which isn’t really that old in my opinion and they are both sharp as heck. It’s just that they didn’t grow up using tech stuff like I did so it can be more confusing for them to learn these devices sometimes I’ve done. That’s one of the reasons I’ve always adored Rokus, though, because pretty much anybody can get up to speed in using the device efficiently in no time at all in my opinion. Also, when initially downloading all my streaming service apps and looking at the sign in functions. I was at the start concerned that I might have issues signing into services such as HBO Max, STARZ and Showtime Anytime with my DirectTV credentials. But, that worry was all for nothing I gladly found out :P. It didn’t look like that I would be able to access a “cable/satellite provider” option from within the respective apps on the Roku itself and sign in that way. But once I just clicked LOG IN I was able to use my phone from there, input the given codes and sign up on the internet at the service’s websites and from there they each offered the cable/satellite provider feature I needed. I’m super happy and thankful it all worked out well for me with that potential issue. I should also say that if you’ve never used a Roku before. That, the fact they use such an infinitesimal small amount of electricity to stay always on (the Roku doesn’t have a shut off function.) That I just forgot how awesome it is to have everything you might use already loaded up and ready to go because the device is always on and there is seriously very little wait time to load any applications on the Roku. That feature will never get old as far as I’m concerned. So, I, of course, cannot speak to how well this new Roku Ultra will work for everyone else who buys and uses one. But as far my use has gone and as I said in my review title, I’m ultra impressed with this latest model. So much so that I believe I will purchase a second one for myself pretty soon. I hope my review was helpful to other shoppers and thanks for reading :D.

The product built with quality. main reason getting this player is it is one of the brand that supported Disney+, but unfortunatedly it does not work at Singapore. There is no news at the moment when Disney+ can be installed on this palyer (had verified with Disney+ Singapore customer support)

So much better than the old version I had and that was very good indeed.

If you are looking to stream HBOMAX, amc+, Hulu, STARZ, CW, cwseed , peacockTV, imbdTV etc, then this is for you. It supports Dolby Atoms and Vision. Please note you can’t install VPN so you will need to configure/ install on router itself. It has LAN, recommended to use LAN so it won’t buffer. Quality of video is excellent and in-par with Apple4kTv. Packing was good and got genuine and sealed product.

Wow! For the price of this box was my monthly cable bill. The box was easy to setup and I do believe the remote synced to my tv all by itself. I like the audio jack in the remote, more robust then my Roku tv remote so thumbs up on that. I subscribed to discovery+(With no commercials-worth every penny) and watch all sorts of great free tv on my rocky device. Most channels have commercials but seems like less commercials then I was used to. Apple TV works great, roku tv works great, tubi works great as well…My top 3 apps.

Estuve esperando a que estuviera en promoción y valió la pena la espera, los audífonos y el micrófono en el control remoto funcionan muy bien. Este modelo de roku me interesa por la conexión con cable ethernet y el puerto USB, antes de conectar el cable lo probé de manera inalámbrica y funciona muy bien, no tuve ningún inconveniente, al conectar el cable casi no hay diferencia en la velocidad y sigue siendo muy estable (hay menos de 1 metro de distancia entre el módem y el roku). El puerto USB no reconoció mi dd externo de 2 TB, si funciona con las memorias de 32 y 64 GB con las que lo he probado reproduciendo música y vídeos. Lo que le hace falta (a mi parecer), un navegador para internet. Y lástima que aún no tiene star plus (finales de octubre del 2021). Ampliamente recomendado para televisiones que no son smart (que tengan puerto HDMI), o en mi caso una TV smart pero modelo atrasado, con aplicaciones muy limitadas y lenta para internet