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[RokuMaryEF]

Hey Roku Community,

Get ready to experience streaming like never before! We're thrilled to announce the arrival of the Roku Ultra (2024), our most powerful streaming player yet.

Unleash the Power:

• Blazing-Fast Performance: Stream effortlessly with a powerful quad-core processor, delivering a 30% performance boost over previous Roku Ultra models.
• Next-Gen Wi-Fi 6: Enjoy smooth, uninterrupted streaming with Roku's best Wi-Fi ever. Wi-Fi 6 ensures a reliable connection even when multiple devices are connected.
• Unmatched Cinematic Experience: Experience stunning visuals with support for 4K, HDR10+, Dolby Vision, and Dolby Atmos. Immerse yourself in theater-quality pictures and sound for your favorite movies and shows.

Ultimate Convenience:

• Rechargeable Voice Remote Pro (2nd Gen): Ditch the batteries! This remote features voice control, backlit buttons, and a handy "lost remote finder" function.
• Endless Entertainment: Access all your favorite streaming services, free live TV channels, and the latest trending content in one place.

Ready to Stream Smarter?

Learn more about the Roku Ultra (2024) and its incredible features: The 2024 Roku Ultra: the streaming player you love just got better 

Happy Streaming! 💜

Best regards,
The Roku Community Team

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[Dfresh567]

@RokuMaryEF @snowfox @atc98092 @Bri 

I am super excited about this news and thank you for sharing the new Ultra's highlights and video with overone on this forum. Happy to be the first to be able to say that on this thread. 2022 was the ultra's last update. First thing that jumped out for me personally was the announcement that it'll support Wifi 6.  Over the last year countless posts regarding Roku's premier streaming device only supporting WiFi 5 wre posts that reallly stood out for me...so many. I haven't seen anyone write a post saying they were excited seeing it included in the upgrades so let me take the opportunity to say thank you to Roku for listening to the community.

Can not wait to get my hand of one!!

[trentv11182]

Since it's HDMI 2.1b, it supports 8K?...

https://www.hdmi.org/spec/hdmi2_1

https://www.youtube.com/@8KWorld

https://youtu.be/PcKtMaJg7AQ

[atc98092]

Just because the HDMI port supports 8K doesn't mean the rest of the hardware does. 

[jeremyp1971]

I would buy 3 or 4 of these if they had at least 1GBs ethernet. Everything else I have is 1GBs to 2.5gbs. Many of us, for very technical reasons, including wifi interference with other systems, do not use wifi. We wish you would listen to the enthusiasts who are looking for the best and would easily pay. This lack of upgrade prevents me from seeing any substantial improvement in my current setup.

[atc98092]

@jeremyp1971 while I agree it's time to bump the wired connection to Gigabit, you have to remember Roku devices are designed primarily for streaming media from the Internet. At this time there simply is no online provider that comes close to saturating a Fast Ethernet connection. If your desire is to view media from a home server (as I do) there is no Roku player (including this one) that does everything needed for such viewing. Besides the slow Ethernet (although it does fine on 5 GHz WiFi), there is no support for image based captions (which almost every DVD/BD disc uses), they won't bitstream the lossless audio codecs to an AVR, and the processor in even the fastest Roku is at its limit when playing uncompressed 4K ripped Blu Ray content. For that, you need a better player. I still use the Nvidia Shield for my "serious" home media playback, although there are a few other Android based players that can do the things I described above. 

I still use Roku players for casual viewing of my local media, as well as online sources. For that purpose, they are fine as equipped. 

[markanthony]

huge upgrade from the previous models, excited for the Roku Ultra 2024