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[DarkQuark]

Does the new Roku Ultra (2024) passthrough lossless sound like TrueHD?  As far as I know the Nvidia Shield was the only one that did this and I have been waiting for Roku to follow.  As of now, even on passthrough, lossless sound codecs have to be transcoded.   Thanks.

[andyross]

It probably depends on the chipset used. It sounds like this is really only a minor update. Slightly faster with Wifi 6. Even the Ethernet is still only 100Mbit.

[DarkQuark]

Yeah I noticed the 10/100 and I thought, meh.  Minor update, probably 85% the exact same hardware.  Even Wifi6 itself is fairly minor.  6E would be the big jump.

But still, they have been dinking with the sound. We will see I guess.

[RokuReynan-L · Accepted solution]

Hi, @DarkQuark.

Welcome and thank you for posting here in the Roku Community!

We understand that you have a question about the audio quality of our new Roku Ultra 2024. No worries, we're here to help.

Please be advised that the new streaming device does not support TrueHD/Lossless audio through passthrough. The highest is PCM/MAT which is via passthrough.

Furthermore, you may visit this support article on getting to know your Roku Ultra

If you need further clarification and assistance, please don't hesitate to let us know.

Regards,
Reynan

[DarkQuark]

That's a shame but I do appreciate the concrete answer.  Thank you.

[Timbiotic · Accepted solution]

Amazon fire stick max 4k supports it 😊 just replaced my shields with it. Wish roku would catch up in hardware world , even wifi 6 is antiquated with 6ghz on 6e and 7. Roku is losing audiophiles

[DarkQuark]

Thanks for the tip.  Last I checked it was only a Shield and I I checked your info and you are correct .  The high-end Amazon stick and their cube support the lossless audio codecs in passthrough.  Which is what I am looking for.  I have been nothing but Roku for years and years because they did not make their money off mining my data andads.  Well that has shifted over the years so I will give this a spin.  Thanks.