Finally looking to cut the cord and get rid of cable. It seems my current Roku (3500r) is not up the the task of constant scrolling through channels and watching live content as there is a lot of buffering and jerky performance. I believe it is understandable as this was the entry level unit back in 2014.
I am now looking to upgrade to the Roku Ultra which I presume has a lot more power and everything SHOULD fly pretty quickly and provide me that traditional cable box smoothness, correct? With that being said and with my current sluggish performance from the 3500r, I am looking for the most powerful Roku so I no longer have any jerky feel and buffering. The problem is I have only an Optical input for digital audio on my surround sound receiver. So, I am looking to purchase the old Roku Ultra 4640, but, I am concerned as I read that the new 4660/4661 has increased processor power over the 4640. Is the increase in the 4661 that big of a difference over the 4640? Will the 4640 is be super smooth and provide me the feel of traditional cable that I am looking for? Or should I finally give up on my optical input only receiver (which I love the sound) and just listen through my tv speakers to ensure I get quick/smooth performance and go with the new 4661?
Finally, I have read a lot of threads about not normal issues with Rokus. Is the Roku 4660/4661 less prone to technical issues then the 4640?
"mjnoles1" wrote:
Finally looking to cut the cord and get rid of cable. It seems my current Roku (3500r) is not up the the task of constant scrolling through channels and watching live content as there is a lot of buffering and jerky performance. I believe it is understandable as this was the entry level unit back in 2014.
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Or should I finally give up on my optical input only receiver (which I love the sound) and just listen through my tv speakers to ensure I get quick/smooth performance and go with the new 4661?
Finally, I have read a lot of threads about not normal issues with Rokus. Is the Roku 4660/4661 less prone to technical issues then the 4640?
"MozartMan" wrote:
Important thing that I learned from this forum is to insert Micro SD cards in them to make performance even better.
"NightHawk" wrote:"MozartMan" wrote:
Important thing that I learned from this forum is to insert Micro SD cards in them to make performance even better.
I thought a micro SD card only helps on the Roku Ultra if you add lots of channels/apps and then running low on internal flash memory storage?
I don't think a micro SD card speeds up the unit if you only have a few channels?
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"NightHawk" wrote:"MozartMan" wrote:
Important thing that I learned from this forum is to insert Micro SD cards in them to make performance even better.
I thought a micro SD card only helps on the Roku Ultra if you add lots of channels/apps and then running low on internal flash memory storage?
I don't think a micro SD card speeds up the unit if you only have a few channels?
"mjnoles1" wrote:
Thank you both for your opinions.
In addition to concern with sluggishness of the 4640 compared to the newer ones, which from you two does not seem to be a cause for concern at all.
I also have concern how buggy the 4640 is, from what I have read, compared to the 4660/4661.
Thoughts?