Ultra | The Ultimate Streaming Device 4K/HDR/Dolby Vision/Atmos, Rechargeable Roku Voice Remote Pro, Ethernet Port, Hands-Free Controls, Lost Remote Finder, Free & Live TV

So far I have owned, a Roku Ultra Lt, Google Chromecast 4K, Firestick 4K Max, Apple TV 4K, and a Fire cube 3rd gen. In my opinion. For streaming movies and tv shows. The Roku Ultra is hard to beat for its price. You get 4K, Dolby Atmos + on many streaming apps, It loads quick, even with 35-45ish apps downloaded on it. It zips right through its menu. Loads video’s fast. Make ranking by box for quickness between apps and movie/tv loading times. 1. Fire Cube 3rd gen. It’s the fastest, with 16gb memory some of fastest processors going. Only the Uber expensive Nvidia Shield tv pro comes close in some benchmark test. It also has one of the cleanest menus and way of finding apps. And looks like it fast ly becoming the only affordable box that still allows for side loaded apps. Roku, Apple, Google, are banning apps and side loading. Oh and the cloud gaming power of the Cube is awesome. 2. Roku Ultra. Fast, easy to navigate around and search for apps. Easy to set up little things like screen saver, wall paper. Seems to have plenty of memory. I have 35-40 apps on my at any one time and it goes between apps and loads movies very well. I reall like my Roku Ultra. And would have put it in first place. But you can not game on it like the Fire Cube 3rd gen. You won’t go wrong buying a Roku Ultra. 3. Goes to my Firestick 4K Max. Even with only 8gb of memory. It still worked great and loaded very well with its limited factory memory amount. 4K picture was always very good. 4. Kind of a tie between the Apple and the Chromecast. Both have many adds, and no way to clean things up like Roku’s or Amazon Fire devices. The Apple does not produce as good a picture as the others. The Chromecast was easier to adjust its picture settings, but the Apple even with its much higher price. makes you jump through hoops. I did like that I could link my Apple TV device to my iPad. Until all the extra adds started and down load request. So it was fast becoming not worth its 125-ish price. The Chromecast 4K falls short in its adds, picture quality, and it losses apps every day now. For 50-ish price is a good deal if you have no other streaming device. Just be warned. It’s fast becoming an apple like product. Which you need to pay for everything right now. And Google is banning a lot of side loaded apps and have shut down many of them. Or just spend a little less and get a Roku or Firestick 4K of some sorts and enjoy. I have not tried a Nvidia shield pro but I do know the the 3rd gen Fire cube beats it in many benchmark test. And I also know, the Shield has the most space, is the best for cloud gaming, but the Apple Cube beats it a movie streaming. In my opinion, if you have the money and want an everything box, buy the Fire Cube 3rd gen. If you like, movies, gaming, utility apps. If it’s just movies and tv with an awesome picture. Get a Roku Ultra.

With all the "short cycle" expectations of the electronics industry, the software outgrows the chips on higher end electronics before the expected end of life of the electronics. In our case, the TV still works beautifully, and can display the 4k material that is available - as planned - but the built in streaming chips can no longer be updated with the new streaming software sooo, glitches, cutouts, failure to load.... To extend the life of our current entertainment electronics we needed a new streaming chip. This fits the bill perfectly! The price is right, it connected easily to our existing system and provides a new chip to do the streaming function. The software for the install worked easily, and we were up and running again. It has the voice recognition stuff included, but we find that more trouble than functional - voice recognition is not quite there yet, it misunderstands too often, so we have disabled it for now - since we didn't use it before, we don't consider that an issue, but if that is important to you, you will need to test it out. We also have 1 minor criticism - the remote is all smooth and curves, which is a very pretty design, but it slips and slides in the hand resulting in unintentional button pressing while trying to pick it up - often interrupting the program or muting the sound when we just wanted to adjust the sound up or down - this is in part due to the sound buttons being on the sides of the remote. Cute, but not functional. Also, with the programming for this remote, it has each subscription defined to use different buttons for the simple functions so you have to stop and think which subscription (am I in Netflix, Amazon, or Roku....) you are using before you can navigate the screen. Not a deal breaker, but this could have been done better. Very happy with this system, and pleasantly surprised at the additional material offered by Roku! We will buy an updated version of this when THIS chip is exceeded by the software. Ok, back for an additional comment. We have been using this 6 months, and only 1 issue. the Roku overheated the day the air conditioning was on the fritz. This is not uncommon with many very small models of an electronic form. If it gets too hot, it malfunctions in a weird ways. If it isn't working for no apparent reason and feels warm, try disconnecting and letting it cool down for 20-30 minutes before panicking. We now keep ours on a small baking rack to allow air circulation - end of problem. Others on the tech network have suggested a small air circulating fan, especially if located near other heat generating electronics. This is not a major issue for us, but it is good to know when planning location (no completely enclosed spaces that have no air circulation) and for troubleshooting - before you go buy new cables, pitch it, or other drastic measures.

The main reason for me to buy this is to make my old tv as smart that run an iptv service but unfortunately it does not and its not android platform

It was working fine for a few days, then it went down. It's broken, nothing on screen. I tried different cables, different HDMI ports, even a different TV - nothing, It gets power as the front light is lid. I tried to 'reset' it but the light does not flick as indicated in the 'reset instructions'. I can still return it but too much IDs/passwords in there, I may take the hit with the loss. Update: I found a solution, I 'unlik' the device from my Roku account, nothing can be accessed now. I returned it and got my money back.

Alot of the apps advertised on the box weren't available in UAE. The crunchyroll offer wasn't redeemable in my region. Otherwise, the product is simple to set up and use. Overall wasn't satisfied with it and returned it.

Amazon prime video not available, tried many times... resetting many times the device but no use.

La neta tiene much afruides y se nota la diferencia de imagen el contro con muchas funciones y tiene blutu el aparato neta vale la pena