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Roku Ultra LT HD/4K/HDR Streaming Media Player $35 Walmart EXTREME YMMV / B&M - $35

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Roku Ultra LT was on clearance at the Factoria (NOT Renton), WA location only. Seems like other Walmarts was regular price. I saw at least a dozen or so left in stock on the shelf.

Its possible that other Walmarts may start to follow suit so keep an eye out if this deal interests you.

https://brickseek.com/walmart-inv...=857445471
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Bmagj1
08-18-2021 at 10:37 PM.
08-18-2021 at 10:37 PM.
No deal by my area yet @ 45210
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Murder666
08-18-2021 at 11:22 PM.
08-18-2021 at 11:22 PM.
Near me:
In stock - 9 stores @ $69
Out of stock - 6 stores @ $59, 1 store @ $45
But thanks for the heads up - I will continue to monitor.
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jchu14
08-18-2021 at 11:26 PM.
08-18-2021 at 11:26 PM.
Would something like this be noticeably faster than a built-in Roku on a mid-range TCL TV?

My TV's built-in Roku feels like it's getting slower, but it could be apps getting more and more bloated or badly coded. HBO Max is very slow to respond sometimes.
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08-18-2021 at 11:34 PM.
08-18-2021 at 11:34 PM.
Quote from jchu14 :
Would something like this be noticeably faster than a built-in Roku on a mid-range TCL TV?

My TV's built-in Roku feels like it's getting slower, but it could be apps getting more and more bloated or badly coded. HBO Max is very slow to respond sometimes.

https://gizmodo.com/hbo-max-is-aw...1847484833
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michrech
08-19-2021 at 04:23 AM.
08-19-2021 at 04:23 AM.
$69 in 10 stores all around me right now...
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turbomission
08-19-2021 at 06:12 AM.
08-19-2021 at 06:12 AM.
Quote from jchu14 :
Would something like this be noticeably faster than a built-in Roku on a mid-range TCL TV?

My TV's built-in Roku feels like it's getting slower, but it could be apps getting more and more bloated or badly coded. HBO Max is very slow to respond sometimes.
I have a 2020-model 75" Roku 4K TV that I paid $1300 for, and the Roku interface is sluggish compared to my stand-alone Roku Ultra. Kind of annoying that a $100 device performs much better than a $1300 device.

Different Roku devices have different hardware specs and RAM, ranging from 512MB for the lower-end devices and 2GB for the Ultra. The Roku TV's are not as powerful as the Ultra.

This page has a table showing the different processors and RAM in the various Roku devices:

https://developer.roku.com/docs/s...ardware.md
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MadPup
08-19-2021 at 01:18 PM.
08-19-2021 at 01:18 PM.
Quote from jonjonjr :
Roku Ultra LT was on clearance at the Renton, WA location only. Seems like other Walmarts was regular price. I saw at least a dozen or so left in stock on the shelf.
Looks like Bellevue has plenty at this price today. I'd bite but I recently bought a non-LT version via OfferUp for $40.
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I have a 2020-model 75" Roku 4K TV that I paid $1300 for, and the Roku interface is sluggish compared to my stand-alone Roku Ultra. Kind of annoying that a $100 device performs much better than a $1300 device.
One is a 75" TV... and the other isn't. And you went cheap on the TV so you can hardly complain that it doesn't behave like a premium product. Wave
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vin2000
08-19-2021 at 03:43 PM.
08-19-2021 at 03:43 PM.
Not happening in Jersey
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turbomission
08-19-2021 at 10:19 PM.
08-19-2021 at 10:19 PM.
Quote from MadPup :
One is a 75" TV... and the other isn't. And you went cheap on the TV so you can hardly complain that it doesn't behave like a premium product. Wave
Your response doesn't make any sense to me.

The TV was $1300 and was near the top of the range for TCL. You can get a 75" TV for about half that price, so going cheap wasn't what I had in mind. The TCL 4-series and 5-series are their budget sets, but mine is the 6-series, which is more of an enthusiast product and is meant to compete with more expensive sets from other manufacturers such as Sony and LG.

I had thoroughly enjoyed using my Roku Ultra with my projector in my home theater, so when I was getting a new TV for the living room, I wanted one with Roku built in. I don't think it's unreasonable to expect a $1300 Roku TV ($1800 at intro) to be able to keep up with a little $100 Roku box, but I guess that's just me.
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08-19-2021 at 10:34 PM.
08-19-2021 at 10:34 PM.
Quote from turbomission :
Your response doesn't make any sense to me.

The TV was $1300 and was near the top of the range for TCL. You can get a 75" TV for about half that price, so going cheap wasn't what I had in mind. The TCL 4-series and 5-series are their budget sets, but mine is the 6-series, which is more of an enthusiast product and is meant to compete with more expensive sets from other manufacturers such as Sony and LG.

I had thoroughly enjoyed using my Roku Ultra with my projector in my home theater, so when I was getting a new TV for the living room, I wanted one with Roku built in. I don't think it's unreasonable to expect a $1300 Roku TV ($1800 at intro) to be able to keep up with a little $100 Roku box, but I guess that's just me.
The $100 Roku box is top of the line but the $30 wireless Rokus generally work just fine. If you were building a TV which would you choose if you were trying to keep costs to a minimum? I'm guessing most people buy the Ultra for the wired networking more than anything else, and I assume your TV has that.
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Phane7
10-18-2021 at 05:22 PM.
10-18-2021 at 05:22 PM.
My local WM had a bunch of them on clearance at $36. When I tried to ring it up, it came up at $49. I went back and mentioned it and the clerk scanned the price tag and said it was a mistake. She said the regular price was $69 and that it was on clearance at $49, but that it was mismarked as $36. She then pulled the price tags and honored the $36 for me since it was shown at that price when I was there.
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turbomission
10-18-2021 at 05:26 PM.
10-18-2021 at 05:26 PM.
Quote from MadPup :
The $100 Roku box is top of the line but the $30 wireless Rokus generally work just fine. If you were building a TV which would you choose if you were trying to keep costs to a minimum?
Yeah, I know. But they make all kinds of Roku TV's, with cheap ones starting around $200. So yeah, put the cheap Roku chipsets into the cheap Roku TV's, and put the higher-end Roku chips into the higher-end Roku TV's. Why should that be difficult to expect?

If someone is buying an expensive Roku TV, then they are obviously wanting the Roku experience. If it's necessary to still buy a separate Roku box for the best Roku experience, then why even bother buying a Roku TV. It wouldn't' make sense.
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