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Select Roku Owners: Roku Devices: Express 4K+ $24, Streaming Stick 4K $30, Ultra

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Roku has for Select Roku Owners (who own older models of Roku devices): 40% Off Roku Streaming Devices as listed below. Shipping is free.

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  • Roku Express 4K+ $23.99
  • Roku Streaming Stick 4K $29.99
  • Roku Ultra $59.99

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Roku has for Select Roku Owners (who own older models of Roku devices): 40% Off Roku Streaming Devices as listed below. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member holgen for sharing this deal

Note, limit one per customer or account, while supplies last. This is a targeted offer and if eligible then you will see the discounted prices listed below when you log in.

Available:
  • Roku Express 4K+ $23.99
  • Roku Streaming Stick 4K $29.99
  • Roku Ultra $59.99

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Apr 9, 2024 6:22 PM
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ejordan525Apr 9, 2024 6:22 PM
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Roku has really gone downhill. I have many of their devices and they are very slow and laggy. I guess you shouldn't expect much since most of their devices are cheap like Amazon Fire devices. But I have the Roku "premium" soundbar and it was great at first. Now it lags, speakers pop (due to a software glitch they still haven't fixed since October of 23). Even this "ultra" device listed, I wouldn't expect much out of it. Will most likely lag, freeze, glitch and reboot.
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Apr 9, 2024 6:22 PM
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SmithersGApr 9, 2024 6:22 PM
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Apr 9, 2024 6:24 PM
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NoNameNoWhereApr 9, 2024 6:24 PM
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Quote from missellie View quoted comment :
Use OP's link.
I did.
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Apr 9, 2024 6:31 PM
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Dr_DerogatoryApr 9, 2024 6:31 PM
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Quote from TheBigCPabster View quoted comment :
My 2018 Ultras are still butter smooth. I purchased one of these recently and it's faster but not by much; not a huge upgrade if you have a previous Ultra. I'd personally wait for the refresh.
Thank you! I was really hoping to find someone with firsthand experience with both models to give their opinion. Videos I've watched in the past definitely seemed to show the 2020 model being marginally faster, but nothing world changing like going from a 5400rpm or 7200rpm hard drive to an SSD. To be clear, my 2018 Ultras aren't "slow", they're just not super snappy. Might be time to hard reset them and refresh them.

Quote from RandallDeals View quoted comment :
I bought the latest model a month ago and it suffers the same issue my 2020 Ultra suffers from. (Struggles for Samsung TV's on some HDR x265 personal media) So I'm guessing they're very similar.
Thank you for the reply! That does seem odd that it doesn't interface well with Samsung TV's since they're one of (if not THE) largest TV manufacturers in the world. You'd think Roku would want to make sure they play nice. Except for the one I have on my LG OLED TV, the other two are on older dumb or semi-smart TV's so not really anything that would make a huge difference from having the additional video codecs.

Thumbs up (helpful) to you both and repped.
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Apr 9, 2024 6:50 PM
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RobertR4995Apr 9, 2024 6:50 PM
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I have the 4K streaming Stick and it more or less handles my needs however it is slow at times and needs its signature monthly reboot. Would this be worth the upgrade to the ultra?
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Apr 9, 2024 6:54 PM
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Apr 9, 2024 6:58 PM
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micl9Apr 9, 2024 6:58 PM
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Quote from Dr_Derogatory View quoted comment :
Is the newest model of Ultra still the 2022 model, which if I'm not mistaken, still uses the same hardware from the 2020 model in the box? Didn't it only change the remote?

I have three of the 2018 Roku Ultras and while they aren't "slow", they do take a few seconds to load apps. I do have Micro SD cards installed so it's not that it has to re-load the app. I'm just wondering if anyone has any firsthand experience with the two models, and if anyone knows if these current Ultras are still using the 2020 hardware. Google seems to suggest that is the case. Wondering if it would be worth upgrading at all aside from the rechargeable remote.
From the roku wiki page -attached
Yes same HDW - looks like no USB ports. Dont even know if my 2020 has USB ports!
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Apr 9, 2024 7:12 PM
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DoobieBrotherApr 9, 2024 7:12 PM
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Quote from breaktheground View quoted comment :
Not sure why this comment is being negged. It is absolutely true and indicative of their future plans to litter their OS with more ads, and now it'll be hardware based. Gotta make the stockholders happy.

Apple TV/Shield is still king. Buy once cry once.
Me neither I guess it must be a promotional post or something because I know that the things aren't really going to be long in this world. The stock is down the hole. Layoffs and more. When I saw that they were laying off folks I kind of thought for sure it was the end.
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AmusedScent305Apr 9, 2024 7:40 PM
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Quote from breaktheground View quoted comment :
Not sure why this comment is being negged. It is absolutely true and indicative of their future plans to litter their OS with more ads, and now it'll be hardware based. Gotta make the stockholders happy.

Apple TV/Shield is still king. Buy once cry once.
Just watched a Louis Rossman video on this the other day, and my understanding is that they are planning to roll this out to Roku TVs (or already have) by detecting "pauses" on the active HDMI port, regardless of what the connected device is, to serve an ad.

Not exactly sure how they'd do the same with a separate box since it would require input switching, but I can imagine it would serve up an ad any time you paused the content from the Roku for more than a minute. And yeah, that gives me pause about buying another one because I paid for streaming apps to avoid ads, not have more of them.

Problem is that I'm not the only person in my house, and teaching non-tech people a new/different UI is a challenge if it takes more than 2 buttons, so an HTPC isn't really an option unless someone knows a simple one that can use an IR blaster remote.
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breakthegroundApr 9, 2024 7:49 PM
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Quote from AmusedScent305 View quoted comment :
Not exactly sure how they'd do the same with a separate box since it would require input switching, but I can imagine it would serve up an ad any time you paused the content from the Roku for more than a minute. And yeah, that gives me pause about buying another one because I paid for streaming apps to avoid ads, not have more of them.

Problem is that I'm not the only person in my house, and teaching non-tech people a new/different UI is a challenge if it takes more than 2 buttons, so an HTPC isn't really an option unless someone knows a simple one that can use an IR blaster remote.
HDMI protocol keeps updating and along with it comes more options for manufacturers to use device states/variables to do more, like 2 way logic and things like rolling an ad if a specific condition is met. Again, this is only the beginning and the cheaper devices like amazon/roku/google will implement this to offset the cost and try to increase revenue.

I'm no Apple superfan but ATV is clearly the best bang for buck option, with zero plans for things like this in the future. Considering the occasional ATV deals that can be had here, its a no brainer to spend an extra $40 for piece of mind and less "you're a product" invasiveness.
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Apr 9, 2024 8:33 PM
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ROBBY69Apr 9, 2024 8:33 PM
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This is the 2022 model. 4802R
I believe this is the last/latest model for the Ultra
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Apr 9, 2024 9:07 PM
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xmenxmenxmenApr 9, 2024 9:07 PM
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Quote from breaktheground View quoted comment :
Not sure why this comment is being negged. It is absolutely true and indicative of their future plans to litter their OS with more ads, and now it'll be hardware based. Gotta make the stockholders happy.

Apple TV/Shield is still king. Buy once cry once.
Because it only applies to their TV and has been for years. Their standalone devices are still decent, at least for now
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Apr 9, 2024 9:11 PM
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kvkkvkApr 9, 2024 9:11 PM
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Quote from AmusedScent305 View quoted comment :
Just watched a Louis Rossman video on this the other day, and my understanding is that they are planning to roll this out to Roku TVs (or already have) by detecting "pauses" on the active HDMI port, regardless of what the connected device is, to serve an ad.

Not exactly sure how they'd do the same with a separate box since it would require input switching, but I can imagine it would serve up an ad any time you paused the content from the Roku for more than a minute. And yeah, that gives me pause about buying another one because I paid for streaming apps to avoid ads, not have more of them.
He didn't say they were planning to roll this out, he said they had a patent on it. Just because you have a patent on something doesn't mean you will actually use it. Microsoft, Apple, Nokia and Kodak have hundreds of thousand s of patents that aren't used.
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Apr 9, 2024 9:11 PM
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xmenxmenxmenApr 9, 2024 9:11 PM
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Quote from becktoman View quoted comment :
Is it an upgrade for TCL TV with Built in Roku? I've been plagued with sound issues through ARC. My sound bar drops audio when volume is changed.
My research says it is fixed if I plug a roku into the soundbar. But I haven't pulled the trigger to switch from TV built in.
Standalone Roku are far superior to builtin one. All my Roku TV have standalone Roku that perform flawlessly... None of my Roku TV are connected to the internet. Same goes for Android TV.
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