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Roku Ultra

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    85 Engadget Score
    An all-around great product that's among the best in its category. You'll almost certainly be happy.
    85

    An all-around great product that's among the best in its category. You'll almost certainly be happy.

    How we score

    The Engadget Score is a unique ranking of products based on extensive independent research and analysis by our expert editorial and research teams. The Global Score is arrived at only after curating hundreds, sometimes thousands of weighted data points (such as critic and user reviews).

    Engadget Review

    The Roku Ultra is the company's fastest streaming player yet, and it throws in just about every feature you can imagine. The only major downside is that Roku's $100 Premiere+ includes most of the capabilities you'd actually need.

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    Pros
    • Incredibly fast
    • 4K/HDR content looks fantastic
    • Speedy networking
    Cons
    • Not much more capable than Roku's $100 player
    • Roku's interface is dated

    Reviews

    85
     
    Average Critic Score
    Critic Reviews 8
    55
     
    Average User Score
    User Reviews 2
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    Specs

    Key Specs

    Type
    Audio / video player
    Video services
    Netflix, Amazon, Youtube
    Video codec support
    H264, Mpeg4, Quicktime
    Audio codec support
    Aac, Flac, Mp3, Wma
    Video outputs
    HDMI
    Audio outputs
    Via HDMI
    WiFi
    Yes
    Ethernet
    10/100 [Fast Ethernet]

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    85 Engadget Score
    An all-around great product that's among the best in its category. You'll almost certainly be happy.
    85

    An all-around great product that's among the best in its category. You'll almost certainly be happy.

    How we score

    The Engadget Score is a unique ranking of products based on extensive independent research and analysis by our expert editorial and research teams. The Global Score is arrived at only after curating hundreds, sometimes thousands of weighted data points (such as critic and user reviews).

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    Scores

    Engadget

    85
     

    User Reviews

    10
    Kliptick
    An awful product that should be avoided. You'll be sorry. - Engadget
    100
    Hawkstream
    The Roku Ultra is the best media payer on the market. Period. It has 4k /...read more
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