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85
Engadget
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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.

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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.

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
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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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85
Average Critic Score

Audio quality

100
 

Media support

97
 

Design and form factor

80
 

Ease of use

91
 

Video quality

100
 

How It Stacks Up

Olive

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Engadget

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NVIDIA
84
NVIDIA

Shield Android TV

Engadget

84
 

Critic

76
 

User

Not yet scored
 
Samsung

Smart Media Player GX-SM530CF

Engadget

Not yet scored
 

Critic

Not yet scored
 

User

85
 
Google Nexus
56
Google

Nexus Q

Engadget

56
 

Critic

56
 

User

63
 
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How It Stacks Up

Olive

One

Engadget

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Critic

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User

Not yet scored
 
NVIDIA
84
NVIDIA

Shield Android TV

Engadget

84
 

Critic

76
 

User

Not yet scored
 
Samsung

Smart Media Player GX-SM530CF

Engadget

Not yet scored
 

Critic

Not yet scored
 

User

85
 
Google Nexus
56
Google

Nexus Q

Engadget

56
 

Critic

56
 

User

63
 
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