zaphod Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 https://www.roku.com/blog/en-ca/introducing-roku-streaming-stick-4k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 I just can't understand why we can't have the Ultra (which already had everything the 'new' stick+ has, and is on sale for the same price as the stick+ at the moment) directly available in Canada....or why they still have an 10/100 instead of 1000 ethernet jack on the latest Ultra for that matter. Screw WiFi.... therockhr and ejn1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therockhr Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 8 hours ago, Cyknight said: I just can't understand why we can't have the Ultra (which already had everything the 'new' stick+ has, and is on sale for the same price as the stick+ at the moment) directly available in Canada....or why they still have an 10/100 instead of 1000 ethernet jack on the latest Ultra for that matter. Screw WiFi.... Yeah i dont get it either. Surely there isnt a big cost difference between putting a gig ethernet jack in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 41 minutes ago, therockhr said: Yeah i dont get it either. Surely there isnt a big cost difference between putting a gig ethernet jack in there. and with the processors and chips they have for data processing they have figured out there is no value in adding the ethernet jack. If they can't process that much data it will just overload the processor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 1 hour ago, msgreenf said: and with the processors and chips they have for data processing they have figured out there is no value in adding the ethernet jack. If they can't process that much data it will just overload the processor As it's request data, that doesn't add up, simply don't request more data. Plus they tout that their Wifi can do up to 300 mb/s so it CAN handle over 100. Is it REQUIRED - well no, a single endpoint device like a Roku wouldn't need over 50 anyway at this point in time, and likely for quite some time to come. MY biggest gripe is not having a hardwire option at all.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphod Posted September 22, 2021 Author Share Posted September 22, 2021 It looks like one of the big benefits that Roku touts for the higher end models is a better remote that takes voice commands. But HA users have no need for the Roku remote, so it is kind of a waste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 New models have dolby vision/HDR10+ as the most interesting upgrade. Looks like Walmart in Canada will have an exclusive Ultra model....that might be interesting to keep in mind (again, hardwire network) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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