Tag: Roku
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HBO NOW Will NOT Offer 4K Streaming on the Roku 4
HBO NOW was just released on Roku devices this week and with the Roku 4 coming out in just a few weeks many have been wondering if HBO will offer 4K Ultra HD on the Roku 4. Sadly we have heard from Roku that HBO NOW will not offer a 4K option at this time.…
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The Week In Review
Once again this week has been packed full of huge news. From the Roku 4 announcement to hands on with the new Fire TV the news kept coming. So here is our quick break down of all the news from the past week. Netflix is raising its price $1 a month: https://cordcuttersnews.com/netflix-is-raising-its-price-1-a-month/ How To Watch…
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Confirmed: HBO NOW Will Be Available On The Roku 4
Update: Roku has contacted us to let us know that HBO NOW will be released this morning. HBO NOW will be available on all current Roku devices. Update #2: The official HBO NOW Channel is now live in the Roku Store! https://channelstore.roku.com/details/61322/hbo-now Update #3: Offical Comments from Roku and HBO have been added to this…
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The Roku 4 Is about Three Times Heavier than the Roku 3
There are still many questions about the Roku 4. One of the big ones is how much internal memory will it have. There may be a hint in the specs listed on the Roku store. The Roku 3 weighs 5 ounces and, according to the Roku.com store, the Roku 4 weighs 0.9 pounds. (A pound…
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Roku Hints At More Surprises To Come
Roku just updated their developer logs with a full break down of the Roku 4 compared to the other models. Here is the chart from the Roku.com developer area. A few weird things from this post make us think they are still hiding something. Nothing is listed under Flash Storage Some 2015 Roku TVs do…
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Roku OS 7 is Coming To All Roku Boxes Released Since 2011
Do you own a Roku made since 2011? If so good news! You will be able to use the new Roku OS! This huge update will allow you the ability to connect to hotel and college dorm networks among other upgrades. The ability to connect the new Roku OS to a Hotel and College Dorm…
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Roku 4 Will Support Optical Audio Out
New images of the Roku 4 show it will support an Optical Audio out, something that has been missing from recent Roku models. It will also help the Roku stand out from the Fire TV which has removed the Optical Audio port on their new boxes. In a market that is increasingly about check box…
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The Week In Review
Typically we just post our top story of the week every Sunday morning. This week there is so many big news stories we decided to post a quick run down of all the big news last week. So here is the big news of the week broken out by category: Everything coming to Netflix in…
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The Roku 4 is About The Size Of Two Roku 3s!
In our last post about the size of the Roku 4 we showed that the Roku 4 looks bigger than the Nvidia Shield one of the largest dedicated streaming boxes on the market. So now we take a look at how older Roku models line up to with the Nvidia Shield. First here is how…
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Roku 4 Specs Leaked!
That’s according to specs that were briefly published today in the online Roku developers guide . The information was quickly taken down but the following is now know. CPU: ARM quad core Accelerated Graphics API: OpenGL ES 2.0 RAM: 1.5GB HDMI 720p Video Out: Yes HDMI 1080p Video Out: Yes HDMI 2160p Video Out: Yes…