Tech Hive:
Roku is replacing its entire lineup of streaming-video boxes, keeping the Roku Stick while introducing five all-new products, two of which support 4K and HDR (high dynamic range) video decoding.
Although Roku isn’t making any major software changes to complement the new hardware, the company says it now has more than 100 channels supporting its universal search function. All of those channels—with the notable exception of Netflix—should also support Roku Feed, a feature that notifies you when your favorite shows, movies, and actors have new content available for streaming.
I don’t use the Roku products but I like when they update and improve. It helps to put pressure on Apple to continue to do the same with the Apple TV.
$40 for a box that acts as a DLNA client seems like a great deal. The Chromecast and FireTV, while both capable, make it a pain to play any local content.
why on earth do we need to decide between 5 different models of a streamer box? from the same company?!
…why are there multiple models of each Mac? Why not have one iMac and one MacBook?
computers are much richer devices with more diverse capabilities, obviously. streamer boxes are single purpose appliances. so your analogy falls flat.
Because apple only caters to well to do people while people on a budget can buy one of those cheap $30 rokus.
Like most overgeneralizations, this is early proven false. I’m poor as a church mouse but I have an Apple TV, not a Roku box.