The Roku Ultra Streaming Player is currently the best on the market

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The Roku Ultra Streaming Player is currently the best on the market

When I have free time, 99% of the time I am watching Blu-ray discs for the best picture and sound quality. I hardly use streaming at all; however, a family member I know loves to use streaming (mainly Netflix). Since the new OPPO UDP-203 does not have any streaming features at all under its existing firmware, I ended up needing to purchase a Roku Ultra , which is much better quality then any Blu-ray player on the market when it comes to streaming services (of course optical discs still have the best picture quality since optical discs offer high bit rate 4K Ultra HD with lossless audio). The Roku Ultra is superfast and the voice search feature is excellent. Most of the time when one speaks clearly into the microphone on the remote the Roku voice technology correctly looks up the name of the movie or actor that one is searching for, and then the Roku will inform the user which streaming services are offering the movie. For anyone that likes streaming, I highly recommend the Roku Ultra.

The Roku Ultra Streaming Player for $129.99 was given a 2016 top pick award by Sound and Vision magazine. In the February/March 2017 review on page 48 it mentions that: “No other streaming player has the search capabilities, robust remote app, and casting photos and music”. In summary there exists no better 4K Ultra HD HDR streaming player on the market (much better than what any standalone Blu-ray player or Smart TV offers, unless the Smart TV has Roku built in). One negative is the VUDU app only supports up to lossy 7.1 Dolby Digital Plus. The only two negatives mentioned in the review is “Playback control for music and slideshows is awkward”, and “Doesn’t play Dolby Atmos from Vudu”. Maybe a future firmware update might support lossy Dolby Atmos if the Vudu app is updated with a future firmware update. However physical Blu-ray discs have much better sound quality when it comes to Dolby ATMOS, because Blu-ray discs use the bit for bit studio master lossless 7.1 Dolby TrueHD core soundtrack. Dolby ATMOS is ideal for consumers that have at least a 11.1 surround sound setup.