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

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Since the year 2016 the Roku Ultra has been the best flagship streaming player on the market for video and audio movie type watching. Every year since 2016 a new Roku Ultra is introduced. The 2016, 2017, 2018, and coming soon October 2019 Roku Ultra are almost exactly the same (most likely every year sees more integrated electronic circuit boards internally to reduce manufacturer costs in theory).



On October 13th 2019 the new Roku Ultra is scheduled to be released. However, no major changes when compared to the 2017 and 2018 models. Which is a disappointment since in the ideal world the Roku Ultra should offer Dolby Vision HDR and HDR10+ instead of just standard HDR10. Also, in an ideal world the Roku Ultra should offer 1Gbps Ethernet instead of 100Mbps Ethernet (then 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray images with 11.1 lossless audio would be possible if a streaming provider wanted to offer that level of quality). Instead of offering HDMI version 2.0a, a firmware update would allow for HDMI 2.0b with Dolby Vision HDR support, but that is most likely never going to happen. HDMI 2.1 would be ideal for all HDR formats including HDR10+. The Roku Ultra is the best external streaming box on the market which is ideal for 4K projectors and older displays with no streaming built in. However certain flat panel screens with Roku built in can stream Dolby Vision HDR, but the Roku Ultra is limited to HDR10 only.


My point is the quality of the Roku Ultra has not changed at all over the last 4 years. The 2016 Roku Ultra offers the same exact picture and sound quality as the 2019 Roku Ultra according to the specs. This is a big disappointment since research and development appears to be only be occurring in built in flat panel screens with Roku streaming built in. The Roku Ultra is popular with projector owners and consumers with older flat panels with no streaming built in.



https://www.roku.com/products/roku-ultra