Will 4K digital retailers make 4K exclusive to their own streaming devices?

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Originally Posted by steve_dave

Yeah. That’s not going to happen.

Roku is also an open platform device while Vudu is an open platform app. Vudu is not going to sign an exclusitivy deal with a device maker, that would be dumb.

And what about Roku TVs? Fire TVs? The actual TVs with Roku or Fire OSs baked in?

Google/Android TV? Again, actual TVs with this OS.

Or XBox One/Series S/X or Playstation 4/5?

Or NVidia Shield with Android TV?

By streaming devices, I mean both the sticks/boxes and the TVs with the OSs built in.

Just a guess: This could be to escape the exorbitant fees that a retailer may have to pay the OS maker to stream in 4K.