Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “First look at Roku’s four new streaming boxes”.
Hi, I’m Lauren good with the verge here at Roku’s offices in Silicon Valley and we’re here at Roku today, because we’re taking a look at a bunch of new hardware. It is the fall which means it’s time for a hardware. Refresh and Roku has gone ahead and effectively replaced its streaming media players with a bunch of new boxes. So let’s go take a look. So, let’s start with the Refresh of the Roku one, which is now called the Express it’s about 75 % smaller than the original one and offers double the processing power.
This is also the cheapest truck, whoever starting at just $ 30 there’s a version of it. That is a little bit more expensive called the Roku Express, plus that one comes with composite cables for people who have TVs without HDMI ports. Then there’s the Roku premiere, which replaces the Roku 2. This one costs $ 80. It supports 4k video at 60 frames per second, it has a quad-core processor and an IR remote and then the next step up from that is the Roku premiere plus, which replaces the Roku 3 and costs $ 100. Now this is very similar to the Premier box with the same quad core processor, but it does support HDR video.
In addition to 4k, it has an Ethernet port and a microSD slot, and then the remote has a headphone jack for private listening and finally there’s the new top-of-the-line Roku. The hundred and thirty dollar Roku ultra replaces the Roku for, like the premiere boxes, this one supports 4k, video and HDR, but the big difference is that this box has a USB port for plugging in your own thumb, drive with locally stored media and the remote has A few different features to has voice search, find my remote feature, even a be gaming buttons. Now these are just the boxes by the way, Roku isn’t updating its streaming, stick, which it released earlier this year. Roku software is also getting an upgrade which will roll out to all Roku users. Although it’s not a major update, it’s still roku OS 7. This includes a night listening mode that will compress the audio so that the thick and loud explosive noises are closer to the dialog levels and Roku has tweaked its search again to make it easier for you to find stuff.
That’S on roku, in addition to the software changes, roku says it now supports more than 3500 channels on its streaming media players, which is a lot of channels and I’m sure, not everybody’s, going to watch all of them still nice to have the option also worth noting That Roku still calls them channels, unlike one of its biggest competitors Apple, which believes that apps are the future of streaming media. All these new devices are gon na be shifting sometime in October, along with the new software, so stay tuned for our full review on the verge comm. Alright hi, I’m Laurie I’ll just say: I’m warned good rather than hi, hi, hello! Ok! What’S up party people .