Roku 4 raises the bar in streaming players by challenging Roku 3 popularity in time for the holiday season. Buyers will be engaged in a tug-of-war for Roku 4 to be released soon, will face-off against Roku 3 as the better equipped media streaming device to purchase.
There are many incarnations of Roku; but by far, the most popular to date is Roku 3. According to Steve Ray of Techradar, the Roku 3 boasts of advanced technologies like voice search function and Roku feed feature. These improvements alone make this streaming player an excellent choice in enjoying your digital files.
Alongside these two unique qualities, Ray also noted that Roku 3 offers both wired and wireless capabilities (as compared to its siblings, Roku 1 and 2, which only accommodated wired connections) and a dual-core Broadcom chipset for faster internet connectivity. The unit likewise delivers entry-level 720p resolution that works superiorly well with all major television brands and makes.
Adding further to these outstanding specs, the Roku 3 likewise comes equipped with a much-loved headphone jack on the remote for private listening plus a microphone and a built-in search function.
Overall, the Roku 3 is a streamer's dream machine capable of delivering outstanding quality streaming service and is fairly priced at $99.99. However, there appears to be a contender in the horizon for Roku 3: Roku 4.
Hot on the heels of its older sibling, Roku 4 is creating huge whirlpools in the streaming media universe. Blasting away with a barrage of new offerings like ultra-high definition resolution output, updated and numerous media content, blazing fast processor, and other tech upgrades, this gadget is poised to upset Roku 3.
According to Techcrunch, the Roku 4 is a better and far more superior streaming player boasting of 4K capabilities, improved online content, quad-core processor, and tons of other interesting stuff. But the crème de la crème of this unit is its remote finder function.
What this does is that it beeps when a button is pressed on the top of the device helping locate a misplaced remote. Never fret or lose temper again if the remote is missing or not within reach. Just press the magic button and voila!
The current price for the Roku 4 is tagged at $129.99 which is quite a leap from Roku 3 tagged at $99.99.
Many would surely complain about the price discrepancy. But given the tech innovations applied to Roku 4, this streaming player may might as well be the swan song of Roku 3.
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