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Apple, Amazon and Google have all recently announced their refreshed streaming TV media players and today market leader Roku has responded with the latest iteration in the Roku series, the Roku 4. In a happy numbering coincidence, the Roku 4 will deliver UHD 4K content for the latest ultra high definition TVs. As you'd expect given the relative rarity of UHD
Arguably the market leader in the media streaming market, Roku hasn't been resting on its laurels. At this year's CES, Roku has announced a raft of news reinforcing its platform's position for both Roku TV and the move to 4K transmission. After announcing Roku TV at last year's CES, 2014 has seen Roku TV available on both TCL and Hisense TVs
Perhaps unsurprisingly given Google's now somewhat defunct plans for GoogleTV, YouTube has been one of the glaring omissions from the Roku platform. But not any longer. Roku has announced that a YouTube channel is now available on the Roku 3 in USA, Canada, UK and the Republic of Ireland. Older Rokus will be getting the channel next year, though the exact timing
This morning, Hulu Plus updated their website to include Chromecast support. With an update of the App, you can now watch your hulu subscription on the big screen. Chromecast is Google's answer to over the top television. For $35, you can plug into your HDMI outlet and use your phone as the remote. With the introduction, you could only send
When I was as SXSW, I was excited to find that Roku was changing the interface to a Grid view. In interviewing Roku, I was told the interface would be rolled out to older players but had to wait. Well now the wait is over. Roku rolled out their new interface to certain older Roku boxes. If you own a
XBMC has long been a darling of the HTPC crowd, bringing a free and open source alternative to Windows Media Center. Now a Dutch company wants to bring the platform to a set-top box. Known as "The Little Black Box", the device has just become available for pre-order. The box will contain 1GB of memory, 4GB of Flash storage (800MB for the
Today, rumors are circulating around the web regarding Amazon. It is nothing new -- the online retail giant has long been subject to such babble. Rumors of an Amazon phone still appear on a regular basis. Thanks to the success of the Kindle Fire, everyone seems to expect a handset to be the logical follow-up. Today's rumor is different though