Lastly, Roku claims that the new Ultra is 30 percent faster than its other streamers. The difference is noticeable in side-by-side testing with Roku’s Streaming Stick 4K, with the latter’s app load times routinely about four seconds slower.

The Roku Ultra (2024) has just about everything one could ask for from an external streaming player. It supports all the necessary HDR formats, most notably Dolby Vision and HDR10+, and is quite speedy.

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The brand new Roku Ultra (updated for 2024) nails both of those elements, while maintaining Roku's continued quality level and offering the full range of HDR formats that make it truly versatile for any TV set.