Roku Begins March Madness Promotions On Smart Devices
March Madness is almost upon us and in preparation for tournament play, Roku announced a range of promotional offers on its media streaming adapters and TV audio devices to help cord-cutters stay plugged into the action. Roku said special offers are available now at Walmart,…
HD Guru Awards 10 Best Of CES 2021 Show Winners
Last week’s 2021 Virtual CES was unlike any before it, and that made determining the winners for HD Guru’s Best of CES 2021 Awards the most difficult to date. In many cases, we didn’t have the luxury of an up-close demonstration and we had to…
Denon Unveils Compact Roku TV Ready Soundbar 550
Sound United’s Denon audio brand unveiled Thursday the Home Soundbar 550 compact soundbar with Atmos and DTS:X surround sound. The Soundbar is also compatible with a range of supported platforms including HEOS multi-room wireless music streaming and is Roku TV Ready ensuring simple use and…
TCL Bows `OD Zero’ Ultra -Thin Mini LED, 6 Series 8K TVs
TCL introduced Monday some of its 2021 TV plans including its next-generation of Mini-LED TVs using a new ultra-slim panel technology called “OD Zero.” The company also announced one of the first wireless soundbars bearing the new Roku TV Ready wireless reference design certification for…
Roku Unveils TV Ready Wireless Soundbar Reference Design
Roku announced Friday that it is expanding the Roku TV Ready Soundbar ecosystem with a new wireless soundbar reference design for consumer electronics brands. This new wireless soundbar reference design uses Roku-developed audio technology to connect a soundbar seamlessly and wirelessly with any Roku TV…
Roku Passed 50 Million User Milestone In 2020
Roku finished 2020 having surpassed a user milestone, with 51.2 million total active accounts, up by some 14 million users over the course of the pandemic-strained year, the company announced Wednesday. Cumulatively, Roku users enjoyed 17 billion hours of streaming content in the fourth quarter…
HBO Max App Comes To Roku Devices
Roku and AT&T/WarnerMedia have finally reached an agreement for the smart media player resource to carry the popular new HBO Max premium app on Roku streaming devices and Roku TV sets, the companies announced. Starting now (Dec. 17, 2020), Roku users will begin to find…
Roku OS v9.4 Brings AirPlay 2, Homekit In Select Devices
In tandem with the imminent release of the new Roku OS v9.4 firmware update, Roku said today that it is bringing support for Apple AirPlay 2 and HomeKit to select 4K Roku devices. AirPlay 2 and Homekit will now be available through the following devices:…
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