Coming with a nice, 2GB of RAM, the Roku 4 should be able to take away some of the market share from other companies in the category. The last version only has 512MB, so that will be a significant increase in performance and that should take care of the device hanging up while using it.
According to a couple of online reports, the Roku 4 is going to come with an internal antenna that the company is hoping will increase signal reception. The Roku 4 is reportedly also going to be paired with televisions that are on the market, but only one company has come forward to confirm that and it was Haier.
The Roku 3 is still going strong and the company has not forgotten about it yet. Recently they added a voice search option and a couple other features that should hold current owners over until the new one comes out.
Roku 4 so far is a lovely device AND it HAS a reset button
1. Apple TV does not have 4k. There are just rumored to be coming out with it.
2. The Roku 3 does not have to be unplugged to re-start. The re-start can be done from the remote control.
I just can’t believe how stupid the makers of Roku are! They are having such a hard time figuring out why their devices are freezing or malfunctioning, when the problem is so friggin obvious, it’s overheating!! This has also been the problem which causes my remote to stop working as well. I would restart it by unplugging it, and many times the remote still wouldn’t work, only because my Roku 2 & 3 was so hot that it literally burned the hell out of my hand. After I let both my Roku’s cool off, everything worked fine until they heated up again. To remedy this, somewhat, I cracked open the front corner of my Roku 3 in order to vent it, and whala, it made a huge difference, but not permanently. Eventually the heat becomes overwhelming and is too much for the device. My next step will be to drill holes in the top, but not too deep as to drill into the components, then buy a 4×4 inch fan, get a USB cord, cut it, tap the wires from the fan into the cord, then plug it into the USB port on the Roku to it becomes self sustained. The makers of Roku don’t seem to want to remedy this problem because people would keep their current model much longer, and the company’s sales would go down because their customers would no longer have to keep buying another one every time their current device would burn out. Very sad way to do business on a product like this!