Firestick 4K vs Roku Ultra - The Real Reason to pick one over the Other

I remember when you used to have to get up walk to the TV to adjust the volume or change the channel😅🤣☹😫

This led me to get the Roku. Thank you for your input for different scenarios (receiver + non-smart tv + several game consoles). Another remote and clutter is no big deal to me.

Nice now I know what to pick. Thanks!😁😁😃

Thank you for your great information!!

Very informative! Thanks!

Thanks for the informative video. I have a 5-year old Sony Bravia and matching Sony soundbar. The soundbar is connected to the TV using HDMI eARC. The volume control on the Roku Ultra remote controls the soundbar volume without problem.

Yes...Thank you. bro!

Advantages of Firestick not talked about in the video: add 3rd party apps; adapters to add accessories like a flashdrive for more storage or a keyboard; I can also move videos downloaded on my PC directly to my Firestick via my home network using a file manager app.

I have a BOSE sound link speaker that I set up from my ROKU TV headphone out to my BOSE speaker in and that works but that is on the ROKU TV only. The ROKU TV has a great feature for antenna tv users as well with the channels line up that transfer to ROKU STREAMING CHANNELS from the antenna mode. The major downfall is that it does not allow picking channels by station numbers which offers close to 1000 channel choices. The antenna channel also offers signals strength to help you tune your antenna position plus by adding a large flash drive you can FREE DVR your antenna tv. The microphone option helps you find desired show selections and under what app you can find it under as well if it a Free, Buy or Rent option for you.

I have Rokus and the Firestick on one TV and find the Roku much easier to deal with, the Firestick does have a few advantages like using it to ask Alexa to do things but it doesn't have as many channels and they tend to be more buggy on the Firestick. I have a Roku TV with Roku wireless speakers and a Roku subwoofer and it is a great sound system. I would instead get the Roku soundbar if I had a non-Roku TV.

There is the roku soundbar as an option. Which has Roku inside its own sound bar.

I have a Roku 4K stick hooked to port 3 on my Onkyo AVR ( 2.1 port ) . If the CEC is working properly, I just hit the enter button and my receiver and TV fire right up. Since most mid tier TV's up have either Google Assistant or Alexa built in your can turn your TV on with your voice any way.

I have a Roku Ultra, a Sony Smart TV, and a Yamaha Dolby Atmos Receiver. The Roku remote controls everything. All that is required is to insure CEC is enabled on both the TV and receiver. That being done, the Roku remote changes apps, turns everything on and off, and controls volume and mute.

I prefer Roku Ultra, especially over other Roku devices. I had both a Roku Ultra and a Roku stick. The as I added channels to my Roku, the Ultra seemed to be able to add more channels than I really ever needed, at the same time I started having problems with my Roku Stick. The Roku Stick which was on the same account started malfunctioning... I soon realized why. As I added more and more channels to the Ultra, the Stick was also picking up the fact I added those channel to the account and was adding them also. The stick did not have the same amount of memory, so it became overloaded and soon became kludgy and basically inoperable. I started deleting all the channels on my account that I either did not use, or were preinstalled and kept the only ones that I watched. The Stick came back to being a well functioning device once I trimmed the "fat". I no longer have a Roku Stick and absolutely love my Ultra. Another thing about the Roku, is that I can add my Amazon account to it and watch Amazon Prime and Amazon Music. I do not need a Firestick for Amazon. The Roku Channel also has lots of stuff on it I might have to pay for other wise, and it is free. The fact that Pluto, Freevee, and other free streaming services make it great as a cost cutter. If I need to I can eliminate all the paid channels and still have as much or more video and audio content than my cable provider gives me. I would like to try a Firestick, but so far I do not have a device like Chrome or Firestick as those two services already know more about me than I would like. The reason I would like to try the Firestick is the ability to side load apps. As far as Firestick having the ability to add memory in the form of flash memory as mentioned below, many Roku devices can do the same. Since the Roku Ultra is a box you can place on you TV stand or mantle, It is easier to insert and remove the memory, and not have to fiddle with something on the back of the television. Also my friend purchased a Roku TV. When the internal Roku started having problems, his TV was fine, but he still had to add an external Roku. The reason why I never bought a an all-in-one stereo and always bought component system. If something goes bad, you replace one part, not the entire thing. I have been also thinking of adding an Android TV device, There are many different one out there, and being able to add a browser or other android apps to it some thing I wish was easy to do, I even just thought maybe I should get a mini ITX computer, run Android on it and basically have an Android TV box that I custom built with the apps I want. There are some streaming services that can not be added or accessed by Roku or Amazon, but can be accessed by computers, tablets, and cell phones that run Windows, MacOS, Linus or Android.

Great video. I've been a Roku fan for over six month and bought a firestick. Well, to make a long story short, I couldn't get it to work. Hooked it up, plugged it in and nothing. Got a second one and it at least downloaded the update then went blank. Plugged the Roku back in and it came right up. Any Ideas??

I haven't had an issue with the volume control of the sound bar on the roku remote. Which sound bar do you use?

I also think it deoends on what system you get used to using first I see your typing to search for apps -“channels” to add to your list on Roku and I don’t really see that as any different than the search on Fire stick 4K Max - I’m just more familiar with Fire Stick so of course if I had to use Roku I’d have to pause and think about what I’m seeing and have to do and that might make me question why Roku doesn’t do it “my way” annoy me or frustrate me - but that’s like moving from iOS to android and it’s my problem not the tech.

I would like to ask a question though. I just got the ROKU ulta and I already have the ROKU hooked up to my TV system. To change over to the new ROKU ultra do I have to re-download all my apps and all again or is there a way to do this when switching to new unit?

Just to let you know if you have a Roku Smart TV it does control the volume of your soundbar. If you have a fire stick plugged in it will go right to it and still you can control the soundbar volume with the fire stick remote.

I love the ROKU the best it is much more user-friendly.