Roku Rolls Out Its First 4K Streaming Player for Pre-order at $129

Roku’s first Ultra HD streaming player, the Roku 4, became available for pre-order Tuesday at $129 and will be shipped Monday, the company said in an announcement. The Roku 4 has a quad-core processor for 4K streaming up to 60 frames a second with HDCP 2.2 content protection and optical audio out, the company said. It enables access “to more streaming channels for 4K entertainment than any other streaming player," the company said. The Roku 4 runs the new Roku OS 7, which also was announced Tuesday. Roku OS 7 will be rolled out to current-generation Roku players and Roku TVs through a software update beginning next week, the company said. It expects to finish the updates in November, it said.