Year worked for eight years with various partners for produce high-definition televisions powered by its streaming technology. Now the company has decided to go one step further and release its first line of smart TV exclusively branded Year. Let’s find out all the details.
Roku’s first Smart TVs
Expected for spring of 2023the televisions of the series Year Select e Year Plus will be available in 11 models with screens ranging in size from 24 and 75 incheswith retail prices starting at 119 up to $999.
The company declined to disclose which manufacturing partner or partners it was hired for supply Roku-branded TVs. Roku has stated that it will not produce the units with any of its current partners for the licensing of television brands. Among them are TCL, Hisense, Sanyo, JVC, Philips, Sharp, RCA, Magnavox, Westinghouse, Element Electronics, InFocus, Aiwa, Daewoo, Sansui and Walmart’s Onn.
Roku is positioning the debut of their branded TVs as a advantage for developing partners e they sell company-powered televisions. It recently stated that “all innovations” from its television products “will be made available to the entire Roku TV program, including partners [produttori di apparecchiature originali] current and future”.
I televisori Select Series of the company will include the Roku Voice Remote with commands push-to-talkwhile televisions Plus Series include the Roku Voice Remote Pro con hands-free voice commands. All Roku-branded TV models will offer features available on other Roku devices, including Find My Remote, Private Listening and the line of on-demand streaming services e you TV live broadcast of the Roku Channel. Additionally, Roku-branded TVs will offer a expanded audio ecosystem with a brand new one Soundbar Roku TV Wirelessalso scheduled for spring.
Roku also announced a new reference design of TV OLED premium, available to all Roku TV partners. The announcements were made at the fair CES 2023 Of Las Vegaswhich will be held from 5 to 8 January.
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