Roku updates its streamers with a new $29 Roku Express and $99 Roku Ultra
(Android Central)

Roku has updated its item-level and top-shelf streaming players for 2019 — but kept the prices the same. Roku today announced updates to its streaming player lineup. The big news comes at either end — the Roku Express gets a refresh but keeps its $29 price tag; same goes for the $99 Roku Ultra at the top end. The new customizable remote with Roku Ultra. Roku Express will look a bit different going forward. It got an external redesign that the company says should help the device better blend in with the TV it`s attached to. (Unless, of course, you hide your little dongles out of plain sight anyway.) The retail packaging includes a power cable and an HDMI cable, the latter of which is a little surprising given the price point. But Roku also stresses that there`s a pretty good chance you won`t actually need to plug the Express into a power outlet and that the majority of televisions with built-in USB ports can power it just fine. Roku Ultra perhaps is the bigger deal i...