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"  LAS VEGAS\u2014Roku just announced that it is expanding out from the streaming box space it has long dominated and will start making an actual Roku TV: a simple, stripped-down Smart TV that puts Roku&amp;#039;s interface, along with all its content sources, front and center. The set-top box king is partnering up with television manufacturers TCL and Hisense to bring multiple models of the Roku TV to major U.S. retailers, in sizes ranging from 32 to 55 inches. The company hasn&amp;#039;t revealed anything by way of specs or resolution\u2014presumably it is simply leveraging the standard guts of the manufacturers the company has partnered up with\u2014and has chosen instead to focus its announcement on the simple user experience of its new smart TV. Turn the Roku TV on, and you&amp;#039;ll get a familiar Roku home screen, along with the option to add in as many of the 1,200 channels and 31,000 movies and TV shows in its ecosystem, plus alternative programming (news, music, food, science, tech, fitness, etc.), that you desire. Since Roku manages this software ecosystem, users will get push updates for all these channels, as well as for software patches and new features.  The remote control has also been pared down to the essentials, sporting only 20 buttons. It looks just like the old Roku remote, except now there are the (long-awaited) volume controls on the right side, and a mute button. You can control Roku TV using either the remote or a free app, which is available on both iOS and Android. Additionally, the television supports the DIAL protocol developed by Netflix and YouTube, which brings the same multiscreen capabilities seen in Roku&amp;#039;s biggest competitor, Google&amp;#039;s Chromecast.  Roku TV will be available this fall, with pricing determined by the manufacturers later on this year. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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