Latest Season of Gilded Age fails, though I can download other titles from HBO Max

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All Rokus that can play 4K can play HEVC, doesn't matter when you bought your Roku, what matters is what technology is inside (e.g. you can still buy DVD-only players- decadeS old technology)...

The reason why you get lower bitrates with HEVC over AVC is exactly the same as you getting lower bitrates with AVC over MPEG-2- coding complexity changes, and you need WAY lower bitrates to transmit same quality

[SFBaysailor]

I beg to differ, I have one Roku Ultra 4k that does play HEVC, but the 2 older 4460x Roku Ultra 4k cannot play HEVC, as I said, it took almost 2 hours with Roku tech to find this out. The older Roku's are advertised as being able to play 4k, but it may be limited to HDR10 4k, I am not sure.

The description of the older Rokus:
Roku Ultra | HD/4K/HDR Streaming Media Player Voice Remote, Remote Finder & USB. Now includes Premium JBL Headphones. (2018)


Chat with RoKu Product Specialist:

Roku Advisor: [8/16/25, 4:23:52 PM] Upon checking 4660x do not support Player HEVC.