I purchased a Roku to see how it worked. Roku worked so well I got rid of cable. Selections were great and used antennae to get local channels for news. Movies, tv shows, and sports are available without the extra charges and taxes charged by cable company.
Bought about a month ago when we cut the "cable cord". Made the transition easy. I THINK I could have figured it out by myself but it didn't hurt to have a little "teenage electronics" expertise. In general easy to use.
I like the versatility of it, and the simplicity of the menus but there are some serious issues with the software. The device will at times stop syncing the audio properly, sometimes captions just stop working on certain apps, it frequently will still working at all and has to be reset, and it doesn't seem to always want to work with the app on my phone.