Since I am now retired and do not get to see all the movies I would like to see, and I also cannot afford the ticket prices, the ROKU is the best idea I coud have found for satisfying my desire to "GO TO THE MOVIES"
Pros: Reliability, Video selection, Easy to use, Built in Wi-Fi, Compact, Great value, High quality picture, Easy to set up
Enjoy high quality video. Too many religion channels. Netflix works just fine. Specialty channels made easy to find. Cache gets filled and I have to pull the power plug when choices get slow, but then it runs just fine once it reboots. Limited memory on my original unit. But works flawlessly and spend most of my television time on ROKU.
Pros: Great value, Compact, Reliability, Easy to set up, Video selection, High quality picture, Built in Wi-Fi, Easy to use
I bought this as an experiment in ditching cable. I already had the Apple TV but it is very limited compared to the Roku. In fact, the Roku has exceeded my expectations. The kids love it and after a few weeks they have not used the cable channels at all. I have Netflix and already have Amazon Prime so they have plenty of options. Even with the Netflix subscription and Amazon Prime I expect to save $500 a year on TV. The Roku 3 also has the wonderful feature of the headphones cutting out the audio on the TV. This means I don't have to listen to TV I'm not watching, which means the TV is less annoying to those in the family that aren't watching. We haven't even begun to explore the mass of channels that can be had for free or at a small monthly cost. This is the ala carte cable solution that removes the 'bundles' the cable providers force us into buying even though we have to receive a load of channels we don't watch. My 7-year old told me that she loves Roku because she can watch what she wants when she wants to. My older daughter can watch what she wants on Netflix off her computer. My only concern about the product is a lack of good parental controls. I have a 7-year-old and a 14-year-old and would like to be able to restrict what they watch to be age-appropriate. Once Roku has this nailed I would not hesitate to recommend this to everyone - even families with small children.
Pros: Great value, Reliability, Compact, Easy to set up, High quality picture, Built in Wi-Fi, Video selection, Easy to use