Customer Reviews for Roku - Streaming Stick - Purple/Black
Customer Rating
4
Good product
on October 16, 2015
Posted by: LoyB
from Pueblo West, CO 81007
Gender:Male
The product works fine. But wish they would have included a Ethernet Port. WiFi just doesn't perform all that great all the time. I had the Ethernet set up before I bought the streaming unit. May have to purchase a new unit with the Ethernet Port. I gave the one I used before to one of my grand sons. Shucks!!
We've had this Roku for a month now. I like it over the Google for the most part. Having a remote is nice instead of using your phone, to me at least. Amazon Prime need to get better at their set up but I don't think that is Roku's fault. The only thing that I like better about the Google Cast is I can set my background to show pictures in "sleep" mode. I like seeing the memories cross the screen while reading or listening to music. Otherwise I really like it since you can use Google and Amazon, you have to jump hoops to watch the other when you use one brand. Roku comes up with pictures for the background over the name or the bad clocks I would love it.
This was super-easy to set up and offers great content, like Acorn TV. Also has a great app which enables you to use your smartphone as a remote and has been recently updated to allow you to show pictures from your phone on your TV.
I am very happy with the product. Bought 2 - one for each of my TV's since it was more convenient for me....I was easily able to set them both up and get service very quickly!
Bought the stick for use with NFL Sunday ticket, but ended up using it for a lot more. It's extremely versatile and I love that I can take it from place to place.
I like that the wires are less visible but the remote uses batteries like crazy! I have already exchanged one stick and the second one uses batteries like crazy too. I am taking the batteries out each time I use it! Not a good design. This is the third Roku I have purchased.
I received the roku stick as part of a promo with sling TV and I have to say this is my go to device for any streaming now. I also have chromecast, a ps4 and ps3 but this is the one I use most extensively because the remote is so convenient.