I bought this hoping it would help with all the buffering my system does with my older roku. However, it was no better, if not worse at times. I just wasted my money.
I'm in love without Roku stick boyfriend bought it because I just had surgery & we used his Xbox for Hulu and Netflix but after surgery I couldn't lift anything so to move it was a no no so we got this LOVE IT
You have to have subscriptions to most channels. HBO, mtv, and most all the major networks require you already have an approved cable account or equivalent to watch their networks. The upside is the private channels, easily found on Google. Again, not too huge a selection, most are mediocre at best. It does offer tons of streaming shows, movies, and documentaries, but it doesn't do anything you can't do with your PC, phone or tablet. Save your money.
I bought this a little over a month ago. I wanted to throughly check it out before giving a review and I am happy to report this is really a great streaming device!!