Customer reviews from roku.com
Roku - Streaming Stick - Purple/Black
Average customer rating
4.1
(22,886 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 22,886 reviews
5 Stars
12,371
4 Stars
5,306
3 Stars
2,321
2 Stars
1,316
1 Star
1,572
84%of customers recommend this product.
(
18,874 out of
22,528)
Customer Reviews for Roku - Streaming Stick - Purple/Black
Customer Rating
4
on August 20, 2015
Posted by: bongobop
from NY, United States
Gender:Male
I like the product. It's a good source of inexpensive entertainment
I have 2
I have 2
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting roku.com
Customer Rating
5
nice
on August 20, 2015
Posted by: msjayyx
from califo
Gender:Female
Bough it a couple months ago and the entire family loves it!
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting roku.com
Customer Rating
4
Easy to setup and operates smoothly
on August 19, 2015
Posted by: mareich49
from Chicagoland
Gender:Male
I bought the Roku Stick a month or so ago and so far, it's been very good. I previously used a Chromecast, and the Roku's performance is distinctly better. Simple tasks like pausing and rewinding are much more reliable and speedy on the Roku, plus I don't need another device (like a phone or computer) to stream the media. The Roku also has way more media available, which is good and bad. It's good because there are many channels on which to locate the media you might want to see (ranging from well-known like Netflix and Amazon to not-so-well-known). The bad is that there are so many channels to wade through it's difficult to determine what's useful and what's not. We're hoping as we become more familiar with the Roku channels, we might be able to ditch cable TV.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting roku.com
Customer Rating
5
Take it with you!
on August 19, 2015
Posted by: Bicurn
from Maryland, United States
Gender:Female
I took my family to our vacation house and instead of pulling out old VHS tapes and DVDs I just plugged in the stick and my kids asked why we never had the Roku stick before now!
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting roku.com
Customer Rating
5
Broadband Value
on August 19, 2015
Posted by: JoeyTheMagnificent
from Portland, OR, United States
Gender:Male
I have a medium speed broadband package and my roommate was running a competitor's stick with her tablet while I was running lappy. With 2 phones and another tablet she got lagged out. I switched my lappy to ethernet and got a Roku stick for the living room. I did a lot of research before buying and set up was easier than I thought it would be. At the store, the sales people hissed at me because I was not buying the most advertised popular thing but I knew exactly what I wanted and what I was getting. It works perfectly and have not had any problems.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting roku.com
Customer Rating
2
Less than I expected
on August 19, 2015
Posted by: jesse_rafael
from Lansing, MI, United States
Gender:Male
I was originally excited at getting a more compact version of my Roku II. I had assumed that it would have been powered by the USB outlet to which it was plugged into, but upon opening the package, I found that it still had a separate power supply..Disappointment #1
I plugged it in and was immediately underwhelmed by the lag in response occurring between the use of the remote and the USB Roku unit. Disappointment #2.
I found that it was having trouble finding and keeping a connection with my home WiFi network. Granted that it was located one floor down, in the basement, I didn't seem to have this problem with my Roku II, Disappointment #3.
Disappointment #4 came when I became aware that the USB Roku unit was only capable of handling 720p in resolution. My older model was capable of delivering 1080p.
Fortunately, I was able to return the unit for a full refund and then returned my Roku II back into service. Unfortunately, I had recently upgraded to a UHD LED TV. Which is where my fifth disappointment comes in, since I was unable to stream Ultra High Definition content over either unit.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting roku.com
Customer Rating
1
It's Not Working
on August 19, 2015
Posted by: mdupre
from Hyattsville, MD, United States
Gender:Male
I had my Roku stick since February 2015 and I think I got a months of viewing from February - August. I'm thinking of switching over to Amazon Fire ... I'm have connection problems. I get a strong signal then I get errors 003, 005. Seem like a waste of money.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting roku.com
Customer Rating
2
ok
on August 19, 2015
Posted by: jen8784
from NH, United States
Gender:Female
When my roku works I do like it but having to reset it all the time is a pain in the butt and very annoying.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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