Customer Reviews for Roku - Streaming Stick - Purple/Black
Customer Rating
4
on August 13, 2015
Posted by: chip7
Gender:Male
Works great. The only problem I have at night is I can't see or feel the remote buttons correctly. It's probably only me but I find it a little difficult without a lighted key pad.
I purchased the stick as a second roku player. We already had a roku 2 and have loved it. But I have not been really happy with the stick. I bought it because I thought it would be handy to move from one TV to another. Which is convenient, but I had issues with the remote. Roku finally just sent me a new one, so that was great. But I still have to reset and re-enter all my passwords if I haven't used the stick for a while. And that is super annoying. I recommend bumping up to the roku 2. Haven't had an issue with that one.
I had a Roku 2 previous to this, which I used for years. The Streaming Stick offers similar service in a more convenient format--less wires. Overall it is an improvement; however it does have a couple of drawbacks. It is a bit slower than the Roku 2 loading and accessing things. And it incorporates the latest Roku software, which for me is a step backwards from the older default software format on the Roku 2. Episode descriptions are not as handily available and text is smaller, not good for nearsighted people like me. I wish I could go back to the older version of the software.
I have to constantly remove/add channels when they start crashing. The device itself will sometimes reset while watching a channel (no particular channel).