Customer Reviews for Roku - Streaming Stick - Purple/Black
Customer Rating
3
Our TV now has justification for its existence
on August 10, 2015
Posted by: Aunty N
from Salmon Arm, BC, Canada
Gender:Female
In 28 years of marriage we've never had cable, satellite, or even antenna tv service. I enjoy watching the occasional movie or tv series through Netflix on my laptop, but it's a pain when someone else wants to watch with me. Now we can actually put to use the tv in our basement. Three complaints about Roku: The long start-up time; the fact that sometimes the remote doesn't work until we take the batteries out and put them back in, or turn the tv off and start all over again; it would be nice to have a little more information about the channel choices. I chose the MBA channel hoping to watch my favorite team in action, but all I get is a running tally of runs and outs.
Its run fine but all of a sudden gets reset while you in the middle of something and restart itself . At times its doesn't get powered on with TV so I have to reseat the USB cable to get it started . There is no volume control on remote so I had to keep both TV remote and Roku remote which is painful .
I bought the roku stick about a month ago. I like how you have options for streaming your favorite shows. The only thing I would recommend to change is that the remote never works. I have to use my cell phone to use the remote.
This streaming stick is perfect for my needs. I have had no problems viewing tv shows and videos from Amazon Prime and Netflix. I haven't tried any of the other viewing options, but I can't see how they can be any different. For someone who wants to drop their costly cable or satellite options, this would be perfect.