Customer Reviews for Roku - Streaming Stick - Purple/Black
Customer Rating
3
Truck Driver Pro's and Con's
on August 4, 2015
Posted by: wizard4691
from Nashville, TN, United States
Gender:Male
I bought this cause I am an Over The Road Truck Driver. Using the Dish Hopper App on my tablet, I am able to transfer recorded programs from home onto my tablet and then "cast" them using the Roku to my TV. That part works great. For me, the downfall is when I try to connect it to WIFI that requires a browser to accepts terms and conditions or enter a password. If Roku could figure a way to make that work without a travel router, it would be a 5 star all day long. PS works great at home and my neighbor has already bought one after seeing mine in action and is also very pleased.
I already own a Roku 2 which is in my bedroom, but I recently started using Sling TV and received a free Roku Streaming Stick with my 3 month subscription. This has allowed me to cancel my cable provider service and stream all of my shows on my Roku. I love it! So easy to set up.
I upgraded from my original Roku to the streaming stick. The upgraded features on the new roku are great. But the remote seems to have some lagging issues. Sometimes the remote doesn't work for a while and then starts working again. I've tried new batteries but it doesn't help. Could just be a defective unit. I plan to exchange it for a different one and see if that fixes the issue. I hope its not a product flaw.
We de-cabled and have been very happy with our ROKU stick. It works easily, has very few issues with buffering and has b=given us the freedom to watch what we want when we want.
We waited quite a while before buying our Roku stick but we are happy we did. Free channels and easy to use. Our 4 year old can easily navigate to his favorite show!