Customer Reviews for Roku - Streaming Stick - Purple/Black
Customer Rating
4
Love the features! Hate the remote...
on July 21, 2015
Posted by: jessluis
from Hollywood, FL, United States
Gender:Female
I bought the Roku stick for me and my family to enjoy. We love all the channels you can watch especially for the kids. My only complaint is the remote control that came with the stick. It hasn't worked consistently since it came out of the box. At first we thought it was the batteries but after replacing them three times we have come to the conclusion that it's just faulty. After looking up the remote to replace it I was surprised to learn it cost the equivalent of the stick itself! I was forced to download an app for my phone to be able to use the stick. In conclusion as I am happy with the stick itself we sometimes hesitate to use it because of the remote issues...
Only applications that seem to work well are Netflix and CBS news. We are constantly having to remove the remote batteries and reinsert them so the remote reconnected with router. Most of the content is pay. The apps such as FXNow do not list dish network as a provider, because of that this is little more than another Netflix player.
Sling TV offered me a free one if I paid for 3 months. This little stick works like a charm! Have nothing but good things to say about this. Being so small, I was worried at first about its signal capacity, but not no more. Great product and well worth it. I have DirecTV also, but they're about to get 86'd now.
Bought 2 roku sticks for my 8 and 10 year olds, so i could get my roku back and have been very impressed with them. They mainly watch Netflix and Youtube and do this easily with the roku stick.
I own a roku 3, roku 2 and 2 roku sticks. The other 2 work great. The 2 roku sticks constantly buffer and the remote won't always get read since the stick is blocked behind the TV.
I bought this a little over a month ago and it works awesome!! I wouldn't hesitate on buying another for a different TV. Roku is the BEST!! I purchased the Roku 2 XD a few years ago and I intend to buy more Roku products. I intend to cut the ties with my Satellite provider.